St Austell Brewery and Bath Ales have been awarded a total of five medals at the International Brewing Awards.
It’s a record haul for the independently-owned St Austell Brewery, which also took home its first gold medal for Russian imperial stout, Black Square — first brewed in collaboration with Moscow’s New Riga’s Brewery.
As well as taking home gold for Black Square, St Austell was awarded silver for Bad Habit Abbey Tripel, and bronze for Mena Dhu stout and Double IPA, Big Job.
Lansdown West Coast IPA, one of Bath Ales’ latest brews, was awarded a silver medal. The brewer’s flagship amber ale, Gem, previously took home a gold in 2014.
Roger Ryman, brewing director at St Austell and Bath Ales, said: “We’re delighted, and very proud, to win a gold medal at this year’s International Brewing Awards — something which has been a personal goal of mine since joining St Austell Brewery twenty years ago.
“Not only do these five medals reflect our standing in the international world of brewing, they are also the culmination of many years of hard work and dedication by our brewing teams in Bath and Cornwall.”
