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These are the winners of CAMRA’s Champion Bottled Beer of Britain This prestigious award celebrates the country’s best bottle-conditioned beers. These are the winners…
This prestigious award celebrates the country’s best bottle-conditioned beers. These are the winners…
The winners of CAMRA's 2016 Champion Bottled Beer of Britain awards were announced at the BBC Good Food Show in November.
This competition is a celebration of bottle-conditioned beers, the brews that are still alive in the bottle, the yeast is still acting, adding depth of flavour and an effervescence.
There was a stunning selection of beers this year from a wide variety of breweries – some big, some small, some old, some new. There was also a vast range of styles of beers. As sponsors Beer Hawk have also put together the official case featuring beers from all the finalists.
Among the highlights are Elland’s 1872 Porter (6.5%), one of the most decorated beers in Britain, from the Welsh borders is Wye Valley’s Butty Bach, a favourite bitter, and Amber Valley’s Imperial IPA (6.5%) full of floral notes, a toasted breadiness and big berry aromas.
The beer that placed third in 2016’s competition was Crouch Vale’s fantastically flavoursome Yakima Gold (4.2%) full of Amarillo hops from the Yakima Valley on the north-west coast of America. It is full of citrus aromas, but with a solid savoury backbone – a favourite during our tastings.
In second position is Flipside’s Russian Rouble (7.3%), a multi-award winning strong, dark, Russian Imperial Stout with notes of chocolate, liquorice, coffee and treacle (perfect with dark chocolate brownies and vanilla ice cream!).
The first place beer, Stringer’s Mutiny, has sold out unfortunately, but in our case we’ve replaced it with the small brewery’s wondrous Damson, a mildly sour beer fermented with wild yeast and refermented on raw Cumbrian damsons. It’s delicious.
Father’s Day, 19th June 2022, is the special date in the calendar when we celebrate and give a nod to the Dads in our lives. It’s an excuse to spoil them with a little something to say thank you for being awesome. If you’re looking for inspiration for a craft beer-loving Dad, then check out our top 7 Father’s Day beer gifts.
Every year, Beer Hawk releases a lineup of limited edition craft beer mixed cases for the holiday season. This year's lineup of festive Christmas beer gifts is guaranteed to put a smile on everyone’s face.
Remember the childhood excitement of opening a new door on your advent calendar every day in the run up to Christmas? It gave each day a little sparkle of festive magic, even though those tiny chocolates behind the doors were always a bit rubbish. How would you like to recapture that childhood magic, but with bottles of delicious beer instead of powdery chocolate? Sounds amazing, right? In that case, you need to get your hands on our Craft Beer Advent Calendar.
Pairing beer and food together isn’t all rules and science. That would make for a terribly boring dinner party! Instead, it’s the art of taking a good beer, some good food and partnering them together to make something even better. It’s the adventure of discovering what works, what doesn’t and what you like. It’s you taking a bite, taking a sip and then declaring your undying love for that imperial stout and chocolate cake.
Barrel-ageing beers is not a new thing, but it is getting more and more popular, and has probably never been as inventive. Adrian Tierney-Jones explores the new wave of ageing beer in wood
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