The Starving Rascal in Amblecote is a new entry in the 2025 Good Beer Guide (Image: Google Street View)

The West Midlands town with pubs that serve the 'best beer in the UK'

The Midlands town features a host of new pubs in the 2025 Good Beer Guide

by · Birmingham Live

A town in the Midlands has seen a huge boost with nine boozers featured in the latest Good Beer Guide. The UK's best-selling beer and pub guide features more than 4,500 pubs across the UK - and there are more than 900 new additions this year.

It includes 64 new entries from the wider West Midlands - which covers Birmingham, the Black Country, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire. And there's one Midlands borough which features nine new entries.

The 52nd edition of the Good Beer Guide is described as the 'definitive beer drinker's guide for those seeking the best pints in the nations' pubs'.

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Dudley has seen six new entries, while there's also four in the wider borough too - including in Stourbridge and Halesowen. You can find the full list below:

  • Starving Rascal in Amblecote
  • Roberto's Bar in Halesowen
  • Queen's Head in Stourbridge
  • Old Bush Revived in Blackheath
  • Ale Hub in Kingswinford
  • Cottage in Kingswinford
  • White Lion Inn in Sedgley
  • Britannia in Upper Gornal
  • Queen's Head in Wordsley

Elsewhere in the region, Birmingham has seen three new additions to the 2025 Good Beer Guide. Walsall has three new pubs added to the guide, while Wolverhampton has one. The Good Beer Guide 2025 will be published on Thursday, September 26.