The Champion Beer of Wales is a
beer
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award presented annually by the
Campaign for Real Ale
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at the
Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival in
Cardiff
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,
Wales
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.
The award is selected by a multi-tier system. First, individual branches of
CAMRA
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is an independent voluntary consumer organisation headquartered in St Albans, England, which promotes real ale, cider and perry and traditional British pubs and clubs. With just under 155,000 members, it is the ...
nominate
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* Beers (surname)
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* Beers, North Brabant
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that have been in regular, non-seasonal production for at least one year from Welsh breweries in a series of CAMRA-defined
categories
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...
. The most commonly nominated beers in each category are then presented to tasting panels, with one panel consisting of four to six people tasting each beer in a particular style in a
blind tasting
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. These tasting panels are selected from CAMRA members and other individuals, including members of the
brewing
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industry (although representatives of nominated beers' breweries are excluded). The winners in each of these categories are then presented to a new panel consisting of local celebrities, politicians, and brewers, who, again blind tasting, selects an
overall champion,
silver medal
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ist, and
bronze medal
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ist. Awards are given for the top beer in each category and the three overall top places.
Winners
Current & previous winners are summarized:
UK real ale and real beer Welsh ales
See also
* Beer in Wales
Beer in Wales can be traced to the 6th century. Since the 2000s, there has been a growing microbrewery industry in Wales.
History
At least as early as the 6th century, the Druidic legendary person Ceridwen is associated with cauldrons and into ...
References
External links
Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival
CAMRA
Beer awards
Beer in Wales
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