Best local pub, that’s not exactly local
The authors of the Good Pub Guide have awarded their top prize in Scotland to the Applecross Inn for the first time, describing it as a "no-nonsense, welcoming bar" which, at 80 miles from Inverness, is "splendidly remote".
The 2012 edition of the industry "bible", published today, also singles out the Bow Bar in Edinburgh as the UK's whisky pub of the year.