The Champion Winter Beer of Britain is an award presented by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) at its annual Great British Beer Festival Winter. The award is similar to the Champion Beer of Britain which is presented at the Great British Beer Festival.

Qualification and judging As for Champion Beer of Britain, 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 Great British Beer Festival Winter. Category winners are then re-judged to determine the supreme champion — the Champion Winter Beer of Britain.

Categories Beers are split into categories depending on their style or strength with Speciality ale categories joining in 2023 from the main Champion Beer of Britain competition.

Old Ales & Strong Milds Barley Wines Session Porters and Stouts Strong Porters and Stouts Speciality Differently Produced Ales Speciality Flavoured Ales

Results 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.

Key Blue background indicates beers that were named Supreme Champion after winning in their category. Green background indicates beers that were named Supreme Winter Beer but not Supreme Champion.

Supreme Winter Beer of Britain category

YearGoldSilverBronze 1996/7 Hambleton, Nightmare Branscombe Vale, Yo Ho Ho Theakston, Old Peculier 1997/8 Nethergate, Old Growler Shepherd Neame, Original Porter Daleside, Monkey Wrench (Yorkshire) 1999 Dent, T'Owd Top Woodforde's, Norfolk Nog Daleside, Monkey Wrench (Yorkshire) 2000 Robinson's, Old Tom (Stockport) Theakstons, 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 Robinsons, Old Tom 2003 Nethergate, Old Growler Gales, Festival Mild (London) Wentworth, Oatmeal Stout 2004 Moor, Old Freddy Walker Gales, Festival Mild (London) Shepherd Neame, Original Porter 2005 Robinsons, Old Tom Bath Ales, Festivity Woodforde's, Headcracker 2006 Hogs Back, A Over T (Surrey) Gales, Festival Mild (London) Goff's, Black Knight 2007 Green Jack, Ripper Fuller's, London Porter Orkney, Skullsplitter 2008 Wickwar, Station Porter (Gloucestershire) Robinson's, Old Tom Hop Back, Entire Stout 2009 Oakham, Attila (Cambridgeshire) Elland, 1872 Porter (West Yorkshire) Sarah Hughes, Dark Ruby Mild 2010 Elland, 1872 Porter (West Yorkshire) Breconshire, Ramblers Ruin Acorn's, Gorlovka Imperial Stout 2011 Hop Back, Entire Stout Marble, Chocolate Dow Bridge, Praetorian Porter 2012 Driftwood, Alfie's Revenge (St Agnes, Cornwall) Cairngorm, Black Gold (Aviemore, Highlands) Coniston, No. 9 Barley Wine (Coniston, Cumbria) 2013 Elland Brewery, 1872 Porter (West Yorkshire) Bartrams Brewery, Comrade Bill Bartram's EAISS [Egalitarian Anti-Imperialist Soviet Stout] (Suffolk) Kelburn Brewing, Dark Moor (East Renfrewshire) 2014 Dunham Massey, Porter (Greater Manchester) Cairngorm, Black Gold (Aviemore, Highlands) Exe Valley, Winter Glow (Devon) 2015 Elland Brewery, 1872 Porter (West Yorkshire) Purple Moose, Darkside of the Moose Dancing Duck, Dark Drake 2016 Marble, Chocolate Marble Elland, 1872 Porter (West Yorkshire) Plain Ales, Inncognito Stout 2017 Moor, Old Freddy Walker Sulwath Brewers, Black Galloway Magic Rock, Dark Arts 2018 Green Jack, Ripper Siren Craft, Broken Dream Breakfast Stout Cairngorm, Black Gold 2019 Lacons, Audit Ale Calverley's, Porter Harviestoun, Old Engine Oil 2020 Competition cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Competition cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Competition cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2023 Elland Brewery, 1872 Porter (West Yorkshire) Robinsons Brewery, Old Tom (Cheshire) Dancing Duck’s, Dark Drake (Derbyshire) 2024 Sarah Hughes, Snowflake Elland, 1872 PorterMuirhouse Brewery, Magnum Mild n/a 2025 Cairngorm, Black Gold Sarah Hughes, Snowflake Grain, Slate : Champion Winter Beer of Britain Results

Old Ale category 1991: Old Ales & Strong Milds 1994–1995: Old Ales & Strong Ales 1996-2020: Old Ales & Strong Milds 2023 onwards: Brown Ales, Red Ales, Old Ales and Strong Milds

