For each catagory im going to give this years answer and my Overall choice in brackets.
Best UK draught (Cask or Keg) beer:
Winner: BrewDog Nøgne Ø Mikkeller Black Tokyo* Horizon (Highland Orkney Porter)
Runner Up: joint Black Isle Black Stout Stewart Chilli Reekie (Black Isle Organic Export Oatmeal Stout )
Best UK bottle or canned beer
Winner: Magic Rock Bearded Lady (Old Chimneys Good King Henry Special Reserve)
Runner Up: Green Jack Baltic Trader (Old Chimneys Good King Henry )
Best Overseas bottle or canned beer
Winner: Nøgne Ø Dark Horizon Third Edition (Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout )
Runner Up: Samuel Adams Utopias (Struise Pannepot)
Best Overseas Draught beer
Winner: Struise Black Damnation V - Double Black (Mikkeller X Imperial Stout Calvados Barrel Aged)
Runner Up: De Molen Hot & Spicy (De Molen Hel & Verdoemenis 666)
Best Overall beer
Winner: Struise Black Damnation V - Double Black (Old Chimneys Good King Henry Special Reserve)
Runner Up: BrewDog Nøgne Ø Mikkeller Black Tokyo* Horizon (Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout )
Best Pump Clip or label
Winner: Magic Rock for the full set
Runner Up: The Kernel
Best UK brewery
Winner: The Kernel
Runner Up: Steel City
Best Overseas Brewery
Winner: De Molen
Runner Up: Cigar City
But i want to Mention Nogno O for not only for great beer but their amazing Sake. The only European Sake producer.
Pub/Bar of the Year
Winner: Craft Beer Co.
Runner Up: Hawkshead Brewery tap
Beer Festival of the Year
Winner: De Molen
Runner Up: GBBF-BSF
Supermarket of the Year
Winner :Waitrose
Runner Up: Booths
Online retialer of the year
Winner: My Brewery Tap
Runner Up: The Bottle Shop
Best beer twitterer
Winner: Simon Johnson
Runner Up: Twattdog (wheres he gone)
Food and Beer Pairing of the Year: Masterchef Tims dinner at the Caley Sample Rooms.
In 2012 I'd most like to Visit De Molen festival AGAIN
Oddly once again i see a theme. Theyre all Black and theyre all big beers, who would have guessed that :-)
didn't notice this first one, thought you'd missed some cateogries on the other!
ReplyDeleteI did tweet it a few times, but despite my love of big bold beers i was a little appalled at how they dominated the list, hence trying to come up with Star beers that didnt fit the profile shown here
ReplyDeleteNice leaning towards massive beers - made me chuckle and nod my head. Been tempted to buy a Utopias but need to pimp some whisky to justify the spend. Did you go to the US for Dark Lord day?
ReplyDeleteI'm a big fan of Nøgne Ø too as I spend a lot of time in Norway. Had a Red Horizon at our New Year's feast with salmon tartar - it absolutely rocked as a pairing. Down to my last bottle of it now...
If you were pushed, would you add a blogger here as all the ones I've missed have got a bit of tie going on who's 1st on the overall list?