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Browse our gallery to see the 25 Edinburgh pubs featured in CAMRA's Good Beer Guide 2025. Photo: Pixabay

25 best Edinburgh pubs picked by Good Beer Guide 2025

Musselburgh's Volunteer Arms and Dunbar's Volunteer Arms have been named joint winners of CAMRA's annual award for 'best pint' in the Lothians.

Two Lothians pubs named as joint winners of CAMRA's 'best pint' award

The 20 best pubs in the Lothians - in pictures

Kay’s Bar, on Jamaica Street in Edinburgh, has won CAMRA’s Real Ale Quality Award.

Hidden gem pub wins CAMRA's award for 'best pint' in the Capital

Rob Cocker, from Stoke-on-trent, with his good beer guide in his local pub Manor Court Ale House enjoying a pint of beer to add to his list. So far he has visited over 12,000 pubs in 55 years. Photo: William Lailey / SWNS

Watch: Beer lover visits 12,000 pubs during 55-year UK-wide pub crawl

Find out the 11 new Edinburgh and Lothians entries in CAMRA's Good Beer Guide by scrolling through our picture gallery. Photo: Pixabay

Good Beer Guide: The 11 new pub entries for 2025

Take a look through our gallery to see 20 of the best pubs across the Lothians, according to CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide 2024

The 20 best pubs in the Lothians - in pictures

The Jolly Judge has been named the winner of the Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) Edinburgh Pub of the Year 2024.

Old Town venue crowned Edinburgh's 'Pub of the Year' 2024

The Playfair, a JD Wetherspoon pub at the Omni Centre in Edinburgh, has won the CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) Real Ale Quality Award for 2023 for the region.

Edinburgh Wetherspoons pub wins 'best pint' award

Where: 7 James Court, Edinburgh EH1 2PB.

CAMRA names Edinburgh's 25 best pubs

604 Lanark Road, Juniper Green EH14 5EN

CAMRA names the 20 best pubs in the Lothians

Brucefield Industrial Park, 5 Rennie Square, Brucefield Industrial Estate, Livingston EH54 9DF

In photos: Edinburgh's 10 best real ale breweries

Unit 1 Almondvale Ave, Livingston EH54 6QX

CAMRA names the 20 best pubs in the Lothians

Whistlebinkies is popular spot for nights out

Edinburgh named in UK's top five places for a night out

Staggs bar in Musselburgh has been named CAMRA's 'Pub of the Year' for the Lothians.

Musselburgh bar named CAMRA ‘pub of the year’

CCTV footage shows police storming a couple's Essex pub and seizing their golliwog dolls, saying the toys were a suspected hate crime (Photos: SWNS)

CAMRA makes damning verdict on pub at centre of Gollies row
The Campaign for Real Ale has issued guidance to the local branch which represents the pub
Patrick Hollis

Take a look through our photo gallery to discover the 13 best pubs in Edinburgh according to the beer scores for January, according to CAMRA

Edinburgh's 13 best pubs, according to CAMRA

CAMRA Pubs of the Year 2023: Cosy, city centre pub tops the list of Edinburgh's best ale pubs

Cosy Old Town pub tops the list of city's best ale pubs

Kay’s Bar in Edinburgh’s New Town has been awarded the local CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) Branch’s 2022 Real Ale Quality Award.

City pub wins CAMRA's 2022 Beer Quality Award

CAMRA boss says duty cuts needed to save UK pubs

CAMRA have warned against the reduction in energy bill support.

CAMRA warns UK's 'beloved pubs' face closure as energy bill help cut

The best pubs in Edinburgh have been named in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2022

The 25 best pubs in Edinburgh, chosen by the Good Beer Guide

Punters think drinking beer or cider is the greenest way to enjoy alcohol

Research reveals greenest drinks as latest Good Beer Guide released

CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has hit out at the decision to close Caledonian Brewery.

CAMRA urge rethink of Caledonian Brewery closure

CAMRA is urging people to support their local and get back down the pub from today as most of the country moves into level two restrictions

CAMRA urges Edinburgh to celebrate great Scottish beer and local pubs

Here are 10 of our favourite Edinburgh pubs who made it into this year's CAMRA Good Beer Guide

Here are 10 Edinburgh pubs who made it into this year's Good Beer Guide

It is possible to have beer delivered across Edinburgh

Edinburgh pubs and breweries still selling beer or take-out service
Lockdown is making many of us a bit thirsty for a beverage, but it can be a huge hassle queuing for ages at the shops, while supermarket delivery slots are rarer than hand sanitiser.
Gary Flockhart

CAMRA's pubs of the year for Edinburgh and SE Scotland have been announced

These are the Edinburgh and the Lothians pubs named in CAMRA's Pub of the Year s...

Dreadnought won first place in Edinburgh

Edinburgh pub which banned 'jobbycatchers' named in CAMRA's Pubs of the Year

The decision is designed to make women at the event feel more welcomed (Photo: Shutterstock)

Beer with ‘sexist’ names banned by CAMRA from Great British Beer Festival 2019

Staggs, 81 North High Street, Musselburgh

Owner Nigel Finlay

Staggs in running for UK pub of year as it turns 160

The survey found most doctors disagreed with the CMO's statement. File picture: Pat LaCroix/Getty

Doctors pour scorn on Government's alcohol advice

Colin Valentine Roger Preece, Jonny and Lyn Kane raise a glass to CAMRAs anniversary in The Roseleaf. Picture: Greg Macvean

Edinburgh CAMRA group celebrates 40th birthday

Letters: Minimum price for alcohol is much too hard to swallow