Haacht Brewery has landed gold in this year’s International Beer Challenge for its Primus Pilsner in the Pilsner 4.4%-plus category.
The beer is still brewed to the same original recipe, created at the Haacht brewery just outside Brussels, in 1924. Straw in colour, with a rich, dense head. The taste, flavour, and aroma of Primus is slightly sweet, with a touch of bitterness, followed by a dry finish.
Haacht also won a raft of silvers and bronze awards in the competition for its range of speciality Belgian beers. Tongerlo Blond and Super 8 IPA both won silvers, and Super 8 Flandrien a Bronze.
Pim Vannerom, export manager at Haacht, said: “Previous years have seen the Primus Pilsner win bronze at the World Beer Awards 2015, bronze in the 2020 Brussels Beer Challenge, silver at the 2016 Beer Fest Asia awards, and silver in the Brussels Beer Challenge in 2017.
“To win a gold medal at this year’s IBC is an incredible achievement that recognises the commitment to quality of the brewery team at Haacht in Belgium.
“Primus Pilsner has stayed true to the way it was originally brewed, and for this it has maintained its taste and authenticity when it comes to true Belgian pilsners.”
