The Champion Beer of Wales is a beer award presented annually by the Campaign for Real Ale at the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival in Cardiff, Wales.
The award is selected by a multi-tier system. First, individual branches of CAMRA nominate beers that have been in regular, non-seasonal production for at least one year from Welsh breweries in a series of CAMRA-defined categories. The most commonly nominated beers in each category are then presented to tasting panels, with one panel consisting of four to six people tasting each beer in a particular style in a blind tasting. These tasting panels are selected from CAMRA members and other individuals, including members of the brewing industry (although representatives of nominated beers' breweries are excluded). The winners in each of these categories are then presented to a new panel consisting of local celebrities, politicians, and brewers, who, again blind tasting, selects an overall champion, silver medalist, and bronze medalist. Awards are given for the top beer in each category and the three overall top places.
Winners
Current & previous winners are summarized:UK real ale and real beer Welsh ales YearGoldSilverBronze 1996 Plassey Brewery Dragon’s Breath N/A N/A 1997 Plassey Brewery Dragon’s Breath Bullmastiff Tomos Watkin OSB 1998 Flannery’s Oatmeal Stout N/A N/A 1999 Bullmastiff Gold Tomos Watkin Old Style Bitter Pembroke Brewery Old Nobbie Stout 2000 Bullmastiff Gold Warcop Pit Prop Plassey Brewery Dragon’s Breath 2001 Tomos Watkin Merlin's Stout Brains Dark Swansea Brewery Original Wood 2002 Bryncelyn Brewery Buddy Marvelous Bullmastiff Gold Brains Dark 2003 Bryncelyn Brewery Oh Boy Tomos Watkin Merlin Stout Bryncelyn Brewery Buddy Marvelous 2004 Breconshire Brewery Golden Valley Bullmastiff Bryncelyn Brewery Buddy Marvelous 2005 Bullmastiff Tomos Watkin Merlin Stout Bryncelyn Brewery Oh Boy 2006 Otley O8 Brains Dark Otley OG 2007 Rhymney Dark Bryncelyn Brewery Holly Hop Bryncelyn Brewery Buddy Marvelous 2008 Otley O8 Brains Gold Brains Dark 2009 Purple Moose Snowdonia Ale Otley OG Bitter Otley Porter 2010 Otley, O-Garden Bragdy'r Nant, Mwnci Nel Rhymney, Export 2011 Rhymney Dark Rhymney Export Otley O8 2012 Heart of Wales, High as a Kite Heart of Wales, Welsh Black Stout Rhymney, Hobby Horse 2013 Tiny Rebel, Dirty Stop Out Tiny Rebel, Fubar Tiny Rebel, Urban IPA 2014 Tiny Rebel, Fubar Purple Moose, Dark Side of the Mouse Great Orme, Welsh Black 2015 VOG Brewery, Dark Matter Tudor Brewery, Black Mountain Stout Purple Moose, Dark Side of the Moose2016 Tudor Brewery, Black Rock Boss Brewing, Boss Black Monty's, Old Jailhouse
See also
Beer in Wales
References
External links Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival CAMRA