The Good Cider Guide is a book published occasionally by the Campaign for Real Ale

Campaign for Real Ale

The Campaign for Real Ale is an independent voluntary consumer organisation based in St Albans, England, whose main aims are promoting real ale, real cider and the traditional British pub...

 (CAMRA) listing cider

Cider

Cider or cyder is a fermented alcoholic beverage made from apple juice. Cider varies in alcohol content from 2% abv to 8.5% abv or more in traditional English ciders. In some regions, such as Germany and America, cider may be termed "apple wine"...

 and perry

Perry

Perry is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented pears. Perry has been common for centuries in Britain, particularly in the Three Counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, and in parts of south Wales; and France, especially Normandy and Anjou.In more recent years, commercial...

 outlets and producers in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

. It is the cider equivalent to their annual Good Beer Guide

Good Beer Guide

The Good Beer Guide is a book published annually by the Campaign for Real Ale listing what they consider to be the best cask ale outlets in the United Kingdom.-Details:...

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Details

The intention of the book is to be a "guide for real cider-loving connoisseurs". The most recent edition, published in 2005, contains details of over 550 cider outlets (pubs, clubs and off licences), and claims to include every producer in the UK. Producers and outlets are listed separately by county with maps and full directions, and there are also articles about cider and perry history, cider and perry making, and cider abroad.

As a CAMRA publication, the emphasis is on producers and outlets that produce "real cider", as defined by CAMRA.

The book has been published by CAMRA since 1996.

Editions

The guide is published every few years:

Year	Title	Edited By	Pages	Publisher	Binding	ISBN	Price
1984	The Traditional Cider Directory	David Kitton		Virgin Books
1987	The Good Cider Guide	David Kitton	192	Alma Books	Paperback	1-85249-010-1	£4.95
1990	The Good Cider Guide	David Kitton	244	Alma Books	Paperback	1-85249-104-3	£5.95
1996	The Guide To Real Cider	Ted Bruning		CAMRA Books			£7.99
2000	CAMRA's Good Cider Guide	David Matthews	400	CAMRA Books	Paperback	1-85249-143-4	£9.99
2005	CAMRA's Good Cider Guide	Emma Lloyd	256	CAMRA Books	Paperback	1-85249-195-7	£10.99