It's the end of the year and time for the Commercial Room to announce its beery award winners. It's been a cracking year writing this blog, visiting breweries and attending beer festival. Here are the year's highlights via the golden pint awards:
1.Best UK Draught (Cask or Keg) Beer
Odessa - Otley Brewing Co
2. Best UK Bottled or Canned Beer
India Pale Ale (C.S.C.) – The Kernel Brewery
3. Best Overseas Draught Beer
Oak Smoked Stout, Fort (Spain)
4. Best Overseas Bottled or Canned Beer
Raging Bitch, Flying Dog (USA)
5. Best Overall Beer
Odessa - Otley Brewing Co
6. Best Pumpclip or Label
Anything by Otley Brewing Co
7. Best UK Brewery
Tiny Rebel
8. Best Overseas Brewery
Brooklyn
9. Pub/Bar of the Year
Craft Beer Co - Clarkenwell
10. Beer Festival of the Year
The Coach Beer Festival - Bridgend
11. Supermarket of the Year
Sainsbury’s
12. Independent Retailer of the Year
Discount supermarket, Whitchurch Road, Cardiff
13. Online Retailer of the Year
N/A
14. Best Beer Book or Magazine
Real Heritage Pubs of Wales – Michael Slaughter, Mike Dunn
15. Best Beer Blog or Website
16. Best Beer Twitterer
@CAMRGB
17. Best Online Brewery presence
Thornbridge
18. Food and Beer Pairing of the Year
Anything and everything
19. In 2013 I’d Most Like to…
Stop drinking rubbish cold tea beer
20. Best Cider
Black Bart - Rosie's
Cheers! And roll on 2013!
Brooklyn is your best Overseas Brewery?
ReplyDeleteDoesn't look like you've had the opportunity to sample many international beers...what a shame.
There goes the validity of this list.
My thoughts precisely!
DeleteDitto. What a shame!
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