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Indie Beer Competition Winners

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Midlands & West Winners

Barsbank Office | 1 Jul 2026

Cask Overall Winners

Gold

Cool Name to Follow

Loose Cannon Brewery

IPA (5.6% and over)
8.0% ABV

Silver

Red Star

Shipstone's Beer Company Ltd

British Best Bitter (4.5% to 6.4%)
4.8% ABV

Bronze

Rutland Beast

Grainstore Brewery

British Dark Beer (4.5% to 6.4%)
5.3% ABV

Cask Category Results

British Best Bitter (4.5% to 6.4%)

Category Winner

Red Star

Shipstone's Beer Company Ltd

4.8% ABV

Gold

Ten Fifty

Grainstore Brewery

5.0% ABV

Steam Ale

Towcester Mill Brewery

4.5% ABV

Red Star

Shipstone's Beer Company Ltd

4.8% ABV

Silver

Shagweaver XL

North Cotswold Brewery

5.4% ABV

Bronze

Wasp Nest

Brampton Brewery

5.0% ABV

White Knight

Goffs Brewery

4.7% ABV

KING'S ROAD

Lincoln Green

4.5% ABV

Stone Edge

Lymestone Brewery

4.5% ABV

1876

Rowton

5.5% ABV

Golden Thread

Salopian

5.0% ABV

British Bitter (up to 4.4%)

Category Winner

Tup

Little Brewing Company Ltd

4.3% ABV

Gold

Tup

Little Brewing Company Ltd

4.3% ABV

Silver

Blonde Star

Silhill

4.0% ABV

Bronze

Quarter

Attic Brew Co.

4.4% ABV

Bitter Brummie

Birmingham Brewing Company

4.1% ABV

Right To Roam

Buxton Brewery

4.2% ABV

Preservation

Castle Rock Brewery

4.4% ABV

Vixen

Charnwood Brewery

4.0% ABV

Dawn Run

Clavell & Hind

4.0% ABV

Abingdon Bridge

Loose Cannon Brