- Champion Winter Beer of Britain
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The Champion Winter Beer Of Britain (also known as WiBOB) is an award presented by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), at their annual National Winter Ales Festival in January. The award is similar to the Champion Beer Of Britain (or CBOB) which is presented in August. Until the winter of 1996 these were presented as part of the main Champion Beer Of Britain awards, but were moved to the National Winter Ales Festival from its creation in 1997. As for CBOB, 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 National Winter Ales Festival. Category winners are then re-judged to determine the supreme champion - the Champion Winter Beer Of Britain.
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Categories
Beers are split into categories depending on their style or strength.
- Old Ales & Strong Milds
- Barley Wines
- Porters & Stouts
Current Holders
Gold, Silver and Bronze awards for 2011 are [1]:
- Gold: Hop Back Brewery Entire Stout
- Silver: Marble Brewery Chocolate
- Bronze: Dow Bridge Brewery Praetorian Porter
Gold, Silver and Bronze awards for 2010 were [1]:
- Gold: Elland 1872 Porter
- Silver: Breconshire's Ramblers Ruin
- Bronze: Acorn's Gorlovka Imperial Stout
Previous Holders
There were two National Winter Ales Festivals in 1997. The first one at the beginning of the year presented the 1996/7 awards and the other, at the end of the year, presented the 1997/8 awards. There was no festival in 1998, the next one being in January 1999.[1]
Year Gold Silver Bronze 1996/7 Hambleton Nightmare Branscombe Vale Yo Ho Ho Theakston Old Peculier 1997/8 Nethergate Old Growler Shepherd Neame Original Porter Daleside Monkey Wrench 1999 Dent T'Owd Top Woodforde's Norfolk Nog Daleside Monkey Wrench 2000 Robinson's Old Tom Theakston Old Peculier Wye Valley Dorothy Goodbody's Wholesome Stout 2001 Orkney Skullsplitter Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild O'Hanlon's Port Stout 2002 Wye Valley Dorothy Goodbody's Wholesome Stout Bath Ales Festivity Robinson's Old Tom 2003 Nethergate Old Growler Gale's Festival Mild Wentworth Oatmeal Stout 2004 Moor Old Freddy Walker Gale's Festival Mild Shepherd Neame Original Porter 2005 Robinson's Old Tom Bath Ales Festivity Woodforde's Headcracker 2006 Hogs Back A Over T Gale's Festival Mild Goff's Black Knight 2007 Green Jack Ripper Fuller's London Porter Orkney Skullsplitter 2008 Wickwar Station Porter Robinson's Old Tom Hop Back Entire Stout 2009 Oakham Attila Elland 1872 Porter Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild 2010 Elland 1872 Porter Breconshire's Ramblers Ruin Acorn's Gorlovka Imperial Stout 2011 Hop Back Entire Stout Marble Chocolate Dow Bridge Praetorian Porter Notes
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