YearGoldSilverBronze 1991 Theakston, Old Peculier King & Barnes, Old Sarah Hughes, Dark Ruby Mild 1992 Woodforde's, Norfolk Nog (Norfolk) Theakston, Old Peculier Young's, Winter Warmer 1993 Sarah Hughes, Original Mild King & Barnes, Old Ale n/a 1994 Hadrian, Emperor Summerskill, Indiana Bones Young's, Winter Warmer 1995 Theakston, Old Peculier Orkney, Dark Island King & Barnes, Old 1996 No event was held this year 1997 Branscombe, Vale Yo Ho Ho Theakston, Old Peculier n/a 1998 Daleside, Monkey Wrench (Yorkshire) Sarah Hughes, Dark Ruby Mild; King & Barnes, Old Ale Gales, Festival Mild (London) 1999 Daleside, Monkey Wrench (Yorkshire) n/a n/a 2000 Theakston, Old Peculier Gales, Festival Mild (London) n/a 2001 Sarah Hughes, Dark Ruby Mild Orkney, Dark Island n/a 2002 Bath Ales, Festivity Rudgate, Ruby Mild Beartown, Black Bear 2003 Gales, Festival Mild (London) Sarah Hughes, Dark Ruby Mild Woodforde's, Norfolk Nog 2004 Gales, Festival Mild (London) n/a n/a 2005 Bath Ales, Festivity Gales, Festival Mild (London) Theakston, Old Peculier 2006 Gales, Festival Mild (London) Goff's, Black Knight Orkney, Dark Island 2007 B&T, Black Dragon Mild Orkney, Dark Island Rudgate, Ruby Mild 2008 Purple Moose, Dark Side of the Moose West Berkshire, Maggs Magnificent Mild Highland, Dark Monroe 2009 Sarah Hughes, Dark Ruby Bryncelyn, Buddy Marvellous Orkney, Dark Island; Theakston, Old Peculier 2010 Breconshire, Ramblers Ruin Leeds, Midnight Bell Beartown, Black Bear 2011 Marble, Chocolate King's, Old Ale Beowulf's, Dark Raven 2012 Driftwood, Alfie's Revenge (Cornwall) Nant, Mwnci Nell (Conwy); Brunswick, Black Sabbath (Derbyshire) Beowulf, Dark Raven (Staffordshire) 2013 Kelburn Brewing, Dark Moor (East Renfrewshire) Jennings, Sneck Lifter (Cumbria) Purple Moose, Dark Side of the Moose (Gwynedd) 2014 Exe Valley, Winter Glow (Devon) Beowulf, Dark Raven (Staffordshire) Grainstore, Rutland Beast (Rutland) 2015 Purple Moose, Dark Side of the Moose (Gwynedd) Ulverston, Fra Diavolio Castle Rock, Midnight Owl 2016 Old Dairy, Snow Top; Marble, Chocolate Beowulf, Dark Raven; Parmers, Tally Ho! Adnams, Old Ale; Brampton, Mild 2017 Grainstore Brewery Sarah Hughes, Dark Ruby Mild Adnams, Old AleOld Dairy, Snow Top 2018 Tintagel, Excalibur Untapped, Ember Jennings, Sneck Lifter 2019 Tintagel, Excalibur Harvey, Old Ale Brampton, Mild 2020 Competition cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2023 Brampton, Mild Sarah Hughes, Dark Ruby Great Corby, Fox Brown Ale 2024 Muirhouse, Magnum Mild Windswept, Wolf Tiny Rebel, Cwtch 2025 Tintagel, Caliburn Orkney, Dark Island Merlin, Dark Magic : Champion Winter Beer of Britain Results

Barley Wines category

Barley Wines category (1992-2014)

