Bewdley and DEYA take top SIBA regional awards

Bewdley Brewery and DEYA have taken home the two top awards in the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) Wales and West Independent Beer Awards.

Bewdley and DEYA won, respectively, the competitions for cask beer and bottled and canned brews.

Bewdley’s Red Hill is described as a ‘homage to the traditional English ale’ and proved a hit with judges in the cask bitter category before going on to win the overall champion cask award. 

DEYA’s Steady Rolling Man, a modern pale ale with tropical fruit aromas, took the top spot in the pale ale category before going up against winners from a diverse range of other beer style categories in a new look bottle and can beer competition.

Tim Wilkins, of Bewdley Brewery, said: “It means everything to win. It’s quite emotional really. We’ve put in so much hard work and it has paid off. We use the best ingredients and spend the time and care to make sure our beer is brewed right, we are so thrilled to have won.”

Buster Grant, SIBA’s national competitions committee chairman, said: “I could not think of a better representation of the wonderful breadth of traditional and modern beer styles we can now enjoy in the UK than to give the overall winners awards to a very traditional British bitter and a modern, hop-forward American-style pale ale.

“Huge congratulations to both Bewdley and DEYA, who each faced incredibly tough competition in the cask and bottle and can awards this year, with a very high standard of entries and some delicious beers across the board. I’d also like to thank Ludlow for helping us put on another fantastic event!”

The full list of winners

Overall champion of the cask competition

Sponsored by Keg Logistics	Brewery	Product	ABV
Gold	Bewdley Brewery	Red Hill	4.4
Silver	Purple Moose Brewery Ltd	Navigator	7
Bronze	Boss Brewing Company Ltd	Boss Brewing Black	5
Bronze	North Cotswold Brewery	Freedom IPA	5.2

Cask session dark beer

	Brewery	Product	ABV
Gold	Three Tuns Brewery	Stout	4.4
Gold	Mumbles Brewery	Oystermouth Stout	4.4
Silver	Gwaun Valley Brewery	Traditional Porter	4.3
Bronze	North Cotswold Brewery	Moreton Mild	3.8
Bronze	Brew Monster	Wraith	3.9
Bronze	Magic Dragon Brewing	Old Magic	3.6

Cask British dark beer

	Brewery	Product	ABV
Gold	Boss Brewing Company Ltd	Boss Brewing Black	5
Gold	North Cotswold Brewery	Hung, Drawn ‘n’ Portered	5
Gold	Gloucester Brewery	Dockside Dark	5.2
Silver	Bewdley Brewery	William Mucklow’s Dark Mild	6
Bronze	Purple Moose Brewery Ltd	Dark Side of the Moose	4.6
Bronze	Wye Valley Brewery	Wholesome Stout	4.6

Cask British bitter

	Brewery	Product	ABV
Gold	Bewdley Brewery	Red Hill	4.4
Silver	North Cotswold Brewery	Falstaff’s Folly	4
Silver	Salopian Brewery	Darwins Origin	4.3
Silver	Stroud Brewery	Tom Long	3.8
Bronze	DEYA Brewing Company ltd	Best Foot Forward	4.4
Bronze	Brewhouse and Kitchen Gloucester Quays	Stevedore	4
Bronze	Teme Valley Brewery	That	4.1
Bronze	Hobsons Brewery	Best	3.8
Bronze	Purple Moose Brewery Ltd	Whakahari	4.3
Bronze	Gloucester Brewery	Gloucester Gold	3.9

Cask British best bitter

	Brewery	Product	ABV
Gold	Bewdley Brewery	Worcestershire Sway	5
Gold	North Cotswold Brewery	Shagweaver XL	5.4
Silver	Wye Valley Brewery	Butty Bach	4.5
Silver	Mumbles Brewery	Lifesaver	4.9
Bronze	Boss Brewing Company Ltd	Hiraeth	5
Bronze	Goffs Brewery	White Knight	4.7
Bronze	Salopian Brewery	Hop Twister	4.5

Cask session pale ale

	Brewery	Product	ABV
Gold	Bewdley Brewery	Baldwin IPA	4.2
Gold	Magic Dragon Brewery	Green One	4.2
Gold	Salopian Brewery	Oracle	4
Silver	Wye Valley Brewery	Hopfather	3.9
Silver	Brewhouse and Kitchen Gloucester Quays	Shed Head	4
Silver	The Ludlow Brewing Co.	Gold	4.2
Bronze	Gloucester Brewery	Session Pale	3.7
Bronze	Goffs Brewery	Lancer	3.8
Bronze	Woodcote Brewing Co	SPA Supreme Pale Ale	4.2

Cask pale ale

	Brewery	Product	ABV
Gold	North Cotswold Brewery	Freedom IPA	5.2
Gold	Mumbles Brewery	Triple Hop Pale	4.7
Gold	The Ludlow Brewing Co.	Stairway	5
Silver	CBL – Cold Black Label	Pirate Bay	5
Silver	Stroud Brewery	Budding	4.5
Silver	Brew Monster	Phoenix	4.5
Bronze	Three Tuns Brewery	Clerics Cure	5
Bronze	Salopian Brewery	Paper Planes	4.6
Bronze	Magic Dragon Brewing	Dolphin	4.5
Bronze	Tomos & Lilford	Southerndown Gold	4.6
Bronze	Goffs Brewery	Cheltenham Gold	4.5

