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Beard Liberation Front

Media Release

12th January

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Britain’s pubs more beard friendly than ever as Peterborough Micro-pub voted Beard Friendly Pub of the Year

The Beard Liberation Front has said that for the first time ever a pub outside of London has won the Beard Friendly Pub of the Year vote.

The Bumble Inn in Peterborough beat the 2019 winner Hackney’s Cock Tavern in the annual poll which saw over 11,000 votes this year.

It was something of a clean shave for Peterborough as the Stoneworks in the city was a Regional runner-up tying for second place with Tom’s Tap & Brewhouse in Crewe

BLF Inspectors surveyed pubs for beard friendliness and finalised a list including several nominations from drinkers.

BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, congratulations to the Bumble Inn. Its victory underlines that Britain’s pubs are more friendly than ever, open and tolerant of all kinds of drinkers in 2020

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