YearGoldSilverBronze 1992 Gibbs Mew, Bishops Tipple Woodforde's, Headcracker (Norfolk) Lees, Moonraker (Manchester) 1993 Woodforde's, Headcracker (Norfolk) Marston's, Owd Rodger (Burton upon Trent) n/a 1994 Woodforde's, Headcracker (Norfolk) Robinsons, Old Tom (Stockport) Gibbs Mew, Bishops Tipple 1995 Cottage, Norman Conquest (Somerset) Woodforde's, Headcracker (Norfolk) Pilgrim, Conqueror 1996 No event was held this year 1997 McMullen's, Stronghart Robinsons, Old Tom (Stockport) n/a 1998 Lees, Moonraker (Manchester) Robinsons, Old Tom (Stockport) Marston's, Owd Rodger (Burton upon Trent) 1999 Cottage, Norman's Conquest n/a n/a 2000 Robinsons, Old Tom (Stockport) Burton Bridge, Old Expensive n/a 2001 Orkney, Skullsplitter (Orkney) Adnams, Tally Ho (Suffolk) n/a 2002 Big Lamp, Blackout Robinsons, Old Tom (Stockport) Adnams, Tally Ho (Suffolk) 2003 Woodforde's, Headcracker (Norfolk) Harveys, Christmas Ale Robinsons, Old Tom (Stockport) 2004 Moor, Old Freddy Walker (Somerset) n/a n/a 2005 Robinsons, Old Tom (Stockport) Woodforde's, Headcracker (Norfolk) Moor, Old Freddy Walker (Somerset) 2006 Hogs Back, A Over T (Surrey) Isle of Skye, Cuillin Beast (Isle of Skye) Robinsons, Old Tom (Stockport) 2007 Orkney, Skull Splitter (Orkney) Green Jack, Ripper (Suffolk) Durham, Benedictus 2008 Robinsons, Old Tom (Stockport) Durham, Benedictus Mighty Oak, Saxon Song 2009 Oakham, Attila (Cambridgeshire) Hogs Back, A Over T (Surrey) Otley, O8 2010 Robinsons, Old Tom (Stockport) Kinver Brewery, Over The Edge (Staffordshire) Otley, O8 2011 Holdens, Old Ale Robinsons, Old Tom (Stockport) Black Isle, Hibernator 2012 Coniston, No. 9 Barley Wine (Cumbria) Moor, Old Freddy Walker (Somerset) Isle of Skye, Cuillin Beast (Isle of Skye) 2013 Hogs Back, A Over T (Surrey) Heart of Wales Brewing, High as a Kite (Powys) Kinver Brewery, Over The Edge (Staffordshire) 2014 Kinver Brewery, Over the Edge (Staffordshire) Moor, Old Freddy Walker (Somerset) Green Jack, Ripple Tripel (Suffolk); Highland, Orkney Porter (Orkney) 2015 Moved to Barley Wines and Strong Old Ales : Champion Winter Beer of Britain Results

Barley Wine & Strong Old Ales category

YearGoldSilverBronze 2015 Lees, Moonraker (Manchester) Orkney, Skullsplitter Darwin, Extinction Ale 2016 Tring, Death or Glory; Darwin, Extinction Ale Orkney, Skull Splitter; Moor, Old Freddy Walker Robinsons, Old Tom; Broughton, Old Jock 2017 Moor, Old Freddy Walker Green Jack, Ripper, Tripel Orkney, Skull Splitter 2018 Green Jack, Ripper Boot, Beast Exmoor, Exmoor Beast 2019 Lacons, Audit Ale Tring, Death or Glory Robinson, Old Tom 2020 Competition cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2023 Robinsons, Old Tom Exmoor, Beast Darwin, Extinction 2024 Sarah Hughes, Snowflake Moor Beer, Old Freddy Walker Green Jack, Ripper 2025 Sarah Hughes, Snowflake Abbeydale, Black Mass Exmoor, Beast : Champion Winter Beer of Britain Results

Stout & Porter category Stout & Porter category (1991-2007) YearGoldSilverBronze 1991 Mauldons, Black Adder (Suffolk) Burton, Bridge Porter West Coast, Guiltless Stout 1992 Bateman, Salem Porter Malton, Pickwick Porter Reepham, Velvet Stout 1993 Coach House, Blunderbus Reepham, Velvet Stout n/a 1994 Coach House, Blunderbus Hambleton, Nightmare Porter Elgood's North Brink Porter (Cambridgeshire) 1995 Harveys, Porter RCH, Old Slug Porter Hop Back Entire Stout 1996 No event was held this year 1997 Hambleton, Nightmare Wickwar, Station Porter (Gloucestershire) n/a 1998 Shepherd Neame Original Porter; Nethergate, Old Growler Wickwar, Station Porter (Gloucestershire) McGuinness, Tommy Todd's Porter 1999 Salopian, Ironbridge Stout n/a n/a 2000 Wye Valley, Dorothy Goodbody's Wholesome Stout High Force, Cauldron Stout n/a 2001 O'Hanlon's, Port Stout Nethergate, Old Growler n/a 2002 Wye Valley, Dorothy Goodbody's Wholesome Stout Ringwood, XXXXL Banks & Taylor, Edwin Taylor Extra Stout 2003 Nethergate, Old Growler Wentworth, Oatmeal Stout RCH, Old Slug Porter 2004 Shepherd Neame, Original Porter n/a n/a 2005 Bateman, Salem Porter Big Lamp, Summerhill Stout Spectrum, Old Stoatwobbler 2006 Bazen Knoll, Street Porter Fuller's, London Porter (London) Bath Ales, Festivity 2007 Fuller's, London Porter (London) Cairngorm, Black Gold St Peter's, Old Style Porter 2008 Separate awards for porters and stouts : Champion Winter Beer of Britain Results

Porter category (2008-2019)