Monday 27 December 2010

The Golden Pint Awards 2010 - nominations from me and the lovely Lisa


Here's the Golden Pint Award nominations from myself and the lovely Lisa. Though it must be said that at this time of year the lovely Lisa turns to the dark side and doesn't drink many golden pints.

Me:
Best UK Draught Beer: Timothy Taylor's Landlord
Best UK Bottled Beer: Young's Special London Ale. Which makes reports it's gone a bit shit very worrying indeed.
Best Overseas Draught Beer: Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
Best Overseas Bottled Beer: Brooklyn Chocolate Stout
Best Overall Beer: Timothy Taylor's Landlord
Best Pumpclip or Label: I should really go with the choice of SIBA but I liked DB Number 1
Best UK Brewery: Timothy Taylor's
Best Overseas Brewery: Goose Island
Pub/Bar of the Year: Kirkstile Inn, Loweswater
Beer Festival of the Year: Wandsworth Common
Supermarket of the Year: Booths
Independent Retailer of the Year: The Homebrew Shop
Online Retailer of the Year: Beers of Europe
Best Beer Book or Magazine: Amber gold and black by Martyn Cornell
Best Beer Blog or Website: Oh Good Ale
Best Beer Twitterer: I've only really dipped my toe in the water with twitter but I've liked the tweets from FullersJohn
Best Brewery Online: - dunno
Food and Beer Pairing of the Year: A pint of whatever cask beer I'm drinking with cheese and onion crisps.
In 2011 I’d Most Like To…finish all the brews I have planned with a various yeast strains and species
Best free piss up: IBD beer and pie night

The lovely Lisa:
Best UK Draught Beer: Loweswater Grasmore
Best UK Bottled Beer: Saltaire Triple Chocaholic
Best Overseas Draught Beer: A dark German wheat beer , can't remember the name though
Best Overseas Bottled Beer: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Best Overall Beer: Loweswater Grasmore
Best Pumpclip or Label: Old Dairy Brewery Copper Top
Best UK Brewery: Old Dairy Brewery
Best Overseas Brewery: Sierra Nevada
Pub/Bar of the Year: City - Cask Pub and Kitchen; Country - Kirskstile Inn, Loweswater
Beer Festival of the Year: Wandsworth Common
Supermarket of the Year: Booths
Independent Retailer of the Year: The Real Ale Shop
Online Retailer of the Year: Realale.com
Best Beer Book or Magazine: Hops and Glory by Pete Brown
Best Beer Blog or Website: Cooking Lager
Best Beer Twitterer: Mark Dredge
Best Brewery Online: -
Food and Beer Pairing of the Year: Marstons Oyster Stout and beef stew
In 2011 I’d Most Like To…drink more Cumbrian beers
Best free piss up: IBD Beer and pie night

3 comments:

  1. Wow! Cheers, Ed - I really appreciate that. I hope I can come up with something worth reading in 2011!

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  2. A strong showing from Tim Taylor's for you! Nice roudnup though, interesting to see the difference between yourself and Lisa.

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  3. The pleasure's all mine Phil - your stuff is well written and more importantly I agree with it!

    Leigh: yes, I've had a real thing for landlord this year.

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