Earl Soham Brewery & Elgoods named top Independent Craft Brewers in East of England

Earl Soham Brewery in Suffolk and Elgoods Brewery in Cambridgeshire have taken home the two top spots at the SIBA East Independent Beer Awards, taking home overall Gold in the “cask” and “bottled & canned” beer competitions respectively.

The prestigious awards, run by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), and held at Elgood’s Brewery in Wisbech prior to their beer festival opening last night, are judged by brewers and beer experts and seen very much as the brewers’ choice awards in the industry.

Earl Soham Brewery’s “Albert Ale” took home the overall Gold in the cask competition and is a traditional best bitter with delicate bitterness from the British Fuggles hops and a delicious balance of malt and hop character. Elgoods brewery’s “QE Cherry Wheat” is a very different beer altogether – a cloudy wheat beer infused with cherry juice for a sweet, fruity flavour and slight tartness – showing the diversity of these exciting awards

Commenting on the competition was SIBA Competitions Committee Chair Guy Sheppard, who presented the awards,

“The SIBA East Independent Beer Awards judge the very best cask, bottled and canned beers from the region and the overall winners can be considered the very best of the best in terms of independent craft beers from the area. The winners will now go on to the National finals in Liverpool next year and I wish them all the best of luck, with particular praise due to our overall Champions Earl Soham and Elgoods.”

Collecting the award for Elgood’s brewery was Head Brewer Alan Pateman, who said, “This award is recognition of the hard work that has gone into developing our new-style beers which come from a completely new style of brewing. Our unique, spontaneously fermented sour beers and fruited wheat beers are a new thing for many British drinkers but our Cherry wheat is sweeter and fruity and proving really popular thanks to its approachable, full fruity flavor.”

The competition took place immediately before the opening of the Elgood’s Brewery Beer Festival 2018, taking place at Elgood’s Brewery in Wisbech, which continues today, Friday 21st 5-10.30pm and Saturday 22nd 12 midday until 10.30pm. The festival features over 150 beers from Independent Craft Breweries and will give the chance to be the first to try the regions newly award-winning beers.

SIBA’s East Independent Beer Awards 2018 

FULL RESULTS

Overall Champion of the Cask Competition

 

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Brewery Product ABV
Gold The Earl Soham Brewery Ltd Albert Ale 4.4
Silver Tring Brewery Pale Four 4.6
Bronze Oakham Ales Green Devil IPA 6.0

Cask

Cask British Dark Beers (up to 4.4%)

 

 

Brewery Product ABV
Gold Brewster’s Brewery Aromatic Porter 4.4
Silver The Earl Soham Brewery Ltd Sir Rogers Porter 4.2
Bronze Wolf Brewery Sirius Dog Star 4.4

 

Cask British Dark Beers (4.5% to 6.4%)

 

 

Brewery Product ABV
Gold Green-Jack Brewing Co. lurcher 4.8
Silver Mauldons Brewery Black Adder Stout 5.3
Bronze Grain Brewery Ltd Slate 6.0

 

Cask British Bitter (up to 4.4%)

 

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Brewery Product ABV
Gold The Earl Soham Brewery Ltd Albert Ale 4.4
Silver Tydd Steam Brewery Ltd Dr Foxs Bush Wax 4.2
Bronze Lacons Brewery Encore 3.8

 

Cask British Premium Bitter (4.5% to 6.4%)

 

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Brewery Product ABV
Gold Milton Brewery Minerva 4.6
Silver Elgood & Sons Ltd Greyhound Strong Bitter 5.2
Bronze Green-Jack Brewing Co. trawlerboys 4.6

 

Cask Session IPA (up to 4.3%)

 

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Crisp Malting Group

Brewery Product ABV
Gold Leigh on Sea Brewery Legra Pale 3.8
Silver Adnams Mosaic 4.1
Bronze Brewster’s Brewery Aromantica 4.2

Cask Premium PAs (4.4% to 5.4%)

 

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Brewery Product ABV
Gold Tring Brewery Pale Four 4.6
Silver Adnams Ghost Ship 4.5
Bronze Shortts Brewery Indie 4.8

Cask IPA (5.5% to 6.4%)

 

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Brewery Product ABV
Gold Oakham Ales Green Devil IPA 6.0
Silver Leigh on Sea Brewery Crowstone 5.5
Bronze Brewhouse and Kitchen Bedford Invarsity 6.0

 

Cask Speciality Light Beers

 

 

Brewery Product ABV
Gold Ferry Ales Brewery Ltd Farmhouse Ale 5.0
Silver Turpin’s Brewery Cambridge Strawberry Haze 3.9
Bronze Grain Brewery Ltd Weizen 5.0

