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Best UK Draught (Cask or Keg) Beer
Winner: Thwaites Our Boys/Our Girls
Runner up: Hawkshead NZPA
Best UK Bottled or Canned Beer
Winner: Harveys Imperial Extra Double stout
Runner up: Williams Alba
Best Overseas Bottled or Canned Beer
Winner: Odell Myrcenary
Runner up: Mikkeller Black Hole
Best Overall Beer
Winner: Guinness Foreign Extra
Runner up: Thwaites Our Boys/Our Girls
Best Pumpclip or Label
Winner: Magic Rock (all)
Runner up: Thornbridge St. Petersburg
Best UK Brewery
Winner: The Kernel
Runner up: Williams
Best Overseas Brewery
Winner: Odell
Runner up: Mikkeller (if he counts as a brewery!)
Pub/Bar of the Year
Winner: Arcadia
Runner up: Veritas
Beer Festival of the Year
Sadly I couldn't attend, but I'll say Headingley Ale Festival because of all the hard work Ruth & Kev put in
Supermarket of the Year
Winner: Morrisons
Runner up: Asda
Independent Retailer of the Year
Winner: Beer Ritz
Runner up: Beer Ritz... I don't shop anywhere else!
Best Beer Book or Magazine
Winner: Michael Jackson's Beer Companion
Runner up: Man Walks into a Pub
Best Beer Blog or Website
Winner: Ghost Drinker
Runner up: Cooking Lager (RIP)
Best Beer Twitterer
Winner: Joint @broadfordbrewer & @BeersIveKnown
Runner up: @Tuff86
Best Online Brewery Presence
Winner: Hardknott
Runner up: Broadford!
In 2012 I'd Most Like To:
Drink a fuck load of really, really good beer.
Open Catagory
Most improved pub: The Fenton, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. When I first started going it was a smelly, run-down pub with questionable beer. As a regular I have seen a HUGE improvement in the last few months; they now stock beer from Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout to Chimay Red, as well as having had Magic Rock, Kirkstall and BrewDog on cask and is a much nicer place to drink in general. Leodensians, I urge you to give it another go!
