The Champion Winter Beer of Britain is an award presented by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) at its annual Great British Beer Festival Winter. The award is similar to the Champion Beer of Britain which is presented at the Great British Beer Festival.

Qualification and judging

As for Champion Beer of Britain, beers can qualify in three ways: Nominated beers are then grouped into categories and go through several rounds of blind tasting at the Great British Beer Festival Winter. Category winners are then re-judged to determine the supreme champion — the Champion Winter Beer of Britain.

Categories

Beers are split into categories depending on their style or strength with Speciality ale categories joining in 2023 from the main Champion Beer of Britain competition.

Results

There were two National Winter Ales Festivals in 1997. The first one at the beginning of the year presented the 1996/7 awards and the other, at the end of the year, presented the 1997/8 awards. There was no festival in 1998, the next one being in January 1999.

Supreme Winter Beer of Britain category

Old Ale category

Barley Wines category

Barley Wines category (1992-2014)

Barley Wine & Strong Old Ales category

Stout & Porter category

Stout & Porter category (1991-2007)

Porter category (2008-2019)

Stout category (2008-2019)

Session Stouts and Porters category

Strong Stouts and Porters category

Speciality Beers

Speciality beers moved from Champion Beer of Britain festival category

Speciality, Differently Produced category

Speciality, Flavoured category