Vote for Beard Friendly Pub of the Year 2020 is now open

Beard Liberation Front

Media Release

2nd January

Contact Keith Flett 07803 167266

Vote for Beard Friendly Pub of the Year 2020 is now open

Boak & Bailey

The Beard Liberation Front has said that the vote for the annual Beard Friendly Pub of the Year is now open and will close at midday on Sunday 12th January

BLF Inspectors have been surveying pubs for beard friendliness for the past couple of months (criteria below) and have now finalised a list including several nominations from drinkers.

It is obviously not possible to visit every pub and every location and there is a write-in space on the poll. Any pub getting more than 1% of the overall vote will join the poll.

BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, the criteria for inclusion on the list are below. We are not interested in pubs where someone once saw a person with a beard at the bar. It is rather more serious than that, but it’s not that serious…

The criteria for the Award include:

Beard Friendly Pub: a pub that welcomes the hirsute and often has a significant number of hirsute customers, including but certainly not confined to those with modern styles of beards.

Beard Friendly Ambience: a pub that may have fewer hirsute customers but is welcoming to the hirsute through some bearded bar staff and beard friendly beers, plus has a generally relaxed atmosphere for all.

The campaign group says it welcomes diversity in both appearance and drinking. The truly beard friendly pub will have a genuine mix of customers not just a load of old blokes grumbling about life.

The list includes a range of pubs, bars and tap rooms without attempting to classify into sections

The 2019 winner was the Cock Tavern in Hackney

 

The Beard Friendly Pub, Bar, Tap of the Year Short List 2020

Bundobust, Manchester/Leeds/Liverpool

Bubs, Cardiff

The Chesham Arms, Hackney

Cock Tavern, Hackney

Hanging Bat, Edinburgh

Mother Kelly’s (Bethnal Green)

Small Bar, Bristol

Stoneworks, Peterborough

Whitelocks/Turks Head, Leeds

Magic Rock Brewery Tap, Huddersfield

Wellington, Birmingham

Tom’s Tap & Brewhouse, Crewe

The Experiment, Hackney

Fell Brewery Taproom, Kendal

High Cross, Tottenham

Bumble Inn, Peterborough

Cloudwater Tap Manchester

Ship & Mitre, Liverpool

Kernel Tap, Bermondsey

By the River Brew Co, Gateshead