-COMPETITIONS:

There's all sorts of beer competitions. Some organised by trade bodies, some by pressure groups such as CAMRA and some by commercial concerns like supermarkets. They all have the aim of selecting a 'best beer' that conforms to their own 'style' guidelines. These guidelines might cover alcohol content, bitterness, taste and sometimes a lot more. You could say that taste is all subjective but brewing to a set of style guidelines is quite exacting and objectively measurable. Some tasting are 'blind' and some are open. The best are those that are 'blind' where the tasting judges are not given the brewery name. A truism about blind tasting is that 'a glance at the label is worth a hundred years of experience'.

1994
Ripon Beer Festival: Outlaw Silver Lining 4.7% ABV Best of the Festival
Salisbury & Wilts Beer Festival: Yankee 4.3% ABV.Winner Premium Bitter cat.
Finalist GBBF Rooster's Rooster's 4.7% ABV

1995
York Beer Festival : Rooster's 4.7% ABV. First Prize Premium Bitter Cat
York Beer Festival : Whose Beer is it anyway 4.7% ABV. B.O.F.
Salisbury & Wilts Beer Festival. Yankee 4.3% ABV. Winner Premium Bitter Cat
Eastleigh Beer Festival: Mayflower 3.7% ABV Winner 1044 and below
Scunthorpe Beer Festival: Rooster's Robert E. 4.7% ABV B.O.F

1996
Merseyside Beer Festival. Jak's 3.9% ABV. B.O.F.
Southampton Beer Festival. Mayflower 3.7% ABV. B.O.F
Eastleigh Beer Festival. Yankee 4.3% ABV B.O.F
Beauty of English Hops. Bullseye 4.3% ABV. Gold Medal.
Ripon Beer Festival. Rooster's Cream 4.7% ABV. Best of the Festival
Salisbury & Wilts Beer Fest. Yankee 4.3% ABV Winner Premium Bitter cat.
Salisbury & Wiltshire Beer Fest. Special 3.9% ABV. B.O.F
Nottingham Beer Festival. Outlaw Progress 4.3% ABV. B.O.F
British Beer & Brewing Award. Awarded by the British Guild of Beer Writers

1997
Beauty of English Hops . Outlaw Jerry 4.3% ABV. Gold Medal Aromatic Lager
Leeds Beer Festival Outlaw Ringo 4.3% ABV B.O.F
Wigan Beer Festival Rooster's Special 3.9% ABV B.O.F
Birmingham & Dudley Outlaw Montana 4.3% ABV B.O.F
Kieghley Beer Festival. Brewer of the Festival

1998
Sussex & Hove Festival Scorcher 4.3% ABV B.O.F
Leeds CAMRA Yankee 4.3% ABV Beer of the Year
Finalist GBBF Cream 4.7% ABV & Special 3.9%ABV

1999
Paddock Wood Beer of Britain II Festival Special 3.9% ABV B.O.F
Stourbridge Beer Festival Yankee B.O.F
Tyne & Wear Beer Festival Cream 4.7% ABV B.O.F
Ripon Beer Festival Scorcher 4.3% ABV B.O.F
Finalist GBBF with Special 3.9% ABV

2000
Rochdale Beer Festival 22 Carat 3.9% ABV
 Sussex Beer Festival B.O.F
Rooster's Cream 4.7% ABV Joint B.O.F Rotherham
Oakwood Beer Festival 3.9% ABV 22 Carat B.O.F
Swindon Beer Festival Yankee 4.3% ABV B.O.F

2001
St Albans Beer Festival. Rooster's Yankee. Champion of Champions.

2002
Bristol Beer Festival. Roosters Yankee. B.O.F. 
Peterborough Beer Festival. Rooster's Yankee. B.O.F.
Banbury Beer festival. Rooster's Hooligan. B.O.F.
Darlington Beer Festival. Outlaw Outrider. B.O.F.

2003
Bromsgrove Beer Festival. Rooster's Yankee. B.O.F.
Salisbury & Wilts Winter Beer Fest. Oyster Stout voted First

2005
International Brewing Awards. Munich. Roosters Leghorn 4.3% ABV
Gold medal Cask Conditioned beer Cat: 3.9-4.5% ABV 
Solihull Beer Festival. Eagle Eye 5.0% ABV B.O.F
Polperro Beer Festival. Roosters Yankee 4.3% ABV B.O.F.

2006
World Beer Cup Seattle. Yorkshire Pale Ale 4.3%ABV 
Gold Medal 'English Summer Ale' Category 
Doncaster Beer Festival Leghorn 4.3% ABV Bitter of the festival


2007
Richmond ale festival. Amarillo 3.9%ABV beer of the festival. 


2008
World Beer Cup Seattle. Yorkshire Pale Ale 4.3%ABV 
Gold Medal 'English Summer Ale' Category 
Bradford beer festival. Wrangler 3.7% ABV.  Winner beers up to 4.0% category. 
Bradford beer festival. Wild mule 3.9% ABV.  Runner up beers up to 4.0% category.

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