Harrogate Brewing Co take home the top two medals at Indie Beer Awards North East
Harrogate Brewing Co. have firmly etched their name in the history books, taking home the two top spots in the first ever Indie Beer Awards North East.
The brewery won Gold and Silver in the Overall Champions judging, where all of the day’s category winners across a broad range of beer styles fight it out to be named the ‘best of the best’. Harrogate’s ‘Nidd Mild’ took the Overall Champion Gold, with another dark beer, their ‘Harrogate Porter’ getting Silver. Narrowly missing out on the top spots was Overall third place Champion Hadrian’s Border Brewery with ‘Northumbrian Gold’.
“We were so delighted to be voted Harrogate Independent Business of the Year last year but these Indie Beer Awards have really blown us away. The North of England has so many great breweries, so to win two Golds is amazing. It gets a little crazy when they are then awarded Overall Champion Beer and Runner Up for the whole of the region.
This is a great lift for our small family business during these really testing times for independent brewers. Hopefully, it will encourage more people to try our beers!” Joe Joyce, Harrogate Brewing Co.
The awards, which were judged and presented at Gateshead Rugby Football Club Beer Festival, are judged by beer sommeliers, master brewers and other expert beer judges from across the industry. Organised by the Society of Independent Brewers and Associates (SIBA), and formerly called the SIBA Independent Beer Awards, the awards have been renamed the Indie Beer Awards to align with the hugely successful Indie Beer campaign launched last year by the organisation.
“Judging beers in a huge range of styles, the Indie Beer Awards really do show the very best the North East has to offer and the quality across the board was incredibly high this year. Huge congratulations to all of the catgeory winners and in particular Harrogate Brewing Co who took home the two top awards of the day – a huge achievement in a very tough judging.” Neil Walker, Indie Beer Awards organiser.
The SIBA Independent Beer Awards included a broad range of beer styles, from pale ales and IPAs to porters, stouts and speciality beer styles. Gold winners from the awards will now go forwards to the National Finals in Liverpool March 2026.
Indie Beer Awards North East
Gateshead Rugby Football Club Beer Festival, 2nd May 2025
| Overall Champion of the Cask Beer Competition | ||||
| Brewery | Product | ABV | Award | |
| Harrogate Brewing Co | Nidd Mild | 3.7 | GOLD | Overall |
| Harrogate Brewing Co | Harrogate Porter | 4.8 | SILVER | |
| Hadrian Border Brewery | Northumbrian Gold | 4.5 | BRONZE | |
| Cask Session Dark Beers (up to 4.4%) | ||||
| Harrogate Brewing Co | Nidd Mild | 3.7 | GOLD | Overall |
| Chantry Brewery | Diamond Black | 4.2 | SILVER | |
| First & Last Brewery | Rustle | 3.9 | SILVER | |
| Goose Eye Brewery Ltd. | Black Moor | 3.9 | BRONZE | |
| Old Mill Brewery | Oatmeal Stout | 4.2 | BRONZE | |
| Cask British Dark Beers (4.5 to 6.4%) | ||||
| Harrogate Brewing Co | Harrogate Porter | 4.8 | GOLD | Overall |
| Daleside Brewery | Monkey Wrench | 5.3 | SILVER | |
| Yorkshire Heart | BlackHeart Stout | 4.8 | SILVER | |
| Bridgehouse Brewery | Porter | 4.5 | BRONZE | |
| Twice Brewed Brew House LLP | Steel Rigg | 4.9 | BRONZE | |
| Wold Top Brewery | Marmalade Porter | 5.0 | BRONZE | |
| Cask British Bitter (up to 4.4%) | ||||
