Beard Liberation Front
January 14th
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HACKNEY BOOZER WINS ‘BEARD FRIENDLY PUB OF THE YEAR’ POLL FOR SECOND YEAR
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that the annual vote for the Beard Friendly Pub of the Year has seen the Cock Tavern in central Hackney win the Beard Friendly Pub of the Year poll for the second year running
The Cock Tavern shaved the opposition, with the Bag of Nails in Bristol second and newcomer the Stoneworks in Peterborough third. Mother Kellys which has bars in Bethnal Green and Vauxhall was fourth.
The campaigners say that while the annual poll is a bit of new year fun it is also designed to highlight the diversity and inclusivity of the modern British pub at a time when they are traditionally quiet after the festive season
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, well done to the Cock Tavern. It is a pub notable for the number of hirsute customers it attracts, but also a range of beard friendly beers and ciders. The Cock bristles with beard friendliness.
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, and 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.
In a separate poll Clapton Craft beat Mother Kellys for Beard Friendly Bottle Shop of the Year with the Bottle Shop CF24 in Cardiff third
Notes
Some hostelries on the list style themselves as bars not pubs. This distinction is for others. The BLF is about beards.
Nothing here is meant to suggest that pubs not on the list are unfriendly to beards. This is about pubs that are particularly and emphatically beard friendly
The Beard Friendly Pub, Bar, Tap of the Year Short List 2018
The Axe, Hackney
Bag of Nails, Bristol
Bundobust, Manchester
The Chesham Arms, Hackney
Cock Tavern, Hackney
Dukes Head, Highgate
Hanging Bat, Edinburgh
Hop Locker, Waterloo
Jolly Butchers, Hackney
Mother Kelly’s (Bethnal Green/Vauxhall)
Small Bar, Bristol/Cardiff
Stoneworks, Peterborough
Whitelocks/Turks Head, Leeds
Beavertown/Pressure Drop Brewery Taps, Tottenham
Crafty Devil Cellar, Cardiff
Magic Rock Brewery Tap, Huddersfield
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