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 . Its everything I want in a pub.
2-The Cock Tavern
3-The Harp Surprised by Johns latest summary of the pub ,but horses for courses and all that.
4-The Nags Head
5-The Charles LambWonderful.
Pretty London centric but thats what I like.
p.s The Southampton Arms 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.

[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?
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.

[Aqualung]

Too much to drink?

Shurely an oxymoron??

[Mobyduck]

Shurely an oxymoron??

Yes well spotted.

[london calling]

To much to drink?
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.

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.