Rudgate Brewery has won a gold medal in a SIBA packaged beer competition for its first lager. Pilsnor is a Nordic-themed lager inspired by European pilsners.
The original idea of brewing a pilsner came from managing director Craig Lee. Carl Heron, of Heron Brewing Co, was key in developing the recipe.
“For several years we have been aware of a gap in our portfolio for a lager, and decided to go with a traditional style as our first offering as it most suited our brewery and what we are all about,” said Craig.
“As we are primarily an ale brewer, our knowledge of lager brewing is limited, so we brought in Carl who has been a friend of the brewery for several years to assist us in this new venture.”
Drawing inspiration from classic European pilsners and using yeast from Berlin, Pilsnor is described as deliciously crisp and clean tasting, making for an easy drinking, tasty beer.
Rudgate is particualarly thrilled with the win after having to postpone the first brew of the lager due to Covid.
