The National Brewery Centre
Burton upon Trent, UK
Judging
10-12 February 2015
Medal Announcements
13 February 2015
International Smallpack Lager Competition
(Presented in Bottle, Can, PET or Plastic)
The winning beers are:
Class 1 for Lager 2.9% - 4.4% ABV
GOLD
Miller Lite, Cerveceria Nacional S.A., Panama City, Panama
SILVER
Speight's Triple Hop Pilsner, Auckland, Lion NZ, New Zealand
BRONZE
Tuborg/Green, Carlsberg UK Limited, Northampton, UK
Class 2 for Lager 4.5% - 4.9% ABV
GOLD
Feines Orhell, Braurerei S. Riegele, Augsburg, Germany
SILVER
Dzintara, CIDO Grupa, Liepaja, Latvia
BRONZE
Korev St Austell Brewery St Austell, Cornwall, UK
Class 3 for Lager 5.0% - 5.4% ABV
GOLD
Exquisit, Schwarzbräu GmbH, Zusmarshausen, Germany
SILVER
Daura Damm
BRONZE
Commerzienrat Privat, Braurerei S. Riegele, Augsburg, Germany
S.A. Damm Barcelona Spain
Class 4 for Lager 5.5% - 6.9% ABV
GOLD
India Hells Lager, Camden Town Brewery Ltd, London, UK
SILVER
Tradicinis Kalnapilio-Tauro Grupė Panavėžys Lithuania
BRONZE
Peroni Gran Riserva Doppio Malto, Birra Peroni Srl, Padua, Italy
International Smallpack Ale Competition
(Presented in Bottle, Can, PET or Plastic)
The winning beers are:
Class 1 for Ale 2.9% - 4.4% ABV
GOLD
Hooky
Hook Norton Brewery
Oxfordshire UK
SILVER
Punter, Upham Pub Company, Upham, Hampshire, UK
BRONZE
Mary Ann Best, The Liberation Group Limited, St. Helier, Jersey. CI
Class 2 for Ale 4.5% - 4.9% ABV
GOLD
Liberation IPA The Liberation Group Limited St. Helier Jersey. CI
SILVER
Old Hooky Hook Norton Brewery
BRONZE
Pale 31 California Style Pale Ale Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
Paso Robles, California USA
Oxfordshire UK
Class 3 for Ale 5.0% - 5.4% ABV
GOLD
Mokhnaty Shmel Ale Moscow Brewing Company Mytischi,
Moscow Region
Russia
SILVER
Mirror Pond Pale Ale
Deschutes Brewery Inc Oregon
BRONZE
Cinder Cone Red Deschutes Brewery Inc Oregon
USA
USA
Class 4 for Ale 5.5% - 6.9% ABV
GOLD
Armory XPA Deschutes Brewery Inc Oregon
USA
SILVER
Minoh Beer Pale Ale
Minoh Beer Minoh, Osaka
BRONZE
Fresh Squeezed IPA
Deschutes Brewery Inc Oregon
Japan
USA
International Keg Ale Competition
The winning beers are:
Class 1 for Ale 2.9% - 4.4% ABV
GOLD
Rye Pale Ale
SILVER
Pale Ale
Park Brewery (Marstons) Wolverhampton UK
Camden Town Brewery Ltd
BRONZE
Mary Ann Best
Jersey.CI
London
The Liberation Group LTD
UK
St. Helier
Class 2 for Ale 4.5% - 6.9% ABV
GOLD
Hobgoblin Wychwood Brewery
Witney, Oxfordshire
UK
International Keg Lager Competition
The winning beers are:
Class 1 for Lager 2.9% - 4.7% ABV
GOLD
Clonmel 1650 Irish Lager
Bulmers Ireland
SILVER
Hells Lager Camden Town Brewery Ltd
Clonmel
London
UK
Ireland
BRONZE
Whitstable Bay Blonde Shepherd Neame Ltd
Faversham UK
Class 2 for Lager 4.8% - 6.9% ABV
GOLD
Samuel Adams Boston Lager
Shepherd Neame Ltd Faversham UK
SILVER
Krušovice ImperialKrálovský Pivovar Krušovice (Marstons)
Krušovice Czech Republic
BRONZE
India Hells Lager Camden Town Brewery Ltd
London
International Non & Low Alcohol Beer Competition
(Presented in Smallpack, Keg and Cask)
The winning beers are:
Class 1 for Ultra Low Alcohol Beer up to 1.1% ABV
GOLD
Birell Pofotmavý Plzeňský Prazdroj a.s.
