30 South East beers make it through to SIBA’s National Beer Competition Final
A total of 30 beers from the Society of Independent Brewers’ (SIBA) South East region have been selected for a place in the National finals taking place at BeerX, SIBA’s flagship event.
There will be a total of 8 cask beers, 7 ‘small pack’ (bottled and canned) beers, and 15 craft keg beers in the competition, with the overall Gold Champion winners being announced at the evening awards ceremony on the 16th of March.
“SIBA’s beer competition represents the very best in British brewing across all formats, from traditional cask and bottled beer to the growing number of craft canned and kegged beers. Having made it to the top of their regional competitions these beers are already winners, but the final National judging which takes place at BeerX is designed to find the very best of the best.” Mike Benner, SIBA Managing Director.
The BeerX ‘Festival of Beer’, where the beers in the competition along with many more can be enjoyed by the public, will feature over 300 different beers this year including 20 brand new brewery bars serving craft keg, bottled and canned beer.
Breweries from the region in the running are Burning Sky Brewery, Nobby’s Brewing Company, One Mile End, Redwell Brewery, Sambrook’s Brewery, St. Peter’s Brewery Co Ltd, Stoneset Inns Ltd. trading as Canterbury Brewers, The Dark Star Brewing Co Ltd, Westerham Brewery, Whitstable Brewery Co Ltd, Windsor and Eton Brewery, Zerodegrees, Beavertown Brewery, By The Horns Brewing Co., East London Brewing Company, Goddards Brewery, Hammerton Brewery, Langham Brewery, Old Dairy Brewery, Redemption Brewing Company, Truman’s Brewery, Wantsum Brewery, Weird Beard Brew Co, and Westerham Brewery.
BeerX takes place at iceSheffield in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, from the 16th-19th March, for more information visit beerx.org
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For further information contact SIBA Press Manager Neil Walker via neil.walker@siba.co.uk or call 07493 883273
Representatives from many of the breweries below will be available to speak at BeerX, please call the number above for further information.
Beers from the region through to the National beer competition final at BeerX:
Location Brewery name Beer Name ABV
East Sussex Burning Sky Brewery Arise 4.4
Northamptonshire Nobby’s Brewing Company Ltd. Plum Porter 4.4
Middlesex One Mile End Salvation! Pale Ale 4.4
Norfolk Redwell Brewery West Coast Pale Ale 5.6
Norfolk Redwell Brewery White IPA 6.0
Wandsworth Sambrook’s Brewery London Pale Ale 4.5
Wandsworth Sambrook’s Brewery Russian Imperial Stout 8.4
Suffolk St. Peter’s Brewery Co Ltd 4% Lager 4.0
Kent Stoneset Inns Ltd. trading as Canterbury Brewers Foundry Red Rye 5.6
West Sussex The Dark Star Brewing Co Ltd American Pale Ale (APA) 4.7
Kent Westerham Brewery Bohemian Rhapsody 5.0
Kent Whitstable Brewery Co Ltd Kentish Lager 4.1
Kent Whitstable Brewery Co Ltd Oyster Stout 4.5
West Berkshire Windsor and Eton Brewery Republika Lager 4.8
Berkshire Zerodegrees Pale Ale 4.6
North London Beavertown Brewery Gamma Ray 5.4
Wandsworth By The Horns Brewing Co. Old Smoke 5.0
Hackney East London Brewing Company Quadrant 5.8
Isle of Wight Goddards Brewery Ltd Quarr Abbey Ale 6.5
Islington Hammerton Brewery N1 4.1
Islington Hammerton Brewery N7 5.2
Sussex Langham Brewery BLACK SWALLOW 6.0
Kent Old Dairy Brewery Dark Side of the Moo 7.0
North London Redemption Brewing Company Hopspur 4.5
North London Redemption Brewing Company Fellowship Porter 5.1
North London Redemption Brewing Company Hopspur 4.5
Hackney Truman’s Brewery Swift 3.9
Canterbury Wantsum Brewery Ltd Black Prince 3.9
Ealing Weird Beard Brew Co Little Things that Kill 3.9
Kent Westerham Brewery Bohemian Rhapsody 5.0
