The Sheffield Brewery Co and Rooster’s named best independent craft brewers in the North East 2018

The Sheffield Brewery Company and Rooster’s Brewery have won the two top awards in the SIBA North East Independent Beer Awards. Their win makes it a one-two for Yorkshire brewers in a competition entered by breweries from the whole of Yorkshire, as well as Humberside, Cleveland, Durham, Tyne & Wear and Northumberland. It is also the second year running that Rooster’s have taken home the top spot in the bottle & can competition.

The prestigious awards, run by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) at the “B-Fest” Beer, Blues & Folk festival held at the Barbican Centre in York, are judged by brewers and beer experts and seen very much as the ‘brewers choice’ awards in the industry.

The Sheffield Brewery Company took home the overall Gold in the cask competition with their uniquely named “Get Thi’Sen Outdooerz”, whereas Rooster’s Brewery in Knareborough was named bottle and can winner for their “Baby-Faced Assassin IPA”.

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

“I would like to say congratulations to all of the winners and in particular Sheffield Brew Co and Rooster’s who took home the prestigious top spots. I’d also like to thank to all the judges from around the country, and our fantastic venue and hosts the York Barbican for our second year here. The quality of independent craft beers being brewed in the North East has never been higher and is testament to the passion and skill of brewers from this exciting beer region.” 

‘Get Thi’Sen Outdooerz’ is described as being ‘refreshing and light, crisp and citrusy, perfect for lazy sessions in a beer garden or after a long bike ride out in the Peaks’. Paddy Spencer from The Sheffield Brew Co accepted the award,

This is a session IPA, a great fruity beer with a dry hop. Every pub we have sold it to the feedback is incredible and so positive. We originally brewed it just once at the start of summer but have had to keep brewing it to keep up with the demand. It’s amazing to have won overall and picked up 3 awards altogether today. Absolutely dead chuffed and extremely happy.”

The smallpack winner, Rooster’s Baby-Faced Assassin utilizes a single American hop variety ‘citra’ and started off life as an ambitious homebrew by now head brewer Oliver Fozard, before being scaled up as a Roosters beer. Since then it has become a fan favourite in the breweries line-up and is now about to be sold nationwide, as Oliver explains,

“It’s always great to be recognised in any competition. It shows all of the hard work that goes on back the Brewery. Everyone will be absolutely chuffed. It’s a team effort. Baby faced is a single malt & hop beer that is turning into one of our flagships – in fact Baby faced in cans has just gone nationwide in Morrisons and the co-op.”

The “B-Fest” Beer, Blues & Folk Festival features 200 of the region’s best independent beers, served through 40 rotating handpulls, alongside local craft cider, street food and of course live music from top local bands. What’s more as the SIBA North East Region’s “Independent Beer Awards” are being judged immediately before the festival opened its doors, locals were the first to try the best-of-the-best beers from the competition.

The beer festival comprises of three ‘sessions’: 6pm until 11.30pm Friday 17th August, 12 noon until 5.30pm and then 6.30pm until 11.30pm Saturday 18th August (separate sessions requite separate tickets) – tickets are available for on the door or via the York Barbican website and include your first pint free: http://www.yorkbarbican.co.uk/whats-new/b-fest-is-back/

Overall Champion of the Cask Competition

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Brewery Product ABV
Gold  The Sheffield Brewery Company Get Thi’Sen Outdooerz 4
Silver  Saltaire Brewery Unity 6
Bronze  Ainsty Ales Cool Citra 4.4

Cask British Dark Beers (up to 4.4%)

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Brewery Product ABV
Gold  Timothy Taylor’s Ram Tam 4.3
Silver  Black Sheep Brewery Milk Stout 4.4
Bronze  Acorn Brewery of Barnsley Ltd Old Moor Porter 4.4

Cask British Dark Beers (4.5% to 6.4%)

Brewery Product ABV
Gold  Goose Eye Brewery Over and Stout 5.2
Silver  Ainsty Ales Ainsty Assassin 4.9
Bronze  Brew York Viking DNA 5

Cask British Bitter (up to 4.4%)

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Brewery Product ABV
Gold  Elland Brewery Beyond the Pale 4.2
Silver  Ainsty Ales Bantam Best 4.2
Bronze  Beer Monkey Brew Co. Bitter Revival 3.9

Cask British Premium Bitter (4.5% to 6.4%)

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Brewery Product ABV
Gold  Yorkshire Heart Brewery Odin’s Judgement 6
Silver  Hadrian Border Brewery Grainger Ale 4.6
Bronze  Daleside Brewery Square Rigger IPA 4.5

Cask Session IPA (up to 4.3%)

Brewery Product ABV
Gold  The Sheffield Brewery Company Get Thi’Sen Outdooerz 4
Silver  Cullercoats Brewery Limited Shuggy Boat Blonde 3.8
Bronze  Hambleton Ales Session Pale 3.6

Cask Premium PAs (4.4% to 5.4%)

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Brewery Product ABV
Gold  Ainsty Ales Cool Citra 4.4
Silver  Brew York Down with the Citrus 4.7
Bronze  north brewing Sputnik 5

