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Good Beer Guide Listed Pubs

The following pubs were listed in the Good Beer Guide for the year indicted. Just because they were does not mean they are now good beer pubs, best to check with the more up-to-date Arun & Adur Guide or follow the link.GBG 2008

2008 (September 2007)

The GBG celebrates its 35th edition with over 4,500 pubs listed. Membership 85,000.

Kings Arms (Arundel)
Fountain (Ashurst)
Black Horse (Byworth)
Henty Arms (Ferring)
Snooty Fox (Findon)
Crab Tree (Lancing) - Runner-up Pub of the Year 2007
Dew Drop (Littlehampton - Wick)
Windmill (Littleworth)
White Horse (Pulborough)
Five Bells (West Chiltington) Pub of the Year 2007
Selden Arms (Worthing - Central)
Swan (Worthing - Central)
Vine (Worthing - West Tarring)

Comments:

2007 (September 2006)GBG 2007

Kings Arms (Arundel)
Swan (Arundel)
Fountain (Ashurst)
Black Horse (Byworth)
Henty Arms (Ferring)
Snooty Fox (Findon)
Crab Tree (Lancing)
Dew Drop (Littlehampton - Wick)
Windmill (Littleworth)
White Horse (Pulborough)
Five Bells (West Chiltington)
George & Dragon (Worthing - West Tarring)
Selden Arms (Worthing - Central) Pub of the Year 2006
Swan (Worthing - Central)
Vine (Worthing - West Tarring)

2006 (September 2005)

4,500 full entries ... [to] ... Britain's best beer and pubs. 77,000 members.

Kings Arms (Arundel) GBG 2006
Swan Inn (Arundel)
White Hart (Arundel)
Fountain (Ashurst)
Black Horse (Byworth)
Snooty Fox (Findon)
Henty Arms (Ferring)
Dew Drop (Littlehampton [Wick])
Windmill (Littleworth)
Marquis of Granby (Sompting)
White Hart (Stopham Bridge)
Five Bells (West Chiltington)
George & Dragon (Worthing - West Tarring)
Coach & Horses (Worthing - Durrington)
Old House at Home (Worthing - Broadwater)
Selden Arms (Worthing - Central) Pub of the Year 2005

Swan (Worthing - Central)
Vine (Worthing - West Tarring)

Comments:

2006 was the year the GBG was sponsored by Waverley TBC (The Totl Drinks Company). Its 864 pages featured some of the best real ale pubs in the British Isles. The cover has Andrew Flintoff quoted as saying "The Good Beer Guide ... the prefect book when you're out!" - Pun intended.

2005 (September 2004)

4,500 of the best pubs. 72,000 members

Kings Arms (Arundel) GBG 2005
Fountain (Ashurst)
Black Horse (Byworth)
Snooty Fox (Findon)
Henty Arms (Ferring)
Dew Drop (Littlehampton [Wick])
Windmill (Littleworth)
Fly-in Bar (Shoreham Beach)
Star (Petworth)
Five Bells (West Chiltington)
Coach & Horses (Worthing - Durrington)
Cavendish Hotel (Worthing - Central)
Richard Cobden (Worthing - Central)
Selden Arms (Worthing - Central) Pub of the Year 2004

Swan (Worthing - Central)
Vine (Worthing - West Tarring)

Comments:

The debated raged on - what were the pump clips? One was Fullers, one our very own Harveys but the other? Oh and the inside was good too. Only compliant was the first beer looked up was wrong - completely.

2004 (October 2003)

4,500 of the best pubs. 67,000 members

Kings Arms (Arundel)
Fountain (Ashurst)
Black Horse (Byworth) GBG 2004
Snooty Fox (Findon)
Woodman (Hammerpot)
Dew Drop (Wick)
Star (Petworth)
White Lion (Thakeham)
Five Bells (West Chiltington) Country Pub of the Year 2003
Castle (Worthing - Central)
Coach & Horses (Worthing - Durrington)
George & Dragon (Worthing - West Tarring)
Selden Arms (Worthing - Central) Pub of the Year 2003
Swan (Worthing - Central)
Vine (Worthing - West Tarring)

Comments:

Now we are getting there. Still the youngsters (well nearly) on the front and the guide is certainly a 'tome' now (feel the thickness). But what about all the typos? Even pubs we've never been to (or for that matter the county) have glaring errors in the description - some one needs to do better proof reading on the guide.

Still sponsored by Cask Marque.

2003 (October 2002 & the 30th Edition)

5,000 of the best pubs. 65,000 members.

Sportsman (Amberley)
Spotted Cow (Angmering)
Kings Arms (Arundel)
Fountain (Ashurst) Good Beer Guide 2003
Black Horse (Byworth)
Cricketers (Duncton)
Gun Inn (Findon)
John Henry's Bar (Findon)
Snooty Fox (Findon)
Woodman (Hammerpot)
Dew Drop (Wick)
Five Bells (West Chiltington)
Castle (Worthing - Central)
Charles Dickens (Worthing - Central)
Coach & Horses (Worthing - Durrington)
George & Dragon (Worthing - West Tarring)
Old House At Home (Worthing - Broadwater)
Selden Arms (Worthing - Central) Pub of the Year 2002
Swan (Worthing - Central)

Comments:

Ahhh, this one. The controversy raged over this cover. Personally, I thought the bottles in the background should have been beer - not wine! But the real question was "Should the GBG have a woman on the front?" As I said the debate raged.

Still sponsored by Cask Marque.

Bit of a historian? Want to see which pubs are in or out in other years? Try these links to the Good Beer Guide archive:

2002 (October 2001), 4,000 pubs (detail) 1,000 (Inn brief) / 60,000 members
2001 (October 2000), 5,000 pubs / 57,000 members
2000 (October 1999), 5,000 pubs / 54,000 members
1999 (October 1998), 5,000 pubs / 53,000 members
1998 (October 1997 and the 25th Edition) 5,000 pubs / 50,000 members