The 2013 Mobys

[Mobyduck]

My awards for the past year.

BEER OF THE YEAR
1- East London Brewing - Quadrant Oatmeal Stout ,one of the most perfect beers I've ever had the pleasure to drink.
2- Darkstar- Greenhopped IPA , a legend in my lifetime.(And Physically damaging).
3-Siren Craft - Ryezing Tide , Awsome beer.
4-Titanic chocolate and Vanilla Stout, Fantastic.
5 -Oakham Citra - Right up my street, so to speak.

BREWERY OF THE YEAR
1- Siren Craft Brew , Just blown me away this year excellent.
2- East London Brewing , so good.
3- Darkstar- The masters of good.
4- Hopcraft - Very interesting.
5- Oakham - They're just good.

PUB OF THE YEAR
1-The Gunmakers Arms (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/23325/) . Its everything I want in a pub.
2-The Cock Tavern (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/25052/)
3-The Harp (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/53779/) Surprised by Johns latest summary of the pub ,but horses for courses and all that.
4-The Nags Head (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/1691/)
5-The Charles Lamb (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/23654/)Wonderful.
Pretty London centric but thats what I like.
p.s The Southampton Arms (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/23788/) has to be thereabouts as well.

Well that's what I think, what's yours?

[Bucking Fastard]

Some very good pubs,breweries and beers in those lists Moby,once I have sobered up from all this festive boozing ,I will give some thought to my favourites for the year.Still got to battle through nine more days of the year before any chance of sensible recollection.:nishelypished:

[Aqualung]

I'll go along with this as I don't really do anything of the year so this is just stuff that has impressed me over the last year.
They are not in any order of preference.

Beer

Unsurprisingly lots of Brodie's beers.
Dark Star Green Hopped AND Red Shift.
Windsor & Eton Conqueror and Irish Conqueror Black IPA
Triple fff Jabberwocky Black IPA

There's probably lots more but I find it easier to remember breweries that have impressed so here goes:-

Breweries

Brodie's (Obviously)
Dark Star
East London Brewery
Redemption
London Fields
Portobello
Clarence & Fredericks (later in the year)
Triple fff
Long Man
Tap East
Five Points
Siren
Hopcraft
Adnam's
Howling Hops

Pubs

The Cock Tavern Hackney
The Harp WC2 (Early Morning)
The Lord Nelson Brighton
The Bell E17 (When there's a good selection on)
The Door Hinge Welling

Now to annoy people :-

Spoons of the year :-

The George in Wanstead E11
The Cap in Hand at Hook / Surbiton
The Crown and Sceptre SW2
The King's Ford E4 (cheap and reliable, some beers are still £1.99)

The first three are original pubs rather than shop conversions. only the last two are GBG listed.

[london calling]

Having trouble posting so will try different approach
Beer of the Year (in no order) I could have picked about 20 beers as its been a great year for good beer around London)
brewharf -sesquincentennale
darkstar -green hopped ipa
tiny rebel -billabong
weird beard -little things that kill
raw -citra black ipa

[london calling]

pub of the year (in order)

Sheffield tap
craft beer co Islington
crown and anchor sw9
crown st margarets Twickenham
well and bucket e12
the Sheffied tap won by a mile.

[london calling]

brewery of the year (in order)
arbor
darkstar
brewharf
tiny rebel
weird beard
surprisingly my favourite brewer didn't produce any of the top beers but they do drinkable hoppy beer consistently.

[Mobyduck]

Having trouble posting so will try different approach
To much to drink? :D
Seriously , some interesting lists, I must try some Weird Beard soon and the Crown and Anchor looks interesting, Will possibly be around Borough Market this Monday so might take a tube down to Stockwell as well. :cheers:

[Aqualung]

Too much to drink? :D


Shurely an oxymoron??