Cask IPA

	Brewery	Product	ABV
Gold	Purple Moose Brewery Ltd	Navigator	7
Silver	Clun Brewery	Citadel	5.9
Bronze	North Cotswold Brewery	Black Jack IPA	6
Bronze	Mumbles Brewery	Albina	5.7
Bronze	Wye Valley Brewery	Glorious IPA	6

Cask speciality light beer

	Brewery	Product	ABV
Gold	Purple Moose Brewery Ltd	High Hops	5.4
Bronze	Goffs Brewery	Jester Brew 6 – Mango IPA	5

Cask imperial and strong beer

	Brewery	Product	ABV
Gold	North Cotswold Brewery	Millennium Monarch	10

Overall champion of the bottle and can competition

Sponsored by Fulton Boilers	Brewery	Product	ABV
Gold	DEYA Brewing Company ltd	Steady Rolling Man	5.2
Silver	Salopian Brewery	Waters of Lethe	11
Bronze	Salopian Brewery	Automaton	7

Bottle and can lager

	Brewery	Product	ABV
Gold	DEYA Brewing Company ltd	Tappy Pils	4.4
Gold	Wye Valley Brewery	1985	4.5
Silver	Bewdley Brewery	Laxford Lager	4.2
Silver	Purple Moose Brewery Ltd	Mwsh	4.7
Silver	Zerodegrees Cardiff	The Bohemian Czech Pilsner	4.8
Bronze	Gloucester Brewery	Lager	4.5
Bronze	Brew Monster	Premium Pilsner	5
Bronze	The Hop Shed	Brakel Pilsner	4.6

Bottle and can amber and dark lager

	Brewery	Product	ABV
Gold	Zerodegrees Cardiff	The Beast Black Lager	4.6
Bronze	Geipel Brewing	Golden Gate	5

Bottle and can wheat beer

	Brewery	Product	ABV
Gold	Brew Monster	Drude	5.2
Silver	CBL – Lithic Brewing	Wheat	4.5

Bottle and can bitter

	Brewery	Product	ABV
Gold	Three Tuns Brewery	BEST	3.8
Gold	Hobsons Brewery	Twisted Spire	3.5
Silver	Old Farmhouse Brewery Ltd.	Cwrw Clôs	4.2
Silver	Stonehouse Brewery – Ceramic City Brewing Co	Muffle	3.9
Silver	Magic Dragon Brewing	Eyton Gold	4
Bronze	Teme Valley Brewery	This	3.7
Bronze	Salopian Brewery	Darwins Origin	4.3
Bronze	Bewdley Brewery	Red Hill	4.4
Bronze	Wye Valley Brewery	Butty Bach	4.5
Bronze	Stroud Brewery	Tom Long	3.8

Bottle and can pale ale

	Brewery	Product	ABV
Gold	DEYA Brewing Company ltd	Steady Rolling Man	4.5
Gold	Stroud Brewery	Hop Drop	5.2
Silver	Salopian Brewery	Tailspin	5.4
Silver	Three Tuns Brewery	XXX	4.3
Bronze	Old Farmhouse Brewery Ltd.	Bwdi Bay	3.9
Bronze	Purple Moose Brewery Ltd	Antlered IPA	5.2
Bronze	Mumbles Brewery	Triple Hop Pale	4.7

Bottle and can IPA

Sponsored by Drinksflow	Brewery	Product	ABV
Gold	Salopian Brewery	Automaton	7
Gold	DEYA Brewing Company ltd	Into the Haze	6.2
Silver	Clun Brewery	Citadel	5.9
Silver	Zerodegrees Cardiff	Ultimate Synergy NEIPA	5.8
Bronze	Purple Moose Brewery Ltd	Navigator	7

Bottle and can double and triple IPA

Sponsored by Nichesolutions	Brewery	Product	ABV
Gold	Brew Monster	Behemoth	8
Bronze	Clun Brewery	Unk IPA	7.5

Bottle and can amber, brown, and red ale

	Brewery	Product	ABV
Gold	Salopian Brewery	Sienna	4.4
Silver	Hobsons Brewery	Old Henry	5.2
Bronze	The Hop Shed	Redcap Ruby	4.2

Bottle and can stout and porter

	Brewery	Product	ABV
Gold	Mumbles Brewery	Oystermouth Stout	4.4
Silver	Purple Moose Brewery Ltd	Black Rock Stout	4.2
Silver	Three Tuns Brewery	Stout	4.4
Silver	Stroud Brewery	Big Cat	4.5
Bronze	Bragdy Tanat	Telyn Deires (Triple Harp)	3.5
Bronze	Wye Valley Brewery	Wholesome Stout	4.6

Bottle and can imperial and strong ale

	Brewery	Product	ABV
Gold	Gower Brewery Co Ltd	Super Gold	7
Silver	Geipel Brewing	Bock	6.5
Bronze	Three Tuns Brewery	Old Scrooge	6.5

Bottle and can sour and wild ale

	Brewery	Product	ABV
Gold	CBL – Lithic Brewing	Lemon, Lime & Sea Salt Sour	3.9
Bronze	DEYA Brewing Company ltd	Brett Pale Ale	5.1

Bottle and can speciality and flavoured beer

	Brewery	Product	ABV
Gold	Salopian Brewery	Waters of Lethe	11
Silver	Purple Moose Brewery Ltd	Chocolate Moose	4.5
Bronze	Stroud Brewery	Stinger	4.2