Cask IPA (5.5% to 6.4%)

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Brewery Product ABV
Gold  Saltaire Brewery Unity 6
Silver  Cullercoats Brewery Limited Rocket Brigade IPA 5.5
Bronze  Rooster’s Brewing Co. Baby-Faced Assassin 6.1

Cask Speciality Light Beers

Brewery Product ABV
Gold  Credence Brewing Ltd. White session ipa 4.8
Silver  Bridgehouse Brewery LTD Tequila Blonde 3.8
Bronze  Rooster’s Brewing Co. Roots. Rock. Reggae. 6.4

Cask Speciality Mid to Dark Beers

Brewery Product ABV
Gold  Maxim Brewery RASPBERRY PORTER 5
Silver  Brew York Tonkoko 4.3
Bronze  Old Mill Brewery La Bolsa 4.5

Cask Strong Beers (6.5% and Over)

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Brewery Product ABV
Gold  north brewing Transmission 6.9
Silver  Ossett Brewery Rat Brewery/Ratsputin 7.4
Bronze  Black Sheep Brewery Imperial Russian Stout 8.5

Overall Champion of the Bottle/Can Competition

Brewery Product ABV
Gold  Rooster’s Brewing Co. Baby-Faced Assassin 6.4
Silver  Saltaire Brewery Velocity 4.1
Bronze  Sonnet 43 Brew House Miss Scarlets Revolver Toasted Coconut Mocha Porter 6.8

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

Brewery Product ABV
Gold  Cullercoats Brewery Limited Polly Donkin 4.3
Silver  Pennine Brewing Co Northland 4.1
Bronze  The Hop Studio Limited Porter 4.3

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

Brewery Product ABV
Gold  The Sheffield Brewery Company Berlin Black 5.7
Silver  Twice Brewed Brewhouse Steel Rigg 4.9
Bronze  Timothy Taylor’s 1858 5.3

Bottle/Can British Bitter (up to 4.4%)

Brewery Product ABV
Gold  Acorn Brewery of Barnsley Ltd Yorkshire Pride 3.7
Silver  Timothy Taylor’s Landlord 4.1
Bronze  Rooster’s Brewing Co. Yankee 4.3

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

Brewery Product ABV
Gold  Wold Top Brewery Wold Gold 4.8
Silver  Ossett Brewery Yorkshire Blonde Premium 4.5
Bronze  Sentinel Brewing Co. Ar: American red 5.2

Bottle/Can Session IPA (up to 4.3%)

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Brewery Product ABV
Gold  Saltaire Brewery Velocity 4.1
Silver  Bingley Brewery Goldylocks 4
Bronze  Beer Monkey Brew Co. Beer Monkey Blonde 4.1

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

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Beatson Clark Ltd
Brewery Product ABV
Gold  north brewing Sputnik 5
Silver  Hambleton Ales Thoroughbred IPA 5
Bronze  Ilkley Brewery Alpha Beta 4.5

Bottle/Can IPA (5.5% to 6.4%)

Brewery Product ABV
Gold  Rooster’s Brewing Co. Baby-Faced Assassin 6.4
Silver  Brass Castle Brewery Sunshine 5.7
Bronze  Wold Top Brewery Scarborough Fair IPA 6

Bottle/Can Imperial IPA (6.5% and over)

Brewery Product ABV
Gold  Allendale Brewery Wilderness 6.5
Silver  Brass Castle Brewery Disruptor 7.4
Bronze  Hadrian Border Brewery Double IPA 8

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

Brewery Product ABV
Gold  Beer Monkey Brew Co. Evolution Pilsner 4.3
Silver  Leeds Brewery Leodis 4.4
Bronze  Hadrian Border Brewery Tyne Pilsner 4.1

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

Brewery Product ABV
Gold  Sentinel Brewing Co. cK: Cologne-style Kolsch 4.9
Silver  The Great Newsome Brewery Ltd Cold Snap 5.2
Bronze  Tyne Bank Brewery Helix 5

Bottle/Can Speciality Light Beers

Brewery Product ABV
Gold  north brewing pinata 4.5
Silver  Brew York Rhubarbra Stressand 5.5
Bronze  Brass Castle Brewery Yorkshire Lavender 4.0

Bottle/Can Speciality Mid to Dark Beers

Brewery Product ABV
Gold  The Great Newsome Brewery Ltd  Liquorice Lads Stout 4.3
Silver  Cullercoats Brewery Limited Portland 4.2
Bronze  Brew York Imperial Tonkoko 7.5

Bottle/Can Sours/Spontaneous

Brewery Product ABV
Gold  Brew York Goose Willis 5.3

Bottle/Can Strong Beers (6.5% and Over)

Brewery Product ABV
Gold  Sonnet 43 Brew House Miss Scarlets Revolver Toasted Coconut Mocha Porter 6.8
Silver  Elland Brewery 1872 Porter 6.5
Bronze  Credence Brewing Ltd. Kaamos 10.5

 

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