[Mobyduck]

Shurely an oxymoron??
Yes well spotted. :D

[london calling]

To much to drink? :D
Seriously , some interesting lists, I must try some Weird Beard soon and the Crown and Anchor looks interesting, Will possibly be around Borough Market this Monday so might take a tube down to Stockwell as well. :cheers:

No if I do a long post I cant send it.Short posts seem to be okay.You can get the 133 bus from the Borough to the Crown and Anchor.Stops outside the pub.I did today.

[Mobyduck]

No if I do a long post I cant send it.Short posts seem to be okay.You can get the 133 bus from the Borough to the Crown and Anchor.Stops outside the pub.I did today.
Thanks John that's useful .

[Wittenden]

Overall beer of the year:Goacher's Special House Ale
Deathly pale: Ilkley's Mary Jane
Modern style session beer:Adnam's Fat Spratt.
Porter or Stout: Dark Star's 1910 Porter
MILD or Old Ale:Mighty Oak's Oscar Wilde MILD
Bottled: Old Dairy Sitting Bull.

[Al 10000]

Beers of the Year

Blue Monkey BG Sips
Castle Rock Harvest Pale
Oakham JHB
Caythorpe Dark Jem

Breweries of the Year

Everards
Blue Monkey
Castle Rock
Oakham
Titanic

Pubs of the Year

Marquis of Granby Stoke on Trent
Blue Bell Maxey
The Horseshoe Shipston on Stour
Stratford Haven West Bridgeford
Salutation Inn Nottingham

[Bucking Fastard]

After a bit of deliberation here goes.

BEER OF THE YEAR

1. Blue Monkey -- Ape Ale
2. Titanic -- Plum Porter
3. Marble -- Pint
4. Ilkley -- Lotus IPA
5. Dark Star -- Green Hopped IPA


BREWERY OF THE YEAR (If I see any of these brewery's output,I am normally on a winner )

1. Titanic
2. Blue Monkey
3. Marble
4. Fyne
5. Binghams


PUB OF THE YEAR ( All first time visits in 2013)

1. Organ Grinder (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/20818/),Loughborough ( Not the greatest pub,but the ale............:nishelypished: )
2. Cock Tavern (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/25052/),Hackney (I'm with Moby on this one)
3. Nags Head (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/1691/),Reading (.... and this one too.Lucky Quinno)
4. Holy Inadequate (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/52833/),Etruria
5. Bhurtpore Inn (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/61339/),Aston.



In retrospect 2013 was a bloody good year,there were many excellent pubs and ales which didn't make the cut.

[Pubsignman]

I stopped posting on the BOTW threads half way through the year, so I'm relying on my memory for BOTY. The ones that left an impression include:

London Brewers Alliance Collaboration London Stout
Great Heck American Classic
Three Tuns Stout
Fullers London Porter
Hobson's Mild
Saltaire Triple Chocoholic (which was also my BOTY last year)
Kirkstall Dissolution IPA

A tough call, but I think the Three Tuns Stout just about shades it - not very fashionable perhaps, but I thought this was an amazing beer.

As for pubs, my top three would be:

The Bridge End (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/61960/) - Ruabon
Shakespeares (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/43362/) - Sheffield
York Tap (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/75525/) - York

Honourable mentions to
The Swan & Rushes (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/20714/) - Leicester,
The Admiral Benbow (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/57889/) - Shrewsbury,
The Railway Inn (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/46158/) - Killay,
The Old Bridge Inn (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/42846/) - Kirkstall,
Fox & Newt (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/42711/) - Leeds and
The Nags Head (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/1691/) - Reading.

Best place for a crawl this year was Leeds, thanks to five days spent there including the excellent PuG crawl. I visited 43 pubs (including a few in nearby Otley) and there was only one that I didn't like. I also really enjoyed York, Shrewsbury, Leicester and surprisingly, Wigan.

[Quinno]

In terms of new pubs only - the following got a 9/10 from me:

The Rose & Crown (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/31793/) Oxford
The Rose & Crown (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/52718/) Sandhurst
The Fox Inn (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/59558/) North Waltham
The South Western Arms (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/13883/) Southampton
The Brewery Tap (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/31347/) Abingdon

These two got top marks!