 

Cask Speciality Mid to Dark Beers

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Brewery Product ABV
Gold Mauldons Brewery Blackberry Porter 4.8
Silver Green-Jack Brewing Co. red herring 5.0
Bronze Elgood & Sons Ltd Plum Porter 4.5

 

Cask Strong Beers (6.5% and Over)

 

 

 

Brewery Product ABV
Gold Tring Brewery Death or Glory 7.2
Silver Green-Jack Brewing Co. ripper 8.5
Bronze Ferry Ales Brewery Ltd Cossack 8.0

Overall Champion of the Bottle/Can Competition

 

 

Brewery Product ABV
Gold Elgood & Sons Ltd Cherry Wheat Beer 3.6
Silver Oakham Ales Green Devil IPA 6.0
Bronze Nethergate Brewery Old Growler 5.5

Bottle/Can British Dark Beers (up to 4.4%)

 

 

Brewery Product ABV
Gold Wolf Brewery Sirius Dog Star 4.4
Silver The Earl Soham Brewery Ltd Sir Rogers Porter 4.2
Bronze Shortts Brewery Two Tone 3.8

Bottle/Can British Dark Beers (4.5% to 6.4%)

 

 

Brewery Product ABV
Gold Nethergate Brewery Old Growler 5.5
Silver Mauldons Brewery Black Adder Stout 5.3
Bronze Turpin’s Brewery Cambridge Cambridge Black 4.6

Bottle/Can British Bitter (up to 4.4%)

 

 

Brewery Product ABV
Gold Brentwood Brewing Company Brentwood Gold 4.3
Silver Nethergate Brewery Venture 3.7
Bronze Lacons Brewery Encore 3.8

Bottle/Can British Premium Bitter (4.5% to 6.4%)

 

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Brewery Product ABV
Gold Woodforde’s Brewery Nelson’s Revenge 4.5
Silver Leigh on Sea Brewery Two Tree Island 4.5
Bronze Leighton Buzzard Brewing Co Restoration 4.6

Bottle/Can Session IPA (up to 4.3%)

 

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CFB Boilers Ltd

Brewery Product ABV
Gold Calvors Brewery Limited Calvors Session ipa 4.2
Silver Farr Brew Ltd Wildside 4.1
Bronze Woodforde’s Brewery Norada 4.3

Bottle/Can Premium PA (4.4% to 5.4%)

 

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Beatson Clark Ltd

Brewery Product ABV
Gold Ferry Ales Brewery Ltd Golden Fleece 4.5
Silver Green-Jack Brewing Co. jester 4.4
Bronze Elmtree Beers Ltd golden pale 5.0

Bottle/Can IPA (5.5% to 6.4%)

 

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Brewery Product ABV
Gold Oakham Ales Green Devil IPA 6.0
Silver St. Peter’s Brewery Co. Ltd India Pale Ale 5.5
Bronze Brewster’s Brewery IPA 6.0

 

 

Bottle/Can Session Lager & Pilsner (up to 4.4%)

 

 

Brewery Product ABV
Gold Calvors Brewery Limited 3point8 3.8
Silver The Norfolk Brewhouse DewHopper 4.0
Bronze Adnams Dry Hopped Lager 4.2

Bottle/Can Premium Lager & Pilsner (4.5% to 6.4%)

Brewery Product ABV
Gold Calvors Brewery Limited Calvors Premium Pilsner 5.0
Silver Turpin’s Brewery Cambridge Underback Pilsner 4.6
Bronze The Norfolk Brewhouse No 1 Norfolk Lager 4.5

Bottle/Can Speciality Light Beers

 

 

Brewery Product ABV
Gold Elgood & Sons Ltd Cherry Wheat Beer 3.6
Silver Adnams Triple Knot 10.0
Bronze Leighton Buzzard Brewing Co Barrel-Aged 2016 9.0

Bottle/Can Speciality Mid to Dark Beers

 

 

Brewery Product ABV
Gold Wibblers Brewery (Farms) Ltd Port infused Imperial Stoat. 9.0
Silver Elgood & Sons Ltd Plum Porter 4.5
Bronze Mauldons Brewery Blackberry Porter 4.8

Bottle/Can Sours/Spontaneous

Brewery Product ABV
Gold Elgood & Sons Ltd Coolship Mango 5.0
Silver
Bronze

Bottle/Can Strong Beers (6.5% and Over)

 

 

Brewery Product ABV
Gold Tring Brewery Death or Glory 7.2
Silver Lacons Brewery Audit 8.0
Bronze Elmtree Beers Ltd terra firma 7.8

 

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