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Champion Beer of Britain 2015
Tiny Rebel’s Cwtch crowned Champion Beer of Britain at the Great British Beer Festival
After over a year of local
tasting panels and
regional heats leading
up to the finals, the Campaign
for Real Ale, CAMRA, has
announced that Tiny Rebel’s
Cwtch has been crowned the
best beer in Britain at the Great
British Beer Festival, Olympia,
London.
The Newport-brewed real
ale was named the Supreme
Champion over a host of other
finalists in ten different beer categories, including beers from both small
micro-brewers and large regional brewers.
Nik Antona, Champion Beer of Britain Director, spoke in praise
of the winner saying: “The Champion Beer of Britain title is the most
coveted title in British beer. For over 30 years brewers have put forward
their real ales in the hope that they will win and this year Tiny Rebel’s
Cwtch is a very worthy winner of this prestigious award.”
The man who brewed Cwtch (which is pronounced ‘cutch’ and
means cuddle in Welsh), head brewer Gareth Williams, said what it
meant to win: “I feel like
I’m dreaming! This is the
ultimate award to win in our
eyes, and after winning at
the Great Welsh a few years
ago this feels even better.
It’s just a crazy feeling and
we’re massively proud.”
Co-founder of
the brewery, Bradley
Cummings, added this on
the beer itself: “We were
brought up on real ale and
we love traditional styles.
Cwtch is our modern version
of a traditional bitter, with
extra hopping for a more
pronounced bitterness and
aroma. It’s new world and
old world all in one.”
This year’s Silver award went to Kelburn’s Jaguar whilst the Bronze
went to Dancing Duck’s Dark Drake.
The results in full
Supreme Champions
Gold: Tiny rebel – Cwtch
Silver: Kelburn – Jaguar
Bronze: Dancing Duck – Dark Drake
Category winners
Mild
Gold: Williams Brothers – Black
Silver: Rudgate – Ruby Mild
Bronze: Great Orme – Welsh Black
Best Bitter
Gold: Tiny Rebel – Cwtch
Silver: Highland – Scapa Special
Bronze: Barngates – Tag Lag
Bronze: Salopian – Darwin’s Origin
Speciality
Gold: Titanic – Plum Porter
Silver: Kissingate – Black Cherry Mild
Silver: Saltaire – Triple Chocolate
Bronze: Hanlons – Port Stout
Bitter
Gold: Pheasantry – Best Bitter
Silver: Acorn – Barnsley Bitter
Bronze: Purple Moose – Madog’s Ale
Bronze: Timothy Taylors – Boltmaker
Golden
Gold: Kelburn – Jaguar
Silver: Adnams – Explorer
Bronze: Blue Monkey – Infinity
Strong Bitter
Gold: Dark Star – Revelation
Silver: Salopian – Golden Thread
Bronze: Grain – India Pale Ale
Champion Bottle-Conditioned Beer
Gold: Harveys – Imperial Extra
Double Stout
Silver: Fyne Ales – Superior IPA
Bronze: Mordue – India Pale Ale
Bristol Beer Week 2015
Now in its third year, Bristol Beer Week is a collection of events
showcasing everything beery that Bristol and the West Country
have to offer. It is a week-long program of beer festivals, meetthe-brewer
events, food and beer tastings, education sessions, brewing
demonstrations and, basically, everything anyone can think of to do with
beer.
The concept is that anyone can be involved in Bristol Beer Week if
they have an interest in good beer. And by that, the organisers mean any
kind of beer. Bristol Beer Week is described as an opportunity to show
people what beer and Bristol means to everyone – beyond that there are
no rules.
It is down to the participating companies to organise and register
their own events, so to find out more about what is going on check out
the following links:
Website: www.bristolbeerweek.co.uk
Email: info@bristolbeerweek.co.uk
Twitter: @bristolbeerweek
Facebook: facebook.com/bristolbeerweek
This year the event has two types of official T-shirt: green and white
for those attending events, and white and green for those putting on the
events. They also have hand-printed beer mats which will be distributed
around the city, with a few special gold beer mats that will entitle the
finder to a free T-shirt.
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