Midlands & West beers amongst best in the UK as award-winners revealed just in time for Christmas
Some good news for those looking for the perfect gift for the beer lover in your life, as the best beers in the Midlands & West have been revealed just in time for Christmas.
The results of the UK’s biggest judging of beers from independent breweries are in, with a number of Midlands & West breweries taking home silverware with Bronze, Silver, Gold and ‘Category Champion’ awards being given in a broad range of beer style catgeories.
The Indie Beer Awards are organised by the Society of Independent Brewers and Associates (SIBA) and judged by expert beer judges, beer sommeliers, master brewers, and beer industry professionals – with medals awarded to beers for their appearance, aroma, flavour and overall quality. SIBA Head of Comms & Marketing Neil Walker, who is also a Beer Sommelier, ran the judging and had this to say on this year’s winners;
“The Indie Beer Awards name the very best beers in a wide range of categories; from modern pale ales, lagers and IPAs, to traditional stouts, porters and bitters, as well as speciality and international-styles. All the beers in the competition come from genuine independent breweries and medals are only awarded to beers of the very highest quality – with Category Champions being the very best of best, and a ‘must buy’ for the beer lover in your life. So with Christmas just around the corner why not support local and buy a champion independent beer this festive season.”
All of the winners from the Indie Beer Awards will now go forwards to the UK Finals early next year in Liverpool.
Midlands & West Winners
| BREWERY | BEER | ABV | CLASS | AWARD | |
| Stroud Brewery | Easy Peasy | 2.6 | Bottle & Can Non-Alcoholic & Low Abv | GOLD | CATEGORY CHAMPION |
| Dancing Duck Brewery | Abduction | 5.5 | Bottle & Can Pale Ale (4.5% to 5.5%) | GOLD | CATEGORY CHAMPION |
| Salopian | Paper planes | 4.6 | Bottle & Can Pale Ale (4.5% to 5.5%) | SILVER | |
| Bue Monkey Brewery | Californian IPA | 5.5 | Bottle & Can Pale Ale (4.5% to 5.5%) | SILVER | |
| Brew 61 | Hazy Bale Ale | 5.0 | Bottle & Can Pale Ale (4.5% to 5.5%) | BRONZE | |
| Gloucester Brewery | NEIPA | 5.2 | Bottle & Can Pale Ale (4.5% to 5.5%) | BRONZE | |
| Birmingham Brewing Company | Hazy Brummie | 4.5 | Bottle & Can Pale Ale (4.5% to 5.5%) | BRONZE | |
| Braybrooke Beer Co | Helles | 4.2 | Bottle & Can Session Lager (up to 4.4%) | GOLD | CATEGORY CHAMPION |
| Attic Brew Co. | Forward | 4.2 | Bottle & Can Session Lager (up to 4.4%) | GOLD | |
| Hobsons Brewery | Zephyr Lager | 4.3 | Bottle & Can Session Lager (up to 4.4%) | SILVER | |
| Thornbridge Brewery | Lukas | 4.2 | Bottle & Can Session Lager (up to 4.4%) | SILVER | |
| Stroud Brewery | Light Organic Lager | 4.0 | Bottle & Can Session Lager (up to 4.4%) | BRONZE | |
| Rebellion Beer Co. Ltd. | Rebellion Lager | 4.4 | Bottle & Can Session Lager (up to 4.4%) | BRONZE | |
| Braybrooke Beer Co | Pilsner | 4.5 | Bottle & Can Premium Lager (4.5% to 6.4%) | GOLD | CATEGORY CHAMPION |
| Green Duck Beer Co | Bostin’ Lager | 4.6 | Bottle & Can Premium Lager (4.5% to 6.4%) | BRONZE | |
