Dick ,I trust you meant Adnams ale and not Adams ale.
Perhaps not,water is a fine drink especially Chateau Kielder but Adnams is a finer drop which unfortunatley is not locally available to me.
My Mudcat suggestion was only tongue in cheek , and as Folknacious and others have shown we on Mudcat would still argue about its structure and validity.
I don't think anyone who is invited to the award ceremony is complaining about the awards , I think they feel as if they are part of the inner sanctum and are rubbing shoulders with their peers as top performers in the folk world ,so let them get on with it.
I look forward to a Mudcatter being nominated (or Mudcat itself !!!) Wendy , Bonnie , Dick , B.Crow etc who knows - one day.