It's the beer-drinkers' bible and each year the CAMRA Good Beer Guide is eagerly awaited to see which popular boozers around the UK make the cut this time around.
And local ale fans can raise a glass this Thursday as the Campaign for Real Ale's guide, published this September 12, includes almost 100 pubs across the region.
Venues in Northumberland and the length and breadth of Tyne and Wear will be saying cheers to the news that they feature among CAMRA's pick of the very best pubs serving real ale across Britain.
The independent guide is fully revised and updated each year and this is the 47th edition.
The chosen pubs are picked after evaluation by CAMRA members and breweries also get a look-in in a showcase of micro, regional and national producers of real ale in the UK.
Here are the 99 pubs in Northumberland and in and around Newcastle, as they appear in the guide, which have been newly rated as among the best. You can also take a trip down memory lane with 20 pubs that are no more.
Northumberland
Alnmouth - Red Lion Inn
Alnwick - John Bull Inn and Tanners Arms
Alwinton - Rose & Thistle
Bellingham - Cheviot Hotel
Berwick upon Tweed - Barrels Ale House; the Curfew and Pilot
Amble - Masons Arms
Anick - Rat Inn
Blyth - Wallaw
Etal - Black Bull
Chatton - Percy Arms Hotel
Featherstone - Wallace Arms
Corbridge- Angel of Corbridge
Felton - Foxes Den
Eldson - Bird in Bush
Haltwhistle - Milecastle Inn
Embleton - Greys Inn
Hexham - Dipton Mill Inn and Heart of Northumberland
Lowick - Black Bull
Holy Island- Crown & Anchor Hotel and Manor House Hotel
Milfield - Red Lion Inn
Morpeth - Office and Tap & Spile
Low Newton by the Sea - Ship Inn
Norham - Masons Arms
Rennington - Horseshoes Inn
Old Hartley - Delaval Arms
Rochester - Redesdale Arms
Once Brewed - Twice Brewed Inn
Rothbury - Narrow Nick
Prudhoe - Wor Local
Seahouses - Black Swan Inn and Olde Ship Inn
Wall - Hadrian Hotel
Seaton Sluice - Melton Constable
West Thirston - Northumberland Arms
Tyne & Wear
East Boldon - Grey Horse
Gateshead - Old Fox; Station East and Wheat Sheaf
High Spen - Wig's Place
Houghton-le-Spring - Wild Boar
Jarrow - Jarrow's Gin & Ale House
Monkseaton - Left Luggage Room
Byker - Brinkburn Street Brewery Bar & Kitchen; Cumberland Arms; Free Trade Inn and Tyne Bank Tap Room
Newcastle - Bacchus; Beer Street; Bodega; Box Social; Bridge Hotel; Head of Steam; Lady Grey's; Mean-Eyed Cat; Newcastle Tap; Split Chimp; Town Mouse Ale House; Trent House and Tyneside Cinema Bar-Cafe
Gosforth - County and Gosforth Hotel
South Gosforth - Brandling Villa
Heaton - Chillingham
Quayside - Bridge Tavern and Crown Posada
Ryhope - Guide Post
South Shields - Alum Ale House; Cask Lounge; Marine; Steamboat and Wouldhave
Sunderland - Avenue; Chaplins; Chesters; Dun Cow; Fitzgeralds; Harbour View; Ivy House; Ship Isis and William Jameson
Swalwell - Owa the Road and Sun Inn
Tynemouth - Platform 2 Craft Ale Bar; Tynemouth Lodge Hotel and Tynemouth Social Club
Wallsend - Ritz
Washington - Courtyard; Sir William De Wessyngton and Steps
West Boldon - Black Horse
Whickham - One Eyed Stag
Whitley Bay - Dog & Rabbit and Storm Cellar
For more information about CAMRA see here and for the Good Beer Guide 2020 see here.
