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Beers of the Year 2010

The Beers of the Year chosen by Willard Clarke and by beer-pages visitors. Nominations for the 2010 awards are now closed.

Best Porter/Stout: Acorn Gorlovka Imperial Stout/Sambrooks Powerhouse Porter
Best Barley Wine: Woodforde's Headcracker
Golden Ale: Hogs Back Brooklands Gold/Palmers Dorset Gold
Best Strong Bitter: Ringwood Old Thumper
Best Bitter: Shepherd Neame Canterbury Jack
Best Pale Ale: Wye Valley Hereford Pale Ale
Best IPA: Greene King Very Special India Pale Ale
Best Wood-Aged Beer: Harviestoun Ola Dubh 40/St Austell Smugglers Special Edition
Best New Development: Fuller's Past Masters XX Strong Ale

visitors' awards added 12th January

Peter Gerrard, UK

Lager/Pilsner: Dorset Brewing Company, Chesil
Bitter/Pale Ale: Hall & Woodhouse (Badger) - Golden Champion
Porter/Stout: Goose Island Beer Company, Bourbon County Stout
Strong Ale: Fullers, Golden Pride
British Beer: Fullers, Extra Special Bitter
World Beer: Dogfish Head, 90 Minute IPA
Best Newcomer: Brewdog, Abstrakt 02
Free choice: Brewdog, Hardcore IPA (current version)

visitors' awards added 6th January

Thomas Marshall, UK

Lager/Pilsner: Mikkeller The American Dream
Bitter/Pale Ale: Struise/Mikkeller Elliot Brew - (Struise Mikkeller) , Double IPA
Porter/Stout: N�rke Kaggen Stormaktsporter
Strong Ale: De Struise Pannepot
British Beer: The Kernel Imperial Stout
Belgian Beer: De Struise Pannepot
World Beer: Mikkeller Black Hole Red Wine Edition
Best Newcomer: The Kernel S.C.A.N.S.
Free choice: N�rke Kaggen Stormaktporter Pure Swedish Oak

Ed Murphy, UK

Lager/Pilsner: Schiehallion (Harviestoun)
Bitter/Pale Ale: Double Drop (Flack Manor)
Porter/Stout: Barnstormer (Bath Ales)
Strong Ale: Hardcore IPA (Brewdog)
Wheat Beer: Bavarian Winterfest Wheat (Marks & Spencer)
British Beer: ESB (Fullers)
Belgian Beer: Golden Ale (Duvel)
World Beer: Torpedo Extra IPA (Sierra Nevada)
Best Newcomer: Conqueror Black IPA (Windsor & Eton)
Free choice: American Style IPA (Adnams)

Ian Garrett, UK

Lager/Pilsner: Sam Smiths Organic Lager
Bitter/Pale Ale: Yorkshire Dales Leyburn Shawl
Porter/Stout: Meantime Porter
Strong Ale: Fuller's Golden Pride
British Beer: Timothy Taylor's Golden Best
Belgian Beer: Brasserie De La Senne Zinnebir
World Beer: Odell's St Lupulin
Best Newcomer: Fuller's Past Masters XX Strong Ale
Free choice: Victory Hop Devil

Fred Wilde, UK

Bitter/Pale Ale: St Austells Admirals Ale
Porter/Stout: Orkney Dragonhead stout
Strong Ale: Moor Beer Old Freddie Walker
Wheat Beer: Bristol Beer Factory Hefe
British Beer: Fyne Ales Avalanche
World Beer: Free choice: Moor Beer JJJ

Michael Keeler, UK

Lager/Pilsner: Taybeh (Palestine)
Bitter/Pale Ale: Timothy Taylor Landlord
Porter/Stout: Adnams Old
Strong Ale: Theakstons Old Peculiar
British Beer: Black Sheep Bitter
Belgian Beer: Chimay Red
Best Newcomer: Fullers Bengal Lancer
Free choice: Fullers Vintage Ale (2007)

Paul Draper, UK

Lager/Pilsner: Brewdog 77 Lager
Bitter/Pale Ale: Youngs Special London Ale
Porter/Stout: Dark Star Imperial Russian Stout
Strong Ale: Robinson's Old Tom
Wheat Beer: Meantime Wheat
British Beer: Fuller's London Porter
Belgian Beer: Chimay Red
World Beer: Best Newcomer: Brewdog AB:04
Free choice: St Austell Admiral's Ale

Andrew Stevenson, UK

Lager/Pilsner: Mac's Gold All Malt Lager
Bitter/Pale Ale: Lancaster Amber
Porter/Stout: Bowland Brewery Black Dragon Porter
British Beer: Bowland Brewery Sky Dancer
Free choice: Dud of the Year: Pubcos & their restrictive practices

visitors' awards added 27th December

Pete Howard, UK

Lager/Pilsner: Harviestoun Schiehallion
Bitter/Pale Ale: Thornbridge Kipling
Porter/Stout: Thornbridge Imperial Russian Stout
Strong Ale: Brewdog Hardcore IPA (9.2%)
Wheat Beer: Schneider Hefe Weisse
British Beer: Oakham Bishop's Farewell
Belgian Beer: Bosteels Karmeliet Tripel
World Beer: Brewdog Hardcore IPA
Best Newcomer: Brewdog Hardcore IPA Mk 2 (9.2%)
Free choice: Brewdog Hardcore IPA

Joris Pattyn, Belgium

Lager/Pilsner: De Molen/Revelation Cat Triple Hop Bock (NL)
Bitter/Pale Ale: Sierra Nevada Northern Hemisphere Wet Hop ale (USA)
Porter/Stout: Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel Islay cask (N/DK)
Strong Ale: La Trappe Quadrupel Oak aged (NL)
Wheat Beer: Jandrain-Jandrenouille VI (B)
British Beer: Thornbridge St. Petersburg R.I.S. Islay cask
Belgian Beer: Cantillon Zwanze 2009
World Beer: Hornbeer Oak aged Cranberry Bastard (DK)
Best Newcomer: Grassroots Brewing (DK/USA)
Best mindblower: BrewDog Sink the Bismarck (SC)

Nick Boldock, UK

Lager/Pilsner: Brewdog '77 Lager
Bitter/Pale Ale: Saltaire Elderflower Blonde
Porter/Stout: Acorn Old Moor Porter
Strong Ale: Exmoor Beast
Belgian Beer: Dachoufe McChouffe
World Beer: Flying Dog Brewery Raging Bitch

Travis Webb, UK

Bitter/Pale Ale: Carn Brea Brewing Co, One and All, 5.2%.
Porter/Stout: Nogne O, Porter, 7%.
Strong Ale: Grottenbier, 6.5%.
Wheat Beer: Weihenstephan, Hefe Weissbier. 5.4%.
British Beer: Batemans, Victory Ale. 6.0%.
Belgian Beer: Boon, Oude Geuze, 2006-2007, 6.5%.
World Beer: Mikkeller, Funky (e)star [fung'ke e'st r], 9.4%.
Best Newcomer: Fuller's, Bengal Lancer IPA, 5.3%.
Free choice: Mikkeller, USAlive! 8.0%.

Terry Sweeney, UK

Bitter/Pale Ale: worthington white shield
British Beer: worthington white shield

Timm Hay, UK

Porter/Stout: Ola dubh

Beers of the Year 2010 is now closed.

beers of the year 2009
beers of the year 2008
beers of the year 2007
beers of the year 2006
beers of the year 2005

  

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