| Hambleton Brewery | Stallion Amber | 4.2 | SILVER | Overall |
| Allendale Brewery | Wagtail | 3.8 | SILVER | |
| Hadrian Border Brewery | Tyneside Blonde | 3.9 | SILVER | |
| Brew York | Maris The Otter | 3.9 | SILVER | |
| Ossett Brewing Limited | Butterley | 3.4 | BRONZE | |
| Three Brothers Brewing Company | The Bitter Ex | 3.7 | BRONZE | |
| Great Newsome Brewery | Frothingham Best | 4.3 | BRONZE | |
| Cask British Best Bitter (4.5 to 6.4%) | ||||
| Hadrian Border Brewery | Northumbrian Gold | 4.5 | SILVER | Overall |
| Bridgehouse Brewery | Holy Cow | 5.6 | BRONZE | |
| Daleside Brewery | Greengrass | 4.5 | BRONZE | |
| Cask Session Pale Ale (up to 4.4%) | ||||
| North Pier Brew Co | Midas | 4.0 | GOLD | Overall |
| ACORN BREWERY OF BARNSLEY LTD | Yorkshire Pride | 3.7 | SILVER | |
| First & Last Brewery | Equinox | 4.1 | SILVER | |
| Rudgate Brewery | Jorvik Blonde | 3.8 | SILVER | |
| Old Mill Brewery | St Laurence | 4.3 | SILVER | |
| PENNINE BREWING | PACIFIC – NEW ZEALAND PALE | 4.1 | SILVER | |
| Ossett Brewing Limited | White Rat | 4.0 | BRONZE | |
| Chin Chin Brewing Co Ltd | Sunshine & Rainbows | 4.2 | BRONZE | |
| Allendale Brewery | Pennine Pale | 4.0 | BRONZE | |
| Abbeydale Brewery | Deception | 4.1 | BRONZE | |
| Great Newsome Brewery | Sleck Dust | 3.8 | BRONZE | |
| Triple Point Brewing | Zephyr | 3.9 | BRONZE | |
| Bridgehouse Brewery | White Wolf | 3.4 | BRONZE | |
| Firebrick Brewery | Trade Star | 4.2 | BRONZE | |
| Rooster’s Brewing Co. | Easy-Going Assassin | 4.3 | BRONZE | |
| Three Brothers Brewing Company | Trilogy Blonde | 3.9 | BRONZE | |
| Harrogate Brewing Co | Gator | 3.8 | BRONZE | |
| Hambleton Brewery | Thoroughbred Pale | 4.0 | BRONZE | |
| Cask Pale Ales (4.4 to 5.5%) | ||||
| Bridgehouse Brewery | Nelson Sauvin | 4.5 | GOLD | Overall |
| Chantry Brewery | Kaldo | 6.0 | GOLD | |
| Firebrick Brewery | Propa Belta | 4.6 | GOLD | |
| Rooster’s Brewing Co. | Nectar | 5.2 | SILVER | |
| Goose Eye Brewery Ltd. | Pommies Revenge | 5.2 | SILVER | |
| Wold Top Brewery | Wold Gold | 4.8 | SILVER | |
| Harrogate Brewing Co | Beeching Axe IPA | 5.2 | BRONZE | |
| Ossett Brewing Limited | Excelsius | 5.0 | BRONZE | |
| Great Newsome Brewery | Tod’s Blonde | 5.0 | BRONZE | |
| Jolly Sailor Brewery | Sailors Gold | 4.5 | BRONZE | |
| Cask IPA (5.6 and over) | ||||
| Almasty brewing company | Believe | 6.0 | GOLD | Overall |
| Almasty brewing company | Believe | 6.0 | SILVER | |
| Firebrick Brewery | Pacific | 6.0 | BRONZE | |
| Wold Top Brewery | Scarborough Fair IPA | 6.0 | BRONZE | |
| Thirsty Moose Brewing co. | Oot n’ Aboot | 5.6 | BRONZE | |
| Cask Speciality Light Beers | ||||
| Twice Brewed Brew House LLP | Number of the Yeast | 6.66 | SILVER | Overall |
| Allendale Brewery | Adder | 5.0 | BRONZE | |
| Wensleydale Brewery | Next Horizon | 3.8 | BRONZE | |
| Cask Speciality Amber to Dark Beer | ||||
| Ossett Brewing Limited | Voodoo | 5.0 | GOLD | Overall |
| Brew York | Tonkoko | 4.3 | SILVER | |
| Thirsty Moose Brewing co. | Canny Canuck | 4.5 | BRONZE | |
| Twice Brewed Brew House LLP | Year In Hibernation | 8.7 | BRONZE | |
| Jolly Sailor Brewery | Captain Toffee Stout | 4.6 | BRONZE | |
| Chin Chin Brewing Co Ltd | Fuzzy Feelings | 5.4 | BRONZE | |
| Yorkshire Heart | Pinot Porter | 7.0 | BRONZE | |
| Cask Imperial and Strong (6.5% and over) | ||||
| Twice Brewed Brew House LLP | Main Offender | 8.5 | SILVER | Overall |
