Glasgow pubs in Good Beer Guide 2025 as seven locals make the list for the first time

It's been a tough few years for the hospitality industry across Scotland, but there are still a selection of incredible pubs and bars to be found in and around Glasgow.

The Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) Good Beer Guide for 2025 has been revealed and our fair city has a top selection of drinking spots featured including seven brand new entries.

The Guide, which lists 4,500 of the best pubs across the UK and is described as the definitive beer drinker’s guide for those "seeking the best pints in the nations’ pubs", is now on sale.

In Glasgow itself, the Three Craws in Jordanhill, the Lismore in Partick and effortlessly cool beer spot Koelschip Yard on Polllokshaws Road in the southside have all been added.

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Wetherspoons gets three new local entries in the Hengler's Circus on Sauchiehall Street, Brandon Works in Motherwell and the Hay Stook in East Kilbride.

Finally, Greene King fave the Burnbrae in Bearsden rounds off the list of Glasgow and the surrounding areas.

As part of this year's guide, CAMRA has highlighted a worrying trend that was also present in the 2024 edition.

Breweries are struggling to keep their doors open, as many that featured in last year’s Guide have now closed. CAMRA has identified a perfect storm of a big tax burden, few viable routes to market and stubbornly high energy bills as drivers behind the number of closures laid bare in the Guide.

High numbers of independent breweries closing has a direct and devastating impact on consumer choice. These breweries are the champions of innovation, quality and choice in the UK beer market, but they struggle to get their beers behind bars due to the stranglehold that global producers and drinks distribution companies have on the market.

One tragic loss this year has been Elland Brewery, they closed their doors mere months after their 1872 Porter was crowned CAMRA’s Champion Beer of Britain 2023, and the closure of award-winning Nottingham-based Navigation Brewery was a shock to the local community in January of this year.

Ahead of the Autumn Budget, CAMRA has urged the Chancellor to stick by the Labour manifesto promise on reforming Business Rates in England. The current system unfairly penalises pubs and breweries and makes it harder for all bricks-and-mortar businesses to compete with online shopping.

The Campaign has also called for the Chancellor to support independent breweries, consumers and pubs by extending the discount on tax paid on draught beer and cider in pubs compared to the likes of supermarket alcohol.

The 52nd edition of the Guide is available to buy now with two separate covers featuring two of the UK’s favourite locals: Coronation Street’s Rovers Return Inn, and Emmerdale’s Woolpack.

CAMRA chairman Ash Corbett-Collins said: “This year’s edition of the Good Beer Guide shows a brewing trade that continues to face huge challenges, but one that beer and pub lovers across the UK are still rallying behind.

"CAMRA will be lobbying this new Government to show their support for independent breweries, to try and ensure that the Good Beer Guide 2026 is brimming with new establishments.”

New entries for the Good Beer Guide from Glasgow and Ayrshire

The Good Beer Guide 2025 is published now and is available to order now from the official website.

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