The Champion Winter Beer Of Britain (also known as WiBOB) is an award presented by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), at their annual National Winter Ales Festival in January. The Campaign for Real Ale ( CAMRA) is an independent voluntary, Consumer organisation based in St Albans, England, whose main aim The National Winter Ales Festival (often shortened to NWAF) is a yearly event organised by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA The award is similar to the Champion Beer Of Britain (or CBOB) which is presented in August. The Champion Beer of Britain (also known as CBOB) is an award presented by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA at their annual Great British Beer Festival Until the winter of 1996 these were presented as part of the main Champion Beer Of Britain awards, but were moved to the National Winter Ales Festival from its creation in 1997. As for CBOB, beers can qualify in three ways:
- CAMRA tasting panels judge the beers in their geographic area of the UK. The recommendations of these panels are put forward to 6 regional panels, with the winners of these qualifying for the finals in August.
- Votes from CAMRA members via a form in What's Brewing, the CAMRA newsletter.
- Winning one of the 150 Beer Of The Festival awards from CAMRA beer festivals held throughout the year
Nominated beers are then grouped into categories and go through several rounds of blind tasting at the National Winter Ales Festival. Category winners are then re-judged to determine the supreme champion - the Champion Winter Beer Of Britain.
Categories
Beers are split into categories depending on their style or strength. Beer style is a term used to differentiate and categorize Beers by various factors such as colour flavour strength ingredients production method recipe history or origin Alcohol by volume (abbreviated as abv or ABV) is a standard measure of how much alcohol ( Ethanol) is contained in an Alcoholic beverage
- Old Ales & Strong Milds
- Barley Wines
- Porters & Stouts
Current Holders
Gold, Silver and Bronze awards for 2007 are:
- Gold: Green Jack Ripper
- Silver: Fuller's London Porter
- Bronze: Orkney Skullsplitter
Previous Holders
There were two National Winter Ales Festivals in 1997. Old ale is a term commonly applied to dark malty beers in the UK, usually above 5% Abv, often also called Winter Warmers also to dark ales of any strength in Mild ale is a low- gravity, malty beer that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1600s or earlier Barley wine or Barleywine is a style of strong Ale originating in England in the nineteenth century (derived from the March or October beers Stout and porter are dark Beers made using roasted Malts or roast Barley. The first one at the beginning of the year presented the 1996/7 awards and the other, at the end of the year, presented the 1997/8 awards. There was no festival in 1998, the next one being in January 1999.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996/7 | Hambleton Nightmare | Branscombe Vale Yo Ho Ho | Theakston Old Peculier |
| 1997/8 | Nethergate Old Growler | Shepherd Neame Original Porter | Daleside Monkey Wrench |
| 1999 | Dent T'Owd Top | Woodforde's Norfolk Nog | Daleside Monkey Wrench |
| 2000 | Robinson's Old Tom | Theakston Old Peculier | Wye Valley Dorothy Goodbody's Wholesome Stout |
| 2001 | Orkney Skullsplitter | Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild | O'Hanlon's Port Stout |
| 2002 | Wye Valley Dorothy Goodbody's Wholesome Stout | Bath Ales Festivity | Robinson's Old Tom |
| 2003 | Nethergate Old Growler | Gale's Festival Mild | Wentworth Oatmeal Stout |
| 2004 | Moor Old Freddy Walker | Gale's Festival Mild | Shepherd Neame Original Porter |
| 2005 | Robinson's Old Tom | Bath Ales Festivity | Woodforde's Headcracker |
| 2006 | Hogs Back A Over T | Gale's Festival Mild, | Goff's Black Knight |
| 2007 | Green Jack Ripper | Fuller's London Porter | Orkney Skullsplitter |
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