GBBF Winners Announced

by Jay Brooks on August 2, 2006 · 0 comments

The winners of this year’s Great British Beer Festival were announced yesterday. Here’s the list:

CHAMPION BEERS:

GOLD: Crouch Vale Brewers Gold
SILVER: Harveys Sussex Best Bitter
BRONZE: Triple fff Moondance

CATEGORY WINNERS:

Milds:

Mighty Oak’s Oscar Wilde Mild (Essex)
Elgood’s Black Dog (Cambridgeshire)
Grainstore Rutland Panther (Rutland)

Bitters:

Elgood’s Cambridge Bitter (Cambridgeshire)
Acorn Barnsley Bitter (South Yorkshire)
TIE

Sharp’s Doombar Bitter (Cornwall)
Woodforde’s Wherry (Norfolk)

Best Bitters:

Harveys Sussex Best Bitter (East Sussex)
Triple fff Moon Dance (Hampshire)
TIE

Kelburn, Red Smiddy (East Renfrewshire)
Surrey Hills Shere Drop (Surrey)

Strong Bitters:

York Brewery, Centurions Ghost Ale (Yorkshire)
Thornbridge Jaipur IPA (Derbyshire)
Weetwood Oasthouse Gold (Cheshire)

Speciality Beers:

Cairngorm Trade Winds (Highlands)
Wolf Straw Dog (Norfolk)
William Brothers Fraoch Heather Ale (Alloa)

Golden Ales:

Crouch Vale Brewers Gold (Essex)
Hop Back Summer Lightning (Wiltshire)
Holden’s Golden Glow (West Midlands)

BOTTLED BEER:

White Shield: White Shield Brewery (Staffordshire)
Hen’s Tooth: Greene King (Suffolk)
Titanic Stout: Titanic (Staffordshire)

The scene at this year’s Great British Beer Festival.

Tagged as: Awards, Europe, Festivals, Great Britain

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