South East’s Best Bottled and Canned Beers Revealed: Just in time for Christmas
The best beers in the South East 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 South 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 ‘Speciality’ beers featuring flavours such as black pepper, Peanut Butter and even Seaweed.
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 Independent Beer Awards 2021
South East Winners
British Dark Beers (up to 4.4%)
| Brewery | Product | ABV | Region | |
| GOLD | Gun Brewery Limited | Parabellum Milk Stout | 4.1 | SE |
| SILVER | Long Man Brewery | Old Man | 4.3 | SE |
| BRONZE | Three Acre Brewery | Porter | 4.2 | SE |
British Dark Beers (4.5 to 6.4%)
| Brewery | Product | ABV | Region | |
| GOLD | The Cronx Brewery | Entire | 5.2 | SE |
| SILVER | Hammerton Brewery | Cit Of Cake | 5.5 | SE |
| BRONZE | Tap Social Movement | Inside Out | 5.5 | SE |
British Bitters
| Brewery | Product | ABV | Region | |
| GOLD | Long Man Brewery | Long Blonde | 4.1 | SE |
| SILVER | The Crafty Brewing Co | Loxhill Biscuit | 3.6 | SE |
| BRONZE | Anspach & Hobday | The Ordinary Bitter | 3.7 | SE |
Premium Bitters
| Brewery | Product | ABV | Region | |
| GOLD | Elusive Brewing Ltd | Level Up (Level 25: Centennial and Citra) | 5.0 | SE |
| SILVER | Redemption Brewing Company | Hopspur | 4.5 | SE |
| BRONZE | Andwell Brewing Company Ltd | King John | 4.6 | SE |
Session IPA
| Brewery | Product | ABV | Region | |
| GOLD | Hand Brew Co | Shaka | 4.0 | SE |
| SILVER | The Park Brewery | Amelia Pale | 4.2 | SE |
| BRONZE | Wild Card Brewery | Polar Ice Walls | 4.0 | SE |
Premium PAs
| Brewery | Product | ABV | Region | |
| GOLD | Unity Brewing Co | Conflux | 4.8 | SE |
| SILVER | Double-Barrelled Brewery | Parka | 4.5 | SE |
| BRONZE | Loud Shirt Brewing Co LTD | Hazed & Confused | 4.5 | SE |
IPA
| Brewery | Product | ABV | Region | |
| GOLD | Powder Monkey Brewing Co | Explosion IPA | 6.0 | SE |
| SILVER | Exale brewing | West Coast IPA | 5.5 | SE |
| BRONZE | Unity Brewing Co | Collision | 6.2 | SE |
Imperial IPA
| Brewery | Product | ABV | Region | |
| GOLD | Disruption is Brewing | People of the Hop: Vol 2 | 6.5 | SE |
| SILVER | Mondo Brewing Company | Sun King | 6.6 | SE |
Session Lager & Pilsners
| Brewery | Product | ABV | Region | |
| GOLD | The Cronx Brewery | Cronx Lager | 4.2 | SE |
| SILVER | Hand Brew Co | Yuba | 4.4 | SE |
| BRONZE | Tonbridge Brewery Ltd | Das Kolner | 4.3 | SE |
Premium Lager & Pilsners
| Brewery | Product | ABV | Region | |
| GOLD | Disruption is Brewing | The Devil Wears Lager | 4.9 | SE |
| SILVER | Tap Social Movement | False Economy | 4.8 | SE |
| BRONZE | Double-Barrelled Brewery | Ding | 4.9 | SE |
Amber to Dark Lager
| Brewery | Product | ABV | Region | |
| GOLD | The Park Brewery | Schone Eiche | 5.0 | SE |
Speciality Light Beers
| Brewery | Product | ABV | Region | |
| GOLD | Hurst Brewery Ltd | Keepers Gold | 4.4 | SE |
Speciality Mid to Dark Beers
| Brewery | Product | ABV | Region | |
| GOLD | Exale brewing | Deep Dark Oyster, Black pepper & seaweed stout | 8.6 | SE |
| SILVER | Powder Monkey Brewing Co | BBQ – Rye IPA | 4.8 | SE |
| BRONZE | Hammerton Brewery | Crunch | 5.3 | SE |
Strong Beers
| Brewery | Product | ABV | Region | |
| GOLD | Anspach & Hobday | The Porter | 6.7 | SE |
| SILVER | Elusive Brewing Ltd | Ravenwood | 6.8 | SE |
| BRONZE | Hammerton Brewery | Wald | 8.5 | SE |
Sours/Spontaneous
| Brewery | Product | ABV | Region | |
| GOLD | Brick Brewery | Two Ways | 5.9 | SE |
| SILVER | Hackney Brewery Ltd | Millions Of Peaches | 4.0 | SE |
| BRONZE | Exale brewing | Krankie Iron Brew Sour | 4.2 | SE |