Talbot Inn (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/37046/) Leamington Spa
The Guide Dog (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/59830/) Southampton

It's been a good year. :bemerry:

[aleandhearty]

Finally got around to trawling through my BOTWs.

BEERS OF THE YEAR.

Kirkstall - Three Swords.
Titanic - Plum Porter.
Oakham - Citra.
Fernandes - West Coast IPA.
Acorn - Tarn Life.
Brass Castle - Sunshine.
Rat - Rat Attack.
Oakham - Green Devil IPA.
Ilkley - Lotus IPA.
Okells - Manx Pale Ale.
Roosters - Fort Smith.

The Green Devil was a huge beer, an incredible assault on the senses and utterly delicious. My outright winner.


PUBS OF THE YEAR.

York Tap. Needs no explanation.
Harry's Bar, Wakefield. Currently my favourite alehouse on the local scene.
The Tabard W4. My home from home, when staying with family in west London.
Red Lion, Litton, Derbyshire. Quintessential village pub.
Old Cock, Otley. Fantastic market town alehouse. My POTY.
Brewers Pride, Ossett. Fantastic alehouse hidden away about a mile from the town centre, with a pump devoted to Oakham beers.


BREWERIES OF THE YEAR.

Like BF, these are my 'go to' breweries. If any of these are on the pumps, I know I'm going to find something decent. By the fact I nominated an Oakham beer 7 times for BOTW, it has to be my brewery of the year.

Roosters.
Kirkstall.
Titanic.
Oakham.
Rat.
Acorn.
Five Towns.

[Wittenden]

[QUOTE=aleandhearty;61240]Finally got around to trawling through my BOTWs.







PUBS OF THE YEAR.

York Tap. Needs no explanation.

Red Lion, Litton, Derbyshire. Quintessential village pub.

Two classics!

[london calling]

Finally got around to trawling through my BOTWs.

BEERS OF THE YEAR.

Kirkstall - Three Swords.
Titanic - Plum Porter.
Oakham - Citra.
Fernandes - West Coast IPA.
Acorn - Tarn Life.
Brass Castle - Sunshine.
Rat - Rat Attack.
Oakham - Green Devil IPA.
Ilkley - Lotus IPA.
Okells - Manx Pale Ale.
Roosters - Fort Smith.

The Green Devil was a huge beer, an incredible assault on the senses and utterly delicious. My outright winner.


PUBS OF THE YEAR.

York Tap. Needs no explanation.
Harry's Bar, Wakefield. Currently my favourite alehouse on the local scene.
The Tabard W4. My home from home, when staying with family in west London.
Red Lion, Litton, Derbyshire. Quintessential village pub.
Old Cock, Otley. Fantastic market town alehouse. My POTY.
Brewers Pride, Ossett. Fantastic alehouse hidden away about a mile from the town centre, with a pump devoted to Oakham beers.


BREWERIES OF THE YEAR.

Like BF, these are my 'go to' breweries. If any of these are on the pumps, I know I'm going to find something decent. By the fact I nominated an Oakham beer 7 times for BOTW, it has to be my brewery of the year.

Roosters.
Kirkstall.
Titanic.
Oakham.
Rat.
Acorn.
Five Towns.
Roosters have new owners/brewers and agree they are brewing great beers again.

[Thuck Phat]

By the fact I nominated an Oakham beer 7 times for BOTW, it has to be my brewery of the year.


You've always been a man of impeccable taste A&H.

[Thuck Phat]

BEERS

Titanic Pier 54
Blue Monkey Ape Ale
XT XT5 American Amber
Oakham Bishops Farewell
Woodstreet Brewery Tuliptree
Marstons/Shipyard Double Thumper
Flowers Original
TT Landlord

BREWERIES

Blue Monkey
Titanic
Oakham
Salopian
Roosters

PUBS

Old Harkers - Chester
Old Vine - Winchester
Organ Grinder - Loughborough
Bhurtpore - Aston
Merchants - Rugby