East of England’s Best Bottled and Canned Beers Revealed: Just in time for Christmas

The best beers in the East of England have today been revealed with the announcement of this year’s winners in the SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2021 – the UK’s leading beer competition judged by brewers, beer sommeliers and expert tasters.

The winning bottled and canned beers from the East will now go forward to fight it out with the best from across the UK in the National finals, taking place in the New Year.

Gold, Silver and Bronze prizes were awarded to breweries from across the region in a variety of beer styles; from hoppy IPAs and Pale Ales, to Lagers, Stouts and even Speciality beers featuring flavours such as plum, coffee and mango.

The SIBA Bottle & Can Independent Beer Awards 2021 are judged by a fleet of expert judges, who this year conducted the judging sessions live over Zoom, and who mark the beers on appearance, aroma, flavour, aftertaste and saleability.

Neil Walker is SIBA’s Competitions Committee Chair and helped run the two-day judging,
“The SIBA Bottle & Can Independent Beer Awards name the very best craft beers in the region, all from small independent breweries who make quality beers that are full of flavour. With medalists beating competition from across the region I’d like to say a huge congratulations to all of this year’s winners as the qualirty of entries was incredibly high, and encourage anyone looking for a great tasting local beer to enjoy or gift this Christmas to give these breweries a try – you won’t be disappointed.”

SIBA are the voice of British independent brewing and as well as the SIBA Bottle & Can Independent Beer Awards also run Regional and National competitions for cask and keg beer – all judged by beer sommeliers, experienced beer judges and perhaps most importantly fellow brewers – making these awards very much the ‘brewers choice’ awards for beer in the UK.

SIBA Bottle & Can Beer Independent Beer Awards 2021
East Region Winners    

British Dark Beers (up to 4.4%)

Brewery Product ABV Region
GOLD Artefact Brewing Dark Mild 3.2 E


British Dark Beers (4.5 to 6.4%)

Brewery Product ABV Region
GOLD Turpin’s Brewery Cambridge Cambridge Black Stout 4.6 E
SILVER Mauldons Ltd Black Adder 5.3 E
BRONZE The Norfolk Brewhouse Moon Gazer Skidaddler 4.5 E

British Bitters

Brewery Product ABV Region
GOLD Brewsters Brewing Co Ltd Aromantica 4.2 E
SILVER Lacons brewery encore 3.8 E
BRONZE George’s Brewery Cockleboats Best Bitter 4.0 E

Premium Bitters

Brewery Product ABV Region
GOLD Elgood and Sons Ltd Warrior 5.5 E
SILVER Elmtree Beers Ltd Snetterton Scary Tree 4.5 E
BRONZE Lacons brewery Affinity 4.8 E

Session IPA 

Brewery Product ABV Region
GOLD Calvors Brewery Session IPA 4.2 E

Premium PAs 

Brewery Product ABV Region
GOLD Turpin’s Brewery Cambridge NAPA NEW AMERICAN PALE ALE  5.0 E
SILVER Leigh on Sea Brewery Beach Hut Brew 4.5 E
BRONZE Elmtree Beers Ltd Golden Pale Ale 5.0 E

IPA

Brewery Product ABV Region
GOLD Briarbank Brewing Company Hop To It 6.2 E
SILVER Bowlers Brewery Ltd Lonesome Pine 5.8 E

Imperial IPA

Brewery Product ABV Region
GOLD Artefact Brewing Kveik Black IPA 6.5 E
SILVER Duration Brewing Ltd Remember When The Pub 7.1 E

Session Lager & Pilsners

Brewery Product ABV Region
GOLD Brewsters Brewing Co Ltd Helles Lager 4.0 E
SILVER Calvors Brewery Helles Lager 3.8 E
BRONZE The Norfolk Brewhouse Dewhopper 4.0 E

Premium Lager & Pilsners

Brewery Product ABV Region
GOLD Duration Brewing Ltd Doses 5.1 E
SILVER IVO Brewery Ltd Colne Colsch 5.0 E
BRONZE Calvors Brewery Pilsner Lager 5.0 E

Amber to Dark Lager

Brewery Product ABV Region
GOLD Duration Brewing Ltd Harvest Bier 5.5 E

Speciality Light Beers 

Brewery Product ABV Region
GOLD Turpin’s Brewery Cambridge Mango Milkshake Pale Ale  4.3 E
SILVER Artefact Brewing Jasmine Blonde 4.4 E

Speciality Mid to Dark Beers 

Brewery Product ABV Region
GOLD Briarbank Brewing Company Mocha Porter 4.5 E
SILVER Elgood and Sons Ltd Plum Porter 4.5 E
BRONZE Mauldons Ltd Blackberry Porter 4.8 E

Strong Beers

Brewery Product ABV Region
GOLD Leigh on Sea Brewery SS9 9.0 E
SILVER St. Peter’s Brewery Cream Stout 6.5 E
BRONZE Lacons brewery Imperial stout 8.0 E

Sours/Spontaneous

Brewery Product ABV Region
GOLD Elgood and Sons Ltd Coolship Mango 5.0 E

No/Low Alcohol Beer

Brewery Product ABV Region
GOLD Nethergate Brewery Venture Point 5 0.5 E
SILVER Alcohol Free Brewing Company UNLTD. Lager 0.5 E
BRONZE St. Peter’s Brewery Without® Gold 0 E

 

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