Wetherspoon's pub in Milton Keynes wins listing in CAMRA's Good Beer guide for its 'excellent' pints of real ale

The Wetherspoon-owned Captain Ridley's Shooting Party in Bletchley was visited regularly by CAMRA branch members to check the quality of the real ales on offer.

They also took into account customer service, décor and overall atmosphere.

Captain Ridley's is the the only pub in Bletchley to be listed in the UK’s best-selling beer and pub guide.

The pub's unusual name is taken from an event in 1938 when MI5 went to check out nearby Bletchley Park as a suitable site for the wartime code breakers. They allayed any suspicion by saying that they were a weekend shooting party.

A CAMRA spokesman said today: “Captain Ridley's Shooting Party deserves its place in the Good Beer Guide 2021."

He added: “It is our belief that if a licensee serves an excellent pint of real ale, then everything else in the pub, including customer service, quality of food and atmosphere, are likely to be of an equally high standard.”

The Queensway pub’s manager, Sam Kelman, said: “I am delighted that Captain Ridley's Shooting Party has been recognised for the quality of its real ales by CAMRA members.

“We offer our customers an excellent range of real ales at all times, including thosef rom regional brewers and microbrewers, as well as hosting our own beer festivals. Staff at the pub work hard to ensure that the real ales on offer are kept in first-class condition at all times and the pub’s inclusion in the guide highlights this.”