Last minute gift for a beer lover? North West’s Best Independent Beers revealed just in time for Christmas
The best beers in the North West have today been revealed with the announcement of this year’s SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2024 – the UK’s leading beer competition judged by brewers, beer sommeliers and expert tasters.
The winning bottled and canned beers 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 (90+), Silver (80+) and Bronze (70+) prizes were awarded to a number of independent breweries in a variety of beer styles; from modern Pale Ales and traditional Bitters, to Lagers, Stouts and Continental Style beers.
The 2024 Category Champions, meaning they were the highest scoring Gold beers judged were;
Weetwood Ales Limited
Turncoat
Spitting Feathers Brewery
Rat Race
Keswick Brewing Co Ltd
Thirst Celebration
Keswick Brewing Co Ltd
Dark Horse
Cumbrian Ales
Vanilla Oatmeal Stout
Small Batch Brewing Co
Broken Body
Joseph Holt Brewery
Ducie Bridge Lager
Lakes Brew Co
What’s the buzz?
The SIBA Bottle & Can Independent Beer Awards 2024 are judged by a fleet of expert judges from across the UK, with beers marked against internationally recognized style guides for the different beer award categories – looking at appearance, aroma, flavour, aftertaste and saleability.
Neil Walker, SIBA Head of Comms praised this year’s winners, “The SIBA Independent Beer Awards are one of a kind in the UK, judged by expert beer sommeliers, experienced international judges and master brewers – to win at these awards you really must be the best of the best so a huge congratulations to all of this year’s medalists and in particular our Overall Gold Category champions.”
SIBA, also known as the Society of Independent Brewers and Associates, are the big voice of independent beer and recently launched the much-heralded Indie Beer campaign, which seeks to shine a light on genuinely independent breweries and make easier for beer drinkers to spot ‘craft’ imposters from Global-owned brands. Find out more via www.indiebeer.uk
For the full list of results from all regions of the UK: Click here
