#irishbeerchat Awards 2015

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The following is an important announcement from Wicklow Wolf. Get involved, it’ll be a bit of craic… sláinte!

Hopefully many of you are familiar with the weekly Twitter chat that we host along with co-hosts Wayne (@irishbeersnob) and Simon Broderick (@SimonSaysBeer) called #IrishBeerChat. If not then get onto Twitter every Wednesday from 9pm for all things Irish beer. Well, all things Irish Beer except a certain stout and ale!

It should be noted the two guys do this in their free time, and it wouldn’t have gotten off the ground if it wasn’t for them as no one reads our tweets!  #IrishBeerChat is only a few months old and already we have covered a whole range of topics, trended, chatted with a head brewer as well a microbrewery founder and we’ll have lots more guest hosts in the coming weeks and months.  As 2015 draws to a close we want to find out the beers that stood out for you this year. Maybe you discovered a new IPA or you have a go to Porter, whatever it is we want to hear from you. The beers that you nominate will go towards a two-way public vote on the 9thDecember. There are so many different sub categories within each beer category but we decided to go with the most popular style to simplify the process. These are:

·         Porters & Stouts

·         India Pale Ales – inc rye, black, red, West Coast. Not double IPAs

·         Specials – Both commercially available and only at festivals

·         Pale Ales

·         Red Ales

·         The best beer festival or beer related event you attended in 2015 for whatever reason

We asked for submissions for the first three categories on the Twitter chat on the 4thNovember but you can still tweet @irishbeersnob or @SimonSaysBeer or ourselves @WWolfBrewery (if you haven’t already done so) with your favourites, in order of preference 1,2,3 along with #IrishBeerChat. We will know what category you are talking about. The only criteria, the beers you choose must be brewed by an Irish micro-brewery. We will be asking for nominations for the others in coming weeks but feel free to tweet before then.

How the voting works:

The beer you list 1st gets 3 points, the beer listed 2nd gets 2 points and the beer listed 3rdgets 1 point. The two beers in each category with the most points will go toward a public vote on the 9th December using Tweet poll to decide the winner.  Twitter only allows for two options hence why only two beers can be listed. If one of our beers get listed, please don’t go shouting fix!

There are no awards, no trophies, no glitz, no celebrities, no red carpet or ceremony for this completely unscientific, unsanctioned and unofficial awards. There are so many great beers out there and it would be great to acknowledge them all but this is one small way to appreciate all the hard over put in by brewers, by you the drinkers. This is just a bit of fun and it’s all about sharing your favourite beers with other drinkers to spread the word. You may not agree with the eventual winner but no doubt it will still be a superb beer.

 

#IrishBeerchat is in its infancy so hopefully next year we can expand this to include more categories. There still won’t be any trophy, that’s a guarantee!  In the meantime we look forward to your votes as well as your ongoing support and participation each week. Plus do use the hashtag #IrishBeerChat in your tweets each week as it can help get it trending and bring more attention to what we are all trying to promote and celebrate – Real Irish Beer!

 

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4 Responses to #irishbeerchat Awards 2015

  1. Steve says:

    No lager category?

  2. Steve says:

    Specials it is then!

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