– Best of 2016

The results from our best beers of 2016 survey are IN! You guys filled in more forms than ever (well, than 2015 at least…I have a short memory) so below are your answers in full. 2016 was a great year for beer.

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JAMES MOFFAT
PSBH Manager

FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Brewski – Passionfeber
  2. 6 Degrees North – Lindsaymans Framboise
  3. Omnipollo / Dugges – BA Anagram Blueberry Cheesecake
  4. Way – Red Wine Saison
  5. Firestone Walker – Rye Double DBA
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
Northern Monk
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
Tasting loads of beers from the barrels at Wild Beer & blending Strawblender for IMBC.
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ALISTAIR SKEWES
Recent Graduate
 
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Cloudwater – DIPA v3
  2. Lervig/Way Beer – 3 Bean Stout
  3. Dugges – Tropic Sunrise
  4. Cloudwater – IPA Citra
  5. Buxton / Omnipollo – Yellow Belly
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
Cloudwater
 
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
Trying Pliny The Elder for the first time
 
HOPES AND DREAMS FOR 2017
Manchester’s breweries to continue their amazing progression through more diverse styles
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND?
Altbier

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CARL McBRIDE
PSBH Ass. Man
 
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Pliny the Elder – Russian River
  2. Lords of Acid – Lindheim Ølkompani
  3. Booming Rollers – Modern Times
  4. Anagram – Dugges x Omnipollo
  5. Duet – The Alpine Beer Company
 
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
Lervig
 
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
Drinking super fresh Swami IPA on Ocean Beach, San Diego
HOPES AND DREAMS FOR 2017
Brew some killer beers!
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND?
Garnishes
 
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THOMAS PEOPLES
Financial Analyst
 
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Cloudwater – DIPA v10
  2. Beavertown – Lupuloid
  3. Beavertown – ‘Spresso
  4. Cloudwater / To Øl – Imperial Stout
  5. Magic Rock – Salty Kiss
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
Cloudwater
 
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
Omnipollo / Buxton Yellow Belly
 
HOPES AND DREAMS FOR 2017
None (Ed: LOL)
 
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND?
Sours and a lower ABV
 
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ALEXX O’SHEA
Unemployed Brewer
 
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Alphabet – Nouvelle Saison Beetroot and Horseradish
  2. The Cloudwater DIPA series
  3. Galway Bay – Two Hundred Fathoms (2016)
  4. Thirst Class Ale – Kiss my Ace (Salford Beer Fest)
  5. Marble – Ibuki’s Beer
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
All of them
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
Indy Man Beer Con (my first time as a volunteer there)
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PAUL HALLOWS
Professional Dilettante 
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Cloudwater – DIPA v2
  2. Maui – Big Swell IPA
  3. Beavertown – Bloody ‘Ell (keg/can)
  4. Brewdog / North – Sour Bru
  5. Kernel – Pale Ale (can’t remember which one though)
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
Has to be Quantum Brewing Co, a class act and a pair of real gents.
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
Brewing Bolo Ligo over at Quantum, a real pleasure to be part of the process, or drinking ‘black and tans’ over at Cloudwater’s 1st birthday.
HOPES AND DREAMS FOR 2017
Breton beers see a sudden popularity outside of Brittany, mainly from Britt, just good, solid, French ale.
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND?
VIPA. Vaped IPA. I’d put my house on it.
 
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SAM JONES
IT Architect
 
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Omnipollo & Tupiniquim – Polimango
  2. Siren – Vanilla Weisse
  3. Northern Monk – Mango Lassi Heathen
  4. Brew by Numbers – 5503 DIPA
  5. Marble – Into The Void
 
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
Siren
 
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
Cellarmaker in San Francisco
HOPES AND DREAMS FOR 2017
More high hopped, low bitterness juice bombs
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND?
Dry hopped lagers
 
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SCOTT KENNETH JACKSON
Assistant Manager, The Beagle / Key Holder, IMBC
 
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Brouwerij De Dolle Brouwers – Cosmos
  2. Siren / Cigar City – Eisbock BA Caribbean Chocolate Cake
  3. Logsdon – Peche ‘n Brett (again)
  4. Firestone Walker – Rye Double BDA Vintage 2016
  5. Cigar City – super fresh Jai Alai (air-freighted over for their TT at Magic Rock)
 
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
Torrside
 
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
Having a super-private tasting at IMBC with James and Seb (PSBH) and the guys from Jester King.
HOPES AND DREAMS FOR 2017
To be locked in a room with a load of beer at IMBC. I achieved this. Though, not in the way that I’d hoped.
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND?
Unclassifiable, hybrid beer styles. That, or #bosspouring
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SEB MARINER
Bad mother f*cker
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Omnipollo – Noah
  2. Jester King – Le Petit Prince
  3. To Øl – Sur Simcoe
  4. Magic Rock – Human Cannonball (canned February version)
  5. Verhaeghe – Echte Kriek
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
drinking a fancy bottle with the Jester King man in the cellar of IMBC/ Almasty x Palace rip off t-shirt
HOPES AND DREAMS FOR 2017
World peace
 
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND?
Carl’s Burg (new brewery by PSBH’s Carl McBride)
 
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DRINKY McDRINKFACE
Drinker
 
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Buxton / Omnipollo – Vanilla Ice Cream Pale
  2. Vocation – Smash & Grab
  3. Hawkshead – Tiramisu Imperial Stout
  4. Magic Rock – Inhaler
  5. Track – Double Sonoma
 
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
Buxton
 
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
Magic Rock or Wylam brew taps
 
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND?
Sour AF
 
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PHILL COLEMAN
Programmer
 
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Cloudwater – Small Beer
  2. Marble – Portent of Usher
  3. Chorlton – Dark Matter
  4. Magic Rock – Bearded Lady Gran Marnier Choc Orange Stout
  5. Cloudwater – DIPA v6
 
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
Cloudwater
 
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
Chorlton Dark Matter
 
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND?
Barrel aged beers
 
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PAUL BRIERLEY
Application Support Analyst
 
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Cloudwater – IPA Citra (V1 with Vermont Yeast)
  2. Cloudwater – DIPA v3
  3. Cloudwater / Magic Rock / JW Lees – Three’s Company
  4. Hawkshead / Cigar City – Tiramisu Imperial Stout
  5. Magic Rock – Inhaler
 
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
Cloudwater
 
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
Indy Man
 
HOPES AND DREAMS FOR 2017
Better, fresher beer
 
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND?
Hazy IPAs
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KAT SEWELL
Secretary
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Northern Monk – Malt
  2. Burning Sky – Saison a la Provision
  3. Rodenbach – Alexander
  4. Cloudwater – Citra IPA
  5. Alvinne – Ich Bin Ein Berliner Framboos
 
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
Cloudwater
 
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
Indy Man
 
HOPES AND DREAMS FOR 2017
Go back to Cantillon and drink some Fou Foune as I missed out this year
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND?
Herbs (Ed: rethpect)
 
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MATT
Civil Servant
 
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. To Øl – Sur Citra
  2. Magic Rock / Beavertown / Siren – Rule of Thirds
  3. St-Feuillien – Belgian Coast IPA
  4. Sentinel – RRG
  5. Lost Industry – Pineapple Yogurt Sour
 
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
Chorlton
 
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND?
Sours
 
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STEVE PILLING
Financial Controller
 
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Magic Rock –  Bearded Lady Dessert edition
  2. Buxton / Omnipollo – Yellow Belly
  3. Cloudwater – DIPA v9
  4. Logsdon – Seizoen Bretta
  5. Magic Rock – Hypnotist
 
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
Magic Rock
 
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
Indy Man Beer Con
 
HOPES AND DREAMS FOR 2017
Regular Magic Rock Bearded Lady release!
 
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND?
Hazy IPA
 
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JOHN PORTLOCK
Resting
 
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Track – Sonoma
  2. Cloudwater – DIPA v8
  3. Oakham – Green Devil IPA
  4. 90/90 Black IPA
  5. Oakham – Citra
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
Cloudwater
 
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
Mexico (top beers)
 
HOPES AND DREAMS FOR 2017
More of the same
 
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND?
Hoppy sours
 
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BILL McDONNELL
Retired
 
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. White Rat
  2. Oakham Citra
  3. Bradfield Brewery Farmers Blonde
  4. Lowry
 
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
White Rat
 
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
Port Street Beer House (Ed: oh you!)
 
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND?
More IPAs with not so much strength but all the flavour
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MICHAEL COLLINS
Estates Manager
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Omnipollo – Noa Pecan Mud Cake
  2. Cloudwater – DIPA v7
  3. Brewdog – Elvis Juice
  4. Fourpure – Juicebox
  5. Magic Rock – Inhaler
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
Brew By Numbers (very stead and consistent)
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
Indy Man (and loved PSBH, Cafe Beermoth, Common, and Pilcrow when visiting Manchester)
HOPES AND DREAMS FOR 2017
Trip to Bermondsey’s Beer Mile and same as last year – Indy Man, CBC with good mates
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND?
Cloudier, less bitter and juicier IPAs
 
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SEAN HANDLEY
Software Developer
 
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Beavertown – Bloody Notorious
  2. Cloudwater – DIPA
  3. Vocation – Life and Death
  4. Brewdog – Elvis Juice
  5. Beavertown – Lupuloid IPA
 
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
Cloudwater
 
HOPES AND DREAMS FOR 2017
Peace on Earth and Goodwill to all men
 
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND?
Triple IPA shots
 
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BARRY YATES
Payroll Manager
 
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Cloudwater / Magic Rock / JW Lees – Three’s Company
  2. Beavertown – Skull King
  3. Buxton/Omnipollo – Yellow Belly
  4. Siren – Proteus IPA Vol. 1
  5. Cloudwater – DIPA v8
 
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
Cloudwater
 
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
Gdansk, upcoming Polish craft breweries
 
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND?
High fruit content IPAs and DIPAs
 
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JONATHAN
Writer
 
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Northern Monk – Double Heathen
  2.  Grapes BFM √225 Saison
  3. Firestone Walker – Parabajava
  4. Cloudwater – DIPA v8
  5. Dugges / Omnipollo – Barrel Aged Anagram
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
Northern Monk
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
IMBC was a cracker this year
HOPES AND DREAMS FOR 2017
More British breweries reveal a surprise long time barrel aging sour programme, a la Thornbridge
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND
Literally every brewery doing New England style hazy IPAs, with no exceptions
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JAMES LAWTON
Teacher
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Omnipollo – Noa Pecan Mudcake Stout
  2. Cloudwater / Magic Rock / JW Lees – Three’s Company
  3. Omnipollo / Buxton – Yelly Bellow
  4. Atom – Mars
  5. Siren / Cigar City – BA Caribbean Chocolate Cake
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
Omnipollo
 
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
Noa Pecan Mudcake in a little bar in Barcelona
HOPES AND DREAMS FOR 2017
Skinny dipping in imperial stout
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND?
Collaborations with monks and Trappist breweries
 
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RICHARD DAVIES
Analyst
 
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Beavertown – Skull King
  2. Cloudwater – DIPA v3
  3. Track – Cotopaxi
  4. Cloudwater – DIPA v5
  5. Beavertown – Capt Hasta
 
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
Cloudwater
 
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
Brilliant – loads of new brewers and fantastic flavours all around. IMBC 16 proved this.
 
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND?
The stronger the better I imagine
 
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HEDLEY COPPOCK
Medical Writer
 
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Cloudwater – Vermont ESB. I could drink this forever…
  2. Cloudwater – PX Imperial Stout
  3. Thornbridge – Love Among the Ruins
  4. Sarah Hughes – Dark Ruby Mild
  5. Buxton – Tripel. The beer I’ve drunk most this year.
 
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
Thornbridge – consistently high quality, despite the move to iddy biddy little bottles.
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
Manchester beer week – specifically the Cloudwater barrel-store tasting, or maybe the Thornbridge sour tasting, or maybe…
HOPES AND DREAMS FOR 2017
The Daily Mail going out of business… oh, beer-wise? My wife bringing some special beers back from a San Diego work trip.
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND?
ESBs, milds and old ales (wishful thinking on my behalf)
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DAVID MARKHAM
Higher Education Admin
 
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Omnipollo – Noa
  2. Omnipollo / Buxton – Ice Cream Pale
  3. Wild Beer Co – Modus Vivendi
  4. Magic Rock – The Upside Down
  5. Buxton – Trolltunga
 
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
Wild Beer Co.
 
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
IMBC
 
HOPES AND DREAMS FOR 2017
Drink more great beers, ride my back as much as poss, see Arsenal win the league
 
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND?
More funky stuff in brews like Marshmallows
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CRAIG ELLIOTT
Bar Manager
FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Lervig – 3 Bean Stout
  2. Wild Beer Co – Pogo
  3. Tring Brewery – Pale + Four
  4. Allgates Brewery – Blue Sky Tea
  5. Mikkeller – Sponton Lingonberry
 
FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016
Deva craft brewery
 
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
The 3 bean stout was the best to savour
 
HOPES AND DREAMS FOR 2017
To become even more knowledgeable about beer
 
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND?
The beer trend will be taking a dark beers flavour and making it a pale ale
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DAVID BAILEY
Website updater & Illustrator

FAVOURITE BEERS OF 2016
  1. Omnipollo Noa
  2. Cigar City Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout
  1. Buxton Guatemalan Coffee Extra Porter
  2. Track Pekoe Blue Lady IPA
  3. Orval

FAVOURITE BREWERY OF 2016

Omnipollo
 
BEER EXPERIENCE OF 2016
Trips to Hawkshead and Northern Monk
 
HOPES AND DREAMS FOR 2017
Winning year’s supply of imperial stouts and crisps
 
WHAT WILL BE 2017’s BEER TREND
Beer with a free toy (keyring, temporary tattoo, fridge magnet)
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