Longman Brewery and Hackney Church Brew Co take home Gold in the SIBA South East Independent Beer Awards 2024
A traditional Best Bitter from Longman Brewery in East Sussex has been named Overall Champion of the Cask Beer competition by SIBA, with Halo by Hackney Church Brew Co taking the day’s other top award, being named Overall Champion in the seperate Keg Beer Awards.
The competition sees breweries from across Greater London and South East England battle it out across a huge range of beer style categories and is organised by the Society of Independent Brewers and Associates (SIBA), taking place at the Big Penny Social in Walthamstow, London.
Writing on their Instagram, Hackney Church Brew Co were full of praise for their Head Brewer who also collected the awards on behalf of the team; “This is what a happy brewer looks like! Congratulations to Jay on picking up not one but four golds at the SIBA South East Independent Beer awards and being crowned overall champion of the keg! You can try all of his beers in our taproom Weds – Sun, order them from our webshop to enjoy at home or find them in all good beer shops and discerning pubs.”
The Society of Independent Brewers’ Megan Brecken organised the Awards and was on hand to congratulate the winners, “There were some great winners across the awards this year, so huge congratulations to everyone that took home a medal, particularly our Gold Medal winners and of course this year’s Overall Champions Longman and Hackney Church Brew Co.”
The SIBA Independent Beer Awards are judged by beer sommeliers, brewers and expert beer judges, across a diverse range of styles. Gold winners from the awards will now go forwards to the National Finals at BeerX in Liverpool, March 2025.
The awards took place at Big Penny Social in Walthamstow, London, with all of the beers from the judging available to the public as part of this year’s Big Penny Fest. Hosted in the UK’s largest Beer Hall and featuring over beers from the best independent breweries in the South East, spirits and cocktails from selected London distilleries, live music, DJs and more.
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