34 pre-emptives have come good for me in the 2027 Good Beer Guide. Triple my usual figure. Helping this year's #CruelChurn to be less #Cruel. My increased mindfulness around pre-emptives (particularly Wetherspoons, Black Country Ales pubs and those rating 3* on the CAMRA website) seems to have paid off. Could I have done more? Of course, but it gives me hope going into the 2026/27 ticking season. So let's look at the first twelve in question, with a photo I took at the ti