CAMRA members in Dumfries & Stewartry choose the local “Pub of the Year”  by assessing the cask ale pubs within the area.  Click on the link below to see the criteria for assessing a “good Pub”. 

The winner for our area is then judged against the other winners in the South of Scotland and Northern Ireland.  That winner is then compared with the top pubs in the North of Scotland and Central Scotland to select CAMRA’s “Scottish Pub of the Year.

Dumfries & Stewartry’s top 14 pubs are entered into CAMRA’s 2013 Good Beer Guide which was published in September 2012.

Laurie Arms Hotel (Haugh of Urr)

Branch Pub of the Year 2013

Cavens Arms in Dumfries has taken the Branch Pub of the Year title again for 2013 - as it has done for for the last seven years.  It went on to win the South of Scotland and Northern Ireland Pub of the Year in 2009 and 2010 when it was eventual runner up for the Scottish Pub of the Year Title.

The Laurie Arms in Haugh of Urr and the Ship Inn, Dumfries were shortlisted  for the Pub of the Year.

Cavens Arms, Dumfries

Branch Pub of the Year 2013

The Ship Inn - Dumfries