Beard Liberation Front
Media Release
12th January
Contact Keith Flett 07803 167266
Hackney’s Cock Tavern voted London’s most Beard Friendly Pub of the Year
The Beard Liberation Front has said that Hackney’s Cock Tavern has been voted London’s most Beard Friendly Pub of the Year.
The London runner-up was the new Kernel Brewery tap room in Bermondsey. Kernel is one of London’s oldest craft breweries
The Bumble Inn in Peterborough was the overall national winner in the annual poll which saw over 11,000 votes this year.
BLF Inspectors surveyed pubs for beard friendliness and finalised a list including several nominations from drinkers.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, congratulations to the Cock Tavern. While the national Beard Friendly Pub of the Year Award has gone to a Regional pub for the first time, the Cock remains an iconic destination amongst London drinkers after good beer, beard or not.
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
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