Republic
Nošovice
SILVER
Birell Plzeňský Prazdroj a.s.
Czech Republic
BRONZE
Ursus Fara Alcool Ursus Breweries Buzau
Nošovice
Czech
Romania
UK
Class 2 for Low Alcohol Beer 1.2% - 2.8 % ABV
GOLD
Mann's Brown Ale
Marston's PLC
Burton
UK
International Dark Beer Competition
(Presented in Smallpack, Keg and Cask)
The winning beers are:
Class 1 for Dark Beer 2.9% - 3.7% ABV
GOLD
Black Joseph Holt LTD
Manchester UK
SILVER
Mary Ann Best The Liberation Group LTD St. Helier
Jersey CI
Class 2 for Dark Beer 3.8% - 4.7% ABV
GOLD
Sneaky Wee Orkney Stout The Highland Brewing Co. Orkney
UK
SILVER
Stroller
UK
BRONZE
Dorothy Goodbody's Wholesome Stout
Herefordshire
UK
Southbourne Brewery Ltd
Bournemouth, Dorset
Wye Valley Brewery Ltd
Class 3 for Dark Beer 4.8% - 5.7% ABV
GOLD
Black Butte Porter Deschutes Brewery Inc Oregon
USA
SILVER
Oat Stout
UK
BRONZE
Minoh Beer Stout Minoh Beer Minoh, Osaka
The Highland Brewing Co.
Orkney
Japan
Class 4 for Dark Beer 5.8% - 6.9% ABV
GOLD
Obsidian Stout
Deschutes Brewery Inc Oregon
SILVER
Robust Porter
Faustino Microcervejeira Lda Aveiro
BRONZE
O'Hara Leann Fallain Stout
County Carlow
Ireland
USA
Carlow Brewing Company
Portugal
International Strong Beer Competition
(Presented in Smallpack, Keg and Cask)
The winning beers are:
Class 1 for Strong Lager
GOLD
Voll Damm S.A.Damm Barcelona Spain
SILVER
Dagon Super Beer (DS) Dagon Beverages Company LtdYangon
Myanmar
BRONZE
Stockholm Fine Festival 7.2% Krönleins Bryggeri AB
Sweden
Halmstad
Class 2 for Strong Ale
GOLD
Hopothermia
Alaska
Alaskan Brewing Company
Juneau,
USA
SILVER
Not the Stoic
Deschutes Brewery Inc Oregon
BRONZE
Rat Against the Machine
UK
Ossett Brewery
USA
Ossett, Yorkshire
Class 3 for Strong Dark Beer
GOLD
Brugse Zot Dubbel Brouverij De Halve Maan
Bruges
Belgium
SILVER
Brodie's Prime Export
Hawkshead Brewery
Kendal
UK
BRONZE
Minoh Imperial Stout
Minoh Beer Minoh, Osaka
Japan
Class 4 for Strong Speciality Beer
GOLD
Samuel Adams Utopias Boston Beer Company
SILVER
Straffe Hendrik Heritage
Belgium
BRONZE
Dopple Dinkle Bock
USA
Brouwerij De Halve Maan
Deschutes Brewery Inc Oregon
Bruges
USA
International Speciality Beer Competition
(Presented in Smallpack, Keg and Cask)
The winning beers are:
Class 1 for Speciality Wheat Beer
GOLD
Riegele's Alte Weisse
Germany
Braurerei S. Riegele
Augsburg
SILVER
TAP 1 - Mein Blondes
Kelheim
Germany
Weisses Bräuhaus G. Schneider & Sohn
BRONZE
TAP 2 - Mein Kristall
Kelheim
Germany
Weisses Bräuhaus G. Schneider & Sohn
Class 2 for Fruit & Vegetable Beer
GOLD
Mort Subite Oude Kriek Lambic
Alken-Maes Kobbegem Belgium
SILVER
Mort Subite Gueuze Lambic
Alken-Maes Kobbegem Belgium
BRONZE
Mort Subite Kreik Lambic
Alken-Maes Kobbegem Belgium
Class 3 for Organic Beer
GOLD
No medal awarded
SILVER
Whitstable Bay Organic Shepherd Neame Ltd
Faversham UK
BRONZE
Edelguss
Austria
Brauhaus Gusswerk
Salzburg
Class 4 for Speciality Other Special Feature Beer
GOLD
Triple Chocoholic Saltaire Brewery Shipley, Yorkshire UK
SILVER
Coolship Sour Ale Elgood & Sons Ltd
UK
BRONZE
Alaska
Smoked Porter 2014
USA
Wisbeck, Cambridgeshire
Alaskan Brewing Company
Juneau,
Class 5 for Special Hop Beer
GOLD
Red Chair NWPA Deschutes Brewery Inc Oregon
USA
SILVER
Samuel Adams Crystal Pale Ale Boston Beer Company
USA
BRONZE
Samuel Adams Double Agent IPL
USA
Boston Beer Company
International Cask Ale Competition
The winning beers are:
Class 1 for Cask Ale 2.9% - 3.8% ABV
GOLD
Hophead
UK
Brewster's Brewing Company Grantham, Lincolnshire
SILVER
New World Pale Ale
BRONZE
Light Munro The Highland Brewing Co.
