Your top 10 pubs

[Aqualung]

Plenty of worst pubs that sell real ale. Like here

If I ever go back to Brighton I intend to revisit that one just to see if it's still as bad.

[london calling]

Plenty of worst pubs that sell real ale. Like here

More than likely my worst pub visits are cask pubs.Poor quality beer pubs always get low scores from me.Had plenty of tastless keg beers but condition is never a problem.

[NickDavies]

More than likely my worst pub visits are cask pubs.Poor quality beer pubs always get low scores from me.Had plenty of tastless keg beers but condition is never a problem.

A lot of that problem, at least among the rural pubs I nose around is simply down to demand. Many such pubs could probably last Monday to Thursday on a 36 pint poly pin. When I see three or four pumps clipped up on a midweek afternoon and the few punters are either all on lager at one end or are final-salary lunchers on red wine at the other I know it isn't going to end well.

[Mobyduck]

A possibly predictable Southern/London - centric top 10 though there were a couple of northerners in the 20 or so I whittled it down from , again in no particular order...

Square & Compass, Worth Matravers
Nags Head, Reading
Hope,Carshalton
Guide Dog, Southampton
HarpWC2
Wenlock Arms,N1
Wonston Arms,Wonston
Antelope,Surbiton
Southampton ArmsNW5
Flowerpots Inn,Cheriton

Time to re-visit this list four years on, not many survivors from above. In no particular order....

Brunswick Inn
Fat Cat
Fat Cat
Jolly Fisherman
Marble Arch
Coopers Tavern
Southampton Arms
Hope
Evening Star
Hole In The Wall

A bit more widespread than the previous ten and theres bound to be something I've forgotten, It will be interesting to see how others list have varied in the passing of time.

[ETA]

My tuppence worth, in no particular order, but perhaps biased by recent experience:

Pulteney Arms

The Old Crown

The Oak

The George Inn

Royal Oak

The Elephant

Halfway House

The Guide Dog

The Brace of Pheasants

The Cricketers Inn

OK, a Southern bias.

[Wittenden]

Purely subjective,largely southern ,pubs that I like to revisit:
The Farmers Arms
The Cover Bridge Inn
The Rake
The Blue Bell
Red Lion
The Shipwrights Arms
The Black Dog
The Salehurst Halt
Earle Arms
The Three Stags Heads

2023 update:
The Farmers Arms closed
The Black Dog closed
The Rake lost its magic
Leaving, though I can't guarantee that I've been in them recently :
The Cover Bridge Inn
The Blue Bell
Red Lion
The Shipwrights Arms
The Salehurst Halt
Earle Arms
The Three Stags Heads
Three replacements:
Larkins' Alehouse
Surrey Oaks
The Kentish Rifleman

This is a subjective list, and I'm not 100% sure!

[Bucking Fastard]

Great thread.

When ever I am near any other these 10,I always pop in and am more than likely to spend the rest of the evening supping their great ale.In alphabetical order,

1. Bull & Bladder,Brierly Hill (Properly known as The Vine)
2. Cask ,Pimlico
3.Doris Pardoes,Netherton (Properly known at The Old Swan Inn )
4.Great Western,Wolverhampton
5.Grove,Huddersfield
6.Harry's Bar,Wakefield
7.Marble Arch,Manchester
8.Nags Head,Reading
9.Organ Grinder,Loughborough
10.Royal Exchange,Stone

Many great pubs just missed the cut,but that's life.

The only question mark for me would be The Great Western on Wolverhampton which I believe has much less guests ales and is now more of a Holden's tied house.However I'm visiting there in July so will reserve judgement until then.I am visiting the Cask at the end of January as I hear it's back on form with some great ale selection,having gone through a difficult patch during Covid with a much reduced ale line up.

[Mobyduck]

This is a subjective list, and I'm not 100% sure!

I'm not sure anyone is.

[Mobyduck]

The only question mark for me would be The Great Western on Wolverhampton which I believe has much less guests ales and is now more of a Holden's tied house.However I'm visiting there in July so will reserve judgement until then.I am visiting the Cask at the end of January as I hear it's back on form with some great ale selection,having gone through a difficult patch during Covid with a much reduced ale line up.

So, asking out of interest Nev, and to be fair they are all classics, are you saying that in the last four years you've not found any new pubs you have found to challenge or better your above selection?

[london calling]

The Cask is good.