Beer Awards 2014

"Hello Folks"

Well well well, it's that time of year again and I ask myself what where my favourite beers of 2014?,

Here we go.....

Best Cask Bitter - Windsor & Eton - Guardsman 4.2%

Best Cask Pale Ale - Waen Brewery - Pamplemoose  4.2%

Best Cask Golden Ale - Hopback Brewery - Summer Lightning 5%

Best Cask IPA - Magic Rock, The Magic Spanner 3.9%

Best Cask Mild - Wild Weather Ales, Darkness Liquorice Mild 3.7%

Best Cask Porter - Hammer Pot Brewery, Bottle Wreck Porter Reserve 6%

Best Cask Stout - HopCraft, Spanish Main 5.5%

Best Cask Imperial Stout - Acorn Brewery, Gorlovka 6%

Best Keg Beer - Uprising Craft Brewing, Treason 6.5%

Best Bottle Bitter - Llangollen Brewery - Welsh Black Bitter 4.5%

Best Bottle Pale Ale - Five Towns Brewery - Crisis! What Crisis

Best Bottle Golden Ale - Two Cocks Brewery - Viscount 5.6%

Best Bottle IPA - Waen Brewery, Growling Copper 5.6%

Best Bottled Mild - Ilkley Brewery, Ilkley Black 3.7%

Best Bottle Porter - Fullers - London Porter 5.2%

Best Bottle Stout - Mallinsons Brewery - Chocolate Stout 4.1%

Best Bottle Imperial Stout - The Rat Brewery, Ratsputin Whisky Cask 7.4%

Best Bottle Black IPA - Pokertree Brewing Co - Dark Nirvana 6.5%

Best Bottle Barley Wine - Siren Craft - Maiden Voyage 2013 11.1%

Best Canned Beer - BeaverTown, Gamma Ray 5.4%

Best Lager - Windsor & Eton Brewery, Republika 4.8%

Best Foreign Beer - Goose Island, Bourbon County 2012.

Best beer of 2014 - Siren Craft, Shattered Dream 9% ( Keg Version )

Most Solid Brewery - Waen Brewery

Best improved Brewery - Wild Weather Ales

Best Local Brewery - Binghams Brewery.

Best Online Beer Retailer - Two Years in a row Bier Huis wins this award hands down. Great selection of beer and amazing costumer service.

Best Local Beer Shop - The Grumpy Goat, Ale and Cheese Store, Harris Arcade, Reading.

Best Pub - This is a three way tie, Nagshead, The Ale House and Fox and Hounds ( Reading )

Best Beer Festival - Reading Real Ale and Cider Festival 2014

Best Twitter - @Timofnewbury , Tim Thomas. Always promoting beer festivals, local produce, pubs and breweries. A true Legend.

Best Beer Reviewer online - Ging Real Ale Trail - Stuart Pickard. Reviews a lot of beer and cider and is an honest reviewer. Love the updates from his adventures. Also had the privilege to meet Stuart and Andrew Pickard in 2014 for 4 Days. Amazing Adventure. #bdureading

Cheers Folks for following me on Twitter and Facebook in 2014.

Slan Mó Chara

Kevin Black
31/12/14

Beer Awards 2013

Well well well, it's that time of year again and I ask myself what where my favourite beers of 2013?,

Here we go

Best Cask Bitter - Truman's - Bold As Brass 4.2%

Best Cask Pale Ale - Kelham Island Brewery, Pale Rider 5.2%

Best Cask Golden Ale - Hopback Brewery - Summer Lightning 5%

Best Cask IPA - Bristol Brewery, Southvile Hop 6.5%

Best Cask Mild - Binghams Brewery - Smiled 3.4%

Best Cask Porter - Hammerpot Brewery, Bottle Wreck Porter 4.7%

Best Cask Stout - Siren Craft, Broken Dream Breakfast Stout 6.7%

Best Cask Imperial Stout - Thrornbridge Brewery - St Petersburg Imperial Stout 7.7%

Best Keg Beer - Lagunitas IPA 6.2%

Best Bottle Bitter - The West Berkshire Brewery, Good Old Boy 4%

Best Bottle Pale Ale - Adnams Brewery, Ghost Ship 4.5%

Best Bottle Golden Ale - Penpont, An Howl 5.6%

Best Bottle IPA - Five Towns Brewery, Bodyline IPA 5.4%

Best Bottled Mild - Thwaites Brewery, Nutty Black 3.9%

Best Bottle Porter - Nils Oscar, Rökporter 5.9%

Best Bottle Stout - Binghams Brewery, Doodle Stout 5%

Best Bottle Imperial Stout - Struise Brewery, Black Albert Batch 0 13%

Best Bottle Barley Wine - Coniston Brewery, Nos 9 Barley Wine 8.5%

Best Lager - Windsor & Eton Brewery, Republika 4.8%

Best Foreign Beer - Hombeer, Viking Chilli Stout 10%

Best Online Beer Retailer - Bier Huis wins this award hands down. Great selection of beer and amazing costumer service.

Best Beer Reviewer online - Ging Real Ale Trail - Stuart Pickard. Always informative and funny when Andrew Pickard joins in.