These might change tonight as I’ve got some tasty bottles lined up but here’s my list as it stands. Best UK Cask Beer – Tynebank Rhubarb and custard, followed by Truefitt Trembler and Roosters Yankee Best UK Keg Beer – Fallen brewery’s Chew Chew followed by Wylam Jakehead and Hawkshead NZPA Best UK Bottled Beer […]
View PostJonny Garrett is one half of the Craft Beer Channel’s, Youtube’s stupidest channel about beer. @beerchannel www.youtube.com/thecraftbeerchannel Best UK Cask Beer I had a true eureka moment with Vocation Pride & Joy at Tap East a few weeks back. Stunning grapefruit and mango, then a subtle sweet malt base balanced perfectly by the bitterness. It […]
View PostI’ve just realised i’ve not blogged since last years awards, there’s a stack of unfinished posts in my drafts folder but the year really has flown by. There’s been a few tweets wondering if these were happening this year so here’s an updated list, with added bits for canned beer. Feel free to do a […]
View Post Beer Awards, best beers, Golden PintsThe previous years Golden Pint Awards seem to have gone down well so thought i’d do it again this year as a bit of fun. Feel free to do a runner-up and a winner for each category (or some honourable mentions) and link to blog posts if you’ve written about winners before. Then post it […]
View Post Beer Awards, best beer, fun, Golden Pints2013 has been an interesting year for beer, there’s been a lot of really good beer and an awful lot of inconsistent beer, beer that’s been lauded to death and I’ve not enjoyed there’s been some great discussions and some utterly bonkers ones and there’s been a fair bit of bandwagon jumping and circle jerking […]
View Post Beer Awards, best beer, bottled beer, Canned beer, cask beer, Golden Pints, keg beerIt’s been strange old year, I’ve possibly not drank as many new beers or got out as much as I’d have liked, but I did get to brew a beer for my wedding with Roosters, help brew Truefitt’s 50th brew, spend the day in a michelan star kitchen then cook for them courtesy of Sharps […]
View Post1) Best UK Draught (Cask Or Keg) Beer: Good grief, difficult indeed. India Pale Ale Scanners Brodie’s/Kernel Collaboration really blew me away. Runners up: RockStar (DarkStar/Magic Rock collaboration (both keg and cask were absolutely delicious and I simply want more of this beer), Sour Grapes (Lovibonds), such a wonderfully balanced sour beer. Jeff’s a wizard. […]
View Post Beer Awards, Golden PintsThe previous years Golden Pint Awards have been a great success so here we go again for the 4th Year. Feel free to do a runner-up and a winner for each category (or some honourable mentions) and link to blog posts if you’ve written about winners before. For the open category you can choose whatever […]
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In case you missed the round up, both Rick and The Beer Monkey have done some excellent round ups of this years Golden Pint awards which has saved me a massive job so is much appreciated guys!! I was going to copy and paste the results from both into here but you really should go […]
View PostI’ve left it until the last minute to do these, mainly because I couldn’t make my mind up. Best UK Draught (Cask or Keg) Beer Hawkshead NZ Pale Ale – Truly delicious and stupidly drinkable. Second place goes to Summer Wine Nettle and Ginger Saison and Third goes to Hill Island ThaIPA. Best UK Bottled or […]
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