Each year, a Beer of the Festival is selected, based on scores given by customers using the online beer list. Category prizes, by beer style, are also awarded if there are sufficient scores submitted.
The 2022 winners are as follows:
Overall Winners:
Gold: Vocation & Neon Raptor, Imperial Stout Collab
Silver: Xtreme, BlaX Forest Stout
Joint Bronze: Fengate, Double India Pale Ale, Three Blind Mice, Duality V2, and Old Chimneys, Good King Henry
Categories:
Barley Wines & Strong Ales
Gold: Bruha, XO
Brown, Red, Old Ales & Strong Milds
Gold: Lacons, Old Nogg; Silver: Moon Gazer, Bouchart; Bronze: Moon Gazer, Witch-Hare
IPAs
Joint Gold: Fengate, Double India Pale Ale; Three Blind Mice, Duality V2; Bronze: Grain, Lignum Vitae
Milds
Gold: Elmtree, Professor; Silver: Elephant School, White Elephant; Bronze: Beeston, The Squirrels Nuts
Premium Bitters
Gold: Harrogate, Harrogate Best; Silver: Beccles Brew Co, Nelson’s Tree; Bronze: Clun, Citadel
Session Bitters
Joint Gold: Mighty Oak, Bat Juice; Portobello, Star; Joint Bronze: Papworth, Crystal Ship; Three Blind Mice, Old Brown Mouse
Premium Goldens
Gold: Rudgate, Valkyrie; Silver: Wildcraft, Wild Un Bongo Mango; Bronze: Peerless, Knee Buckler
Session Goldens
Gold: Tindall, Galaxy Dream; Silver: Papworth, Fen Skater; Bronze: Boudicca, Queen of Hops
Session Stouts and Porters
Gold: Xtreme, BlaX Forest Stout; Silver: Elephant School, My Milk Stout Brings all the Bulls to the Yard; Bronze: Wilde Child, Clique Fiesta Biscoff
Strong Stouts and Porters
Gold: Vocation, Neon Raptor; Silver: Old Chimneys, Good King Henry; Bronze: Xtreme, Rhubarb X Custard
Speciality Beers Differently Produced
Gold: Moon Gazer, Full Caff Pale; Silver: Green Jack, Big Dog; Bronze: Opa Hay’s, Liquid Bread
Speciality Beers Differently Flavoured
Gold: Xtreme Ales, Strawberry Xtreme; Silver: Brew York, Rhubarbra Streisand; Bronze: Mr Winter’s, Vanilla Latte