| Attic Brew Co. | Signals | 5.6 | Bottle & Can IPA (5.6% to 7.4%) | GOLD | CATEGORY CHAMPION |
| Thornbridge Brewery | Jaipur | 5.9 | Bottle & Can IPA (5.6% to 7.4%) | SILVER | |
| Nottingham Brewery | Legend | 4.0 | Bottle & Can Amber, Brown & Red Ale (up to 6.4%) | GOLD | CATEGORY CHAMPION |
| Chapel en le Frith Craft Brewing | Leningrad | 5.0 | Bottle & Can Amber, Brown & Red Ale (up to 6.4%) | SILVER | |
| Brew 61 | BDA (Bromsgrove Dark Ale) | 4.0 | Bottle & Can Amber, Brown & Red Ale (up to 6.4%) | BRONZE | |
| Titanic Brewery Ltd | Captain Smiths | 5.2 | Bottle & Can Amber, Brown & Red Ale (up to 6.4%) | BRONZE | |
| Bue Monkey Brewery | Cinder Toffee | 5.0 | Bottle & Can Speciality & Flavoured Beer | GOLD | CATEGORY CHAMPION |
| Alter Ego Brewing Co | Is Anyone There? | 5.0 | Bottle & Can Speciality & Flavoured Beer | SILVER | |
| Braybrooke Beer Co | Keller | 4.8 | Bottle & Can Continental Style Beer | SILVER | CATEGORY CHAMPION |
| Attic Brew Co. | Intuition | 4.4 | Bottle & Can Session Pale Ale (up to 4.4%) | GOLD | CATEGORY CHAMPION |
| Bewdley Brewery TA Wild River Brew Co | Sabrina | 4.0 | Bottle & Can Session Pale Ale (up to 4.4%) | SILVER | |
| Chapel en le Frith Craft Brewing | Galaxy | 4.2 | Bottle & Can Session Pale Ale (up to 4.4%) | SILVER | |
| The Hop Shed | Sebright | 3.8 | Bottle & Can Session Pale Ale (up to 4.4%) | SILVER | |
| Teme Valley Brewery | Talbot Blonde | 4.4 | Bottle & Can Session Pale Ale (up to 4.4%) | BRONZE | |
| Green Duck Beer Co | Remedy | 4.0 | Bottle & Can Session Pale Ale (up to 4.4%) | BRONZE | |
| Nottingham Brewery | EPA | 4.2 | Bottle & Can Session Pale Ale (up to 4.4%) | BRONZE | |
| Dancing Duck Brewery | Dark Drake | 4.5 | Bottle & Can Stout & Porter (6.4% and under) | GOLD | CATEGORY CHAMPION |
| Loose Cannon Brewery | Robust British Porter | 5.0 | Bottle & Can Stout & Porter (6.4% and under) | GOLD | |
| Bewdley Brewery | Severn Storm | 4.3 | Bottle & Can Stout & Porter (6.4% and under) | SILVER | |
| The Chiltern Brewery | Dear Mr Porter | 6.3 | Bottle & Can Stout & Porter (6.4% and under) | BRONZE | |
| Dancing Duck Brewery | 22 | 4.3 | Bottle & Can British Ales (up to 6.4%) | GOLD | CATEGORY CHAMPION |
| Mount Saint Bernard Trappist Brewery | Tynt Meadow Blonde | 5.0 | Bottle & Can British Ales (up to 6.4%) | GOLD | |
| Salopian | Darwins Origin | 4.3 | Bottle & Can British Ales (up to 6.4%) | GOLD | |
| Teme Valley Brewery | Wotever Next? | 5.0 | Bottle & Can British Ales (up to 6.4%) | SILVER | |
| Hobsons Brewery | Town Crier | 4.4 | Bottle & Can British Ales (up to 6.4%) | BRONZE | |
| Loose Cannon Brewery | Abingdon Bridge | 4.1 | Bottle & Can British Ales (up to 6.4%) | BRONZE | |
| Thornbridge Brewery | Necessary Evil English Whisky | 13.0 | Bottle & Can Imperial & Strong Ale (6.5% and over) | GOLD | CATEGORY CHAMPION |
| Mount Saint Bernard Trappist Brewery | Tynt Meadow | 7.4 | Bottle & Can Imperial & Strong Ale (6.5% and over) | GOLD | |
| The Hop Shed | Hoptical Illusion | 4.0 | Bottle & Can Speciality IPA | SILVER | CATEGORY CHAMPION |
| Twisted Tree Brewery | The Bark Side | 6.0 | Bottle & Can Speciality IPA | BRONZE |
All Regional Winners & Combined Results: Click here