Marston's PLC
Burton
UK
Orkney
UK
Class 2 for Cask Ale 3.9% - 4.3% ABV
GOLD
Island Hopping
The Highland Brewing Co.
SILVER
Bank Top Brewery Dark Mild Bank Top Brewery Limited
UK
BRONZE
Atlantic
Sharp's Brewery Cornwall
UK
Orkney
UK
Bolton
Class 3 for Cask Ale 4.4% - 4.8% ABV
GOLD
Pale Ale
The Highland Brewing Co.
Orkney
UK
SILVER
Liberation Noire The Liberation Group Limited St. Helier
CI
Jersey
BRONZE
Adnams Ghost Ship
UK
Adnams Plc Southwold, Suffolk
Class 4 for Cask Ale 4.9% - 6.9% ABV
GOLD
Green Devil IPA Oakham Ales
Peterborough
SILVER
Quagmire Big Bog Brewing Company
BRONZE
Baby Faced Assassin
UK
UK
Waunfawr, Wales UK
Rooster's Brewing Co.
Knaresborough
International Cider Competition
The winning ciders are:
Category 1 – for Cider Apple Class 3.5 – 7.5% ABV
Class 1.1 for Cider Apple Class – Dry
GOLD
Strongbow Apple Cider/British Dry
Aubel Belgium
Heineken International Stassen,
SILVER
Blue Butterfly Cider
BRONZE
Côte Breton Brut Les Celliers Associés
Hedgerow Cidery Rickreal, Oregon USA
Brittany
France
Class 1.2 for Cider Apple Class – Medium
GOLD
Gold Cornish Orchards Duloe, Cornwall
SILVER
Wyld Wood Organic Cider
UK
BRONZE
Heritage
UK
H Weston & Sons Herefordshire
Cornish Orchards Duloe, Cornwall
UK
Class 1.3 for Cider Apple Class – Sweet
GOLD
Carling British Cider - Original Molson Coors
Ledbury
SILVER
Old Rascal Thatchers Cider Co Ltd Somerset
UK
UK
Category 2 for Open Apple Class Cider 3.5 – 7.5% ABV
Class 2.2 - Open Apple Class - Medium
GOLD
Traditional Dry Cider
Northern Ireland
Mac Ivors Cider Co.
SILVER
Somerset Draught Sheppy's Cider
BRONZE
Granny Smith
USA
County Armagh, N.I.
Taunton Somerset UK
Woodchuck Craft Cider Middlebury, Vermont
Class 2.3 - Open Apple Class - Sweet
GOLD
Amber
Vermont Hard Cider Co Middlebury, Vermont
USA
SILVER
Pressman's Australian Beer Company
BRONZE
Strongbow Apple Cider/Gold Apple Heineken International Stassen,
Aubel Belgium
Yenda, NSWAustralia
Category 3 for Flavoured Cider Class 3.5 -7.5% ABV
GOLD
Strongbow Apple Cider/ Honey
Aubel
Belgium
Heineken International Stassen,
SILVER
Strongbow Apple Cider/Ginger Heineken International Stassen, Aubel
Belgium
BRONZE
Briska Flӓder
Spendrups Bryggeri AB
Grӓngesberg
Sweden
Category 4 for Low-Alcohol Cider Class 1.2 – 3.5% ABV
GOLD
Not awarded
SILVER
Not awarded
BRONZE
Pressman's Mid Australian Beer Company
Australia
Yenda, NSW
Category 5 for Speciality Cider Class or Perry Class 1.2 – 8.5% ABV
GOLD
Angry Orchard The Muse
Boston Beer Company
USA
SILVER
2013 Vintage Imperial Cyder
Aspall Debenham, Suffolk
UK
BRONZE
Angry Orchard Cinnful Boston Beer Company
USA