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Isle Of Wight CAMRA Reveals Best Pub And Beer Winners For 2021

A Northwood pub has been named the Island's best for the second year running.

Members of the Isle of Wight branch of CAMRA (the Campaign for Real Ale) have picked the Travellers Joy as the Island's favourite pub.

A total of 82 Island pubs received one or more votes.

The Island's real ale lovers have also been voting for their favourite tipple. 

Fuggle-Dee-Dum from Goddards Brewery has been named the group's favourite ale.

The full list of winners are as followed...

Best Pub (in order)

  1. Travellers Joy (51 votes)
  2. Newport Ale House (40 votes)
  3. Highdown Inn (33 votes)
  4. Crab and Lobster Tap (29 votes)
  5. Castle Inn, Sandown (28 votes)

Best Beer (in order)

  1. Fuggle-Dee-Dum, Goddards (84 votes)
  2. Earls R.D.A, Island Brewery (83 votes)
  3. Yachtsman Ale, Island Brewery (67 votes)
  4. Dark Side of the Wight, Yates (52 votes)
  5. Wight Christmas, Island Brewery (39 votes)

Speaking of the Travellers Joy's win, CAMRA's Tim Marshall said:

"It's a great community pub. The two people that run it not only serve great ale and provide a great atmosphere, they also do a lot for the local community."

He told Isle of Wight Radio he sees signs of recovery in the Island's pub sector, following a "difficult" year because of the pandemic:

"I'm pleased to say interest is picking up and a lot of pubs are doing very well at the moment, picking up from the dreadful year they had last year.

"More people voted this year than last year so the competition is growing in interest."

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