THE REDDITCH and Bromsgrove branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has revealed its 2022 Pub of the Year.
The Cross Inn in Finstall has taken the title after the judging process which starts with local CAMRA members nominating their favourite pubs.
The finalists are then judged on a strict set of criteria.
Manager Ryan Fessey received his Pub Of The Year certificate from Gez Quinn, Chair of Redditch and Bromsgrove CAMRA.
Gez said: “Over the last two years it has become even more evident that the pub is a key element of many communities, so much so that even they were shut down, many of them were able to switch to delivery and collection services to provide food and drink to their customers.“
This is the third time The Cross Inn has won the prestigious award since being acquired and reopened by Black Country Ales in 2018.
Congratulations were also sent out to the Alestones micropub in Tardebigge and The Rose and Crown in Feckenham who this year finished equal second.
The Cross Inn will now go on to compete against other pubs across Worcestershire for the title of Worcestershire Pub of The Year in a competition that leads to the ultimate award of National Pub of the Year.
That will be announced later in 2022.
