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- Written by Matt Valentine
- Category: POTY 2022
As previously published, the date for announcing our branch Pub Of The Year 2022 is today (March 13th). The judges' scores have now been collated, and I am pleased to confirm that the winner of this years' contest is:
The Bridewell
Congratulations to Dominic and Fiona, and everyone at the Bridewell, for winning this prestigious award, especially as they are first-time winners of this competition.
The competition was closely-contested, so everyone involved with these five deserving pubs can be very proud of their efforts. Also, a big thank-you must go out to the judges who gave up their time to assess each of the contenders, and enabled us to appoint our branch POTY for 2022.
I will take this opportunity to remind everyone that the pubs that are ultimately shortlisted to be our Pub Of The Year are chosen from an initial list which is based entirely upon branch members inputting scores on WhatPub? every time they visit a pub. Without your scores, we can't establish the highest-rated pubs to be put forward for consideration, so please take a few moments to input your ratings each time you visit a pub in our branch area. And, thank you to all of you that do so already.
Again, many congratulations to the Bridewell, and all the other contenders.
Thanks
Matt, Pub Of The Year Co-Ordinator
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- Written by Matt Valentine
- Category: POTY 2022
Firstly, a big thank you to everyone who nominated their top 3 pubs from the initial list of 11 that we announced recently.
I am pleased to announce that we have now come to our final shortlist of 5 pubs, based on these latest nominations by branch members, and which will now go forward to be judged for the chance to be named as our branch Pub Of The Year 2022. They are (in alphabetical order):
As is the case all the way through the process, these have been determined by branch members (the initial list of 11 by means of WhatPub scores submitted throughout the year, and that group of 11 pubs then being voted upon by branch members to whittle them down to this final 5). Likewise, the final judging process to determine the ultimate winner will be carried out by branch members, so whatever results are reached are due entirely to the efforts of you, our members, and thank you for your participation.
On that note, we can always do with more judges to score the final 5 pubs on the shortlist. If anyone feels that they may be able to participate, you can contact either This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Thanks
Matt, POTY Co-ordinator
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- Written by Matt Valentine
- Category: POTY 2022
Hello, everyone, Matt, your Pub Of The Year co-ordinator here. Nobody could have predicted, 2 years ago, what would unfold on a global scale, nor the impact events would have on things like our annual Pub Of The Year competition. As has already been well-publicised, we could not hold the competition last year, so it was decided to carry over the winner for 2020, The Lion Tavern on Moorfields, as the winner for 2021 also.
I thought the latest edition of MerseyAle (our first physical, rather than online-only, copy for a while) would be an ideal opportunity to remind you of the procedure for deciding upon our branch Pub Of The Year for 2022- will Dave and the team in the Lion retain the title they won in 2020, or will it be someone else’s turn, this time around?
As some of you may remember, the current system was agreed at an EGM which was held in October 2018, and is as follows:
- Pub scores will be based upon ratings given through WhatPub. This will be used to produce a list of 10 pubs (WhatPub scoring is also used to determine the pubs that we put forward for the annual Good Beer Guide, therefore whatever pub is crowned POTY is guaranteed to also be an entry in the GBG. However, for POTY purposes, unlike entries in the Good Beer Guide, only WhatPub scores submitted by members of Liverpool & Districts branch itself will be considered). Members have until Friday 17th December 2021 to submit their beer scores.
- Scores will then be collated to produce a list of the 10 top-scoring pubs, which will then go forward to the nomination process, this list will be published on Tuesday 28th December 2021.
- Between Friday 31st December 2021 and Friday 28st January 2022, members can nominate up to 3 of the 11 top-listed pubs to go forward to the judging process. This can be done online using the voting form, or by emailing me direct with your nominations at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Liverpool & District branch members ONLY)
- The initial list of 11 pubs will be whittled down to 5, which will then progress to the judging process. Any Liverpool & Districts member can put their name forward to be a POTY judge via email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), or in person at any of our social events etc. However, judges cannot work for any of the shortlisted pubs. The deadline for offering to be a judge will be Tuesday 28th December 2021
- Friday 14th January 2022- 11 judges will be selected at random from the names submitted. This will be ratified by our CAMRA Regional Co-ordinator, Doug MacAdam.
- Saturday 29th January 2022- the names of the top 5 pubs will be announced.
- Sunday 30th January 2022 to Friday 11th March 2022- judging to take place in line with national guidelines. Each judge must visit each nominated pub twice. Any judge that is obviously not scoring fairly will have their scores disregarded. Judges’ scores for each pub will be published anonymously, to ensure transparency.
Sunday 13th March 2022- our Pub Of The Year 2022 will be announced
Thanks, and I hope you will all submit your beer scores to help with the process- and put yourselves forward to be judges when the time comes.
Matt Valentine POTY Co-ordinator
