Champion Beer of Britain
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The Champion Beer of Britain (also known as CBOB) is an award presented by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), at their annual Great British Beer Festival in early August. Beers can qualify in three ways:
- CAMRA tasting panels judge the beers in their geographic area of the UK. The recommendations of these panels are put forward to 6 regional panels, with the winners of these qualifying for the finals in August.
- Votes from CAMRA members via a form in What's Brewing, the CAMRA newsletter.
- Winning one of the 150 Beer Of The Festival awards from CAMRA beer festivals held throughout the year
Nominated beers are then grouped into categories and go through several rounds of blind tasting at the Great British Beer Festival. Category winners are then re-judged to determine the supreme champion - the Champion Beer Of Britain.
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[edit] Categories
Beers are split into categories depending on their style or strength
- Mild
- Bitter
- Best Bitter
- Special Bitter
- Strong Ale (until 1990)
- Strong Bitter (from 1991)
- Golden Ales
- New Brewery (until 1990)
- Old Ales (see note below)
- Barley Wines (see note below)
- Porters & Stouts
- Speciality Bitters
- Bottle-Conditioned Beers
[edit] Name Changes
The Old Ales & Barley Wines category has been renamed over the years. The award was first presented in 1991. In 1992 the category was split into two - Old Ales and Barley Wines. The new Old Ales category was renamed in 1993 to Old Ales & Strong Milds, changed again to Old Ales & Strong Ales in 1994, finally reverting to Old Ales & Strong Milds in 1996.
The Strong Ale category was changed in 1991 to Strong Bitter, with the Strong Milds joining the Old Ales category.
[edit] Winter Ales
Since 1996 the Old Ales & Strong Milds, Barley Wines and Porters & Stouts have been judged as part of the Champion Winter Beer Of Britain awards at the National Winter Ales Festival.
[edit] Current Holders
Gold, Silver and Bronze awards for 2006 are:
- Gold: Crouch Vale Brewers Gold
- Silver: Harvey's Sussex Best Bitter
- Bronze: Triple FFF Moondance
[edit] Previous Holders
- 1978 - Thwaites Best Mild and Fuller's ESB (joint winners)
- 1979 - Fuller's London Pride
- 1980 - Thwaites Best Mild
- 1981 - Fuller's ESB
- 1982 - Timothy Taylor Landlord
- 1983 - Timothy Taylor Landlord
- 1984 - No event was held this year
- 1985 - Fuller's ESB
- 1986 - Bateman XXXB
- 1987 - Pitfield Dark Star
- 1988 - Ringwood Old Thumper
- 1989 - Fuller's Chiswick Bitter
From 1990 onwards a Gold, Silver and Bronze award was made instead of just having an overall winner. These are listed in descending order.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Ind Coope Burton Ale | Timothy Taylor Landlord | Robinson's Old Tom |
| 1991 | Mauldon Black Adder | Fuller's ESB | Brains Dark |
| 1992 | Woodforde's Norfolk Nog | Timothy Taylor Landlord | Bateman Salem Porter |
| 1993 | Adnams Extra | Timothy Taylor Best Bitter | Woodforde's Headcracker |
| 1994 | Timothy Taylor Landlord | Coachhouse Blunderbuss | Woodforde's Headcracker |
| 1995 | Cottage Norman's Conquest | Harvey's Porter | Hadrian Centurion |
| 1996 | Woodforde's Wherry Best Bitter | Cheriton Digger's Gold | Butterknowle Banner Bitter |
| 1997 | Mordue Workie Ticket | Bateman Dark Mild | Hobson's Best Bitter |
| 1998 | Coniston Bluebird Bitter | Mordue Radgie Gadgie | Moorhouse's Black Cat |
| 1999 | Timothy Taylor Landlord | Oakham Jeffery Hudson Bitter | Caledonian Deuchars IPA |
| 2000 | Moorhouse's Black Cat | Hogsback TEA | York Brewery Yorkshire Terrier |
| 2001 | Oakham Jeffery Hudson Bitter | Hop Back Summer Lightning | Brains Dark |
| 2002 | Caledonian Deuchars IPA | RCH East Street Cream | Triple fff Moondance |
| 2003 | Harviestoun Bitter & Twisted | Brains Dark | Bazens' Black Pig |
| 2004 | Kelham Island Pale Rider | Greene King IPA | Hampshire Ironside |
| 2005 | Crouch Vale Brewers Gold | Grainstore Rutland Panther | Woodforde's Wherry |
| 2006 | Crouch Vale Brewers Gold | Harvey's Sussex Best Bitter | Triple fff Moondance |
[edit] 2006 Awards
[edit] Champion Beer Of Britain
- Gold - Crouch Vale Brewers Gold
- Silver - Harvey's Sussex Best Bitter
- Bronze - Triple fff Moondance
[edit] Milds
- Gold - Mighty Oak's Oscar Wilde Mild
- Silver - Elgood's Black Dog
- Bronze - Grainstore Rutland Panther
[edit] Bitters
- Gold - Elgood's Cambridge Bitter
- Silver - Acorn Barnsley Bitter
- Joint Bronze - Sharp's Doombar Bitter
- Joint Bronze - Woodforde's Wherry
[edit] Best Bitters
- Gold - Harvey's Sussex Best Bitter
- Silver - Triple FFF Moondance
- Joint Bronze - Kelburn Red Smiddy
- Joint Bronze - Surrey Hills Shere Drop
[edit] Strong Bitters
- Gold - York Centurions Ghost Ale
- Silver - Thornbridge Jaipur IPA
- Bronze - Weetwood Oasthouse Gold
[edit] Speciality Beers
- Gold - Cairngorm Trade Winds
- Silver - Wolf Straw Dog
- Bronze - William Brothers Fraoch Heather Ale
[edit] Golden Ales
- Gold - Crouch Vale Brewers Gold
- Silver - Hop Back Summer Lightning
- Bronze - Holden's Golden Glow
[edit] Guardian/CAMRA Bottle-conditioned Beers
- Gold - White Shield Brewery White Shield
- Silver - Greene King Hens Tooth
- Bronze - Titanic Stout
