Lancashire’s Old School Brewery has won a highly commended award for its Hopscotch beer at the Great British Food Awards.
The annual awards celebrate the country’s finest home-grown ingredients, as well as the hard-working folk who produce and cook with them.
This year’s judges included the Hairy Bikers, Raymond Blanc, John Torode, Monica Galetti and Michel Roux Jr, who, tasted their way through a huge array of products across 24 categories.
Hairy Bikers Si King and Dave Myers decided to award Hopscotch pale ale, with its crisp taste and delicately flavoured citrus fruits, a highly commended award.
Catherine Walsh, from Old School Brewery, said: “We’ve been brewing our beers since 2012 in our artisan brewery, located in part of Warton former Grammar School. As you might expect, we are proud of where we live and work, which is why we chose to call the brewery Old School.
“Each of our beers reflects this heritage and aspects of school life,with names like Blackboard, Hopscotch, Headmaster, and Textbook.
“We are hugely proud of the fact that Hopscotch has been recognised with a highly commended award by the TV chef duo of Dave Myers and Si King. It demonstrates that we are creating excellent products that appeal to a broad audience and stand out on the national stage. Recognition like this is a real achievement for the team and recognises all the hard work they put into the business day in day out.”
