My first place goes to one of three beers from Williams Bros in the lineup; looking through my notes, it’s interesting to see that the brewery has managed to spread its beers right across my rankings! Appearance: 4.0; Aroma: 7.5; Mouthfeel: 4.5; Flavour: 8.0; Total: 24.0 Gonny No Brew That has to be one of… Read more »

Batemans did pretty well in last year’s competition, winning first place – although I personally ranked it 14th! I enjoyed their entries this year much more, although whether that is a good sign or a bad one for them aardvark remains to be seen. Appearance: 4.5; Aroma: 7.0; Mouthfeel: 4.0; Flavour: 7.5; Total: 23.0 B… Read more »

I was pleased to see Hardknott in the list of this year’s beers, because I’m something of a fan. If nothing else, you can be fairly confident that they’re never going to release a boring, bland, feeble golden ale with a couple of Cascade hops waved over the bottle. Appearance: 4.0; Aroma: 7.0; Mouthfeel: 4.5;… Read more »

Apologies for the odd title! Last year I just posted a Bottom Ten and a Top Ten, but this year I’m doing something slightly different and giving the top three beers a full review each. So rather than a Top Ten, this post is a run-down of places 10 to 4. 10th – American Pride… Read more »