A while back, I made the decision that I wanted our content to be ‘exclusively audio’, after all as a podcast, that’s what we’re most known for. There are many good writers and bloggers out there and me adding to that didn’t seem necessary, not when we already had an outlet for communicating. So this year, we made our Golden Pints awards across the last three Hopinions shows of the year.
Aware that some people might not want to listen to over 3 hours of podcasts to hear my Golden Pints, here’s a summary. If you want the reasoning behing my winners, you’ll have to listen to the podcasts, which I’ve included links to and time codes below…
Best UK Cask Beer | Magic Rock ‘Common Grounds’
Honourable mention | Hammerton ‘Life on Mars’
Best UK Keg Beer | Brew By Numbers ’21|03′
Best UK Bottled Beer | Buxton ‘Anglo-Belgique IPA’
Honourable mentions | The rest of the Buxton Belgian range and Cloudwater/Magic Rock ‘Three’s Company’
Best UK Canned Beer | Northern Monk/Little Leeds Beer House ‘Neapolitan Pale Ale’
Honourable mentions | Magic Rock & Northern Monk cans. All of them. And Beavertown/Boneyard ‘Bloody Notorious’
Best Overseas Draught | (Joint winners) Omnipollo ‘Cassius’ & Cigar City ‘Jai Alai’
Best Overseas Bottle/Can | Cigar City ‘Invasion’
Best Collaboration Brew | Buxton/Omnipollo ‘Ice Cream Pale’
Honourable mentions | Northern Monk/Epic ‘Hops’, Magic Rock/Dark Woods ‘Common Grounds’ and Cloudwater/Magic Rock ‘Three’s Company’
Best Overall Beer (chosen from the above winners) | Magic Rock ‘Common Grounds’
The above categories featured on Episode 12 “Beer of the Year” from 15:00 >> 48:10
*NEW CATEGORY* Train Beer of the Year | Northern Monk ‘New World IPA’
Honourable mention | M&S/Adnams ‘Mosaic Pale Ale’
Supermarket of the Year | Marks & Spencer
Best Branding, Pump Clip or Label | Magic Rock
Honourable mention | Beavertown
Simon Johnson Award for Best Beer Twitterer | Rob Derbyshire / Hopzine
Honourable mention | Craft Beer Hour
Best Beer Blog/Website | Brew Geekery by Pete McKerry
Honourable mention | Beer Compurgation by Mark Johnson
*NEW CATEGORY* Beery Podcast of the Year | Beernomicon
Honourable mentions | The Irish Beer Snobs & Bushcraft Beer
The above categories featured on Episode 13 “Train Beers” from 12:24 >> 30:30
Best New Brewery of 2016 | Elusive Brewing
Honourable mention | Odyssey Brewing
Best UK Brewery | Buxton
Honourable mentions | Magic Rock & Northern Monk
Best Overseas Brewery | Cigar City
Honourable mentions | Omnipollo & Boneyard
Best Pub/Bar | The Draft House, Old Street
Honourable mentions | The Parcel Yard, The Alehouse in Chelmsford and all of Leeds
Best Taproom | (Joint Winners) Magic Rock & Northern Monk
Honourable mention | Wylam Brewery
Independent Retailer of the Year | Little Leeds Beer House
Honourable mention | Hop Burns & Black
Online Retailer of the Year | Beer Central
Beer Festival of the Year | Leeds International Beer Festival
Honourable mentions | Copenhagen Beer Celebration, Harwich Beer Festival and Manchester Beer Week
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