Cider Pub of the Year

Amber Valley Cider Pub of the Year 2025

Nominations and Judges Required

We need your help to compile a list of 4 pubs to go forward to our Cider Pub of the Year Competition. You have from Friday 1^st November to Thursday 12^th December 2024 to nominate from 1 TO 3 pubs for Cider Pub of the Year. Pubs nominated for Cider Pub of the Year must serve at least one Real Cider or Perry on a regular basis.

Please email your nominations to the Chairman along with your name and CAMRA membership number. You need to be a member of Amber Valley CAMRA to nominate.

On Friday 13^th December the nominations will be counted and the 4 pubs with the most nominations for Cider Pub of the Year will go forward to the competition which will be judged by volunteer CAMRA members from Saturday 14^th December through to Wednesday 12^th February 2025.

We would like to have as many judges as possible for each competition and, although they need to be members of CAMRA, they don’t have to be Amber Valley Branch members. If you would be interested or know someone else who would, please contact me for more information. You only have to commit to visiting each of the 4 Cider Pub of the Year entrants once during the judging period and sending in your scoresheet(s) by email or post.

Forms listing the nominated pubs and the various categories to be judged, together with explanatory notes from CAMRA, will be sent to any member who volunteers to take part in the judging of either competition.

We thank you in anticipation for your input towards helping us to choose worthy winners for this prestigious Branch award. The results will be announced shortly after completion of judging.  The winner of Cider Pub of the Year will be presented with a certificate, and the winners will go forward to next rounds of the Cider Pub of the Year competitions, starting in March 2025.

Amber Valley Cider Pub of the Year 2024

The results of the 2024 CPOTY are;

1. Angels, Belper

2. Dead Poets, Holbrook

3. Groovers Arms, Ripley

4. Talbot, Ripley

Amber Valley CAMRA are looking for a new Cider Representative for the Branch, if you can assist please contact our Chairman

Amber Valley Cider Pub of the Year 2023

Unfortunately due to a lack of nominations and also of judges for the CPOTY this will not be awarded for 2023.

Amber Valley Cider Pub of the Year 2022

Congratulations to the Beehive/HoneyPot in Ripley as they were presented with the winners certificate for this year’s Cider Pub of the Year by Amber Valley CAMRA Chairman Chris Rogers.   They will go forward to the East Midlands Cider Pub of the Year Competition, judged in the early Spring.

The runners up, the Dead Poets Inn, Holbrook were presented with their certificate on 27 Jan.

Amber Valley Cider Pub of the Year 2020

The winner of this year’s Cider Pub of the Year is Angels Bar, Belper and the runner-up is the Dead Poets Inn, Holbrook. Certificates were presented to these pubs, and Angels Bar, as Amber Valley Cider Pub of the Year 2020, will go forward to the East Midlands Cider Pub of the Year Competition, judged in March 2020.

Presentation to Dead Poets Inn

Congratulations to all the pubs who made the shortlist for judging; given the number and quality of pubs in the Amber Valley Branch area that is no mean feat. Thanks to all those who took part in the nomination or judging phases of this competition. In October and November 2020 we will be running next year’s Cider Pub of the Year Competition, on similar lines to this one and we will be looking for nominations and judges.

Amber Valley Cider Pub of the Year 2019

The winner for the 2nd year in the row is the Talbot, Ripley and the runner-up Angels Bar, Belper.

Chris Rogers, Amber Valley CAMRA Chairman presenting the award to Landlords Steve and Angela

The Talbot, as Amber Valley Cider Pub of the Year 2019, will go forward to the East Midlands Cider Pub of the Year Competition, judged in the early Spring 2019

The runners up, were as follows:

Amber Valley Cider Pub of the Year 2018

The winner was the Talbot, Ripley and the runner-up Angels Bar, Belper.

Chris Rogers, Amber Valley CAMRA Chairman presenting the award to Landlords Steve and Angela

The Talbot, as Amber Valley Cider Pub of the Year 2018, will go forward to the East Midlands Cider Pub of the Year Competition, judged in March 2018.

I would like to congratulate all the pubs who made the shortlist for judging; given the number and quality of pubs in the Amber Valley Branch Area that is no mean feat. I would also like to thank all those who took part in the nomination or judging phases of this competition.

In October and November 2018 we will be running next year’s Cider Pub of the Year Competition, on similar lines to this one and we will be looking for nominations and judges.

Regards,
Chris Rogers
Amber Valley CAMRA

East Midlands Cider Pub of the Year 2017

Cider Pub Of The Year 2015

The Steampacket in Swanwick has been announced as the winner for the second year running.  Congratulations again go to Amanda and her team.

A photo of the presentation will be available shortly.

Cider Pub Of The Year 2014

The votes have been counted and the winner is confirmed as The Steampacket in Swanwick.  Congratulations to them, they will now go forward into the East Midlands stage of the competition.

Cider Pub of The Year 2013

We are pleased to announce The Beehive, Peasehill as our Cider Pub Of the Year for 2013. The pub will now go forward to the East Midlands stage of the competition.

Our congratualtions go to the landlord and landlady, Steve (pictured above with Branch Chairman Chris Rogers) and Linda Creswell who have been in charge of the pub for over 20 years.  Since opening the Honey Pot in the former stables at the top end of the garden in August 2012, things have gone from strength to strength.

They regularly stock a number of ciders and perries from local and regional producers and from further afield.  They are one of the few truly dedicated cider and perry pubs in our area and very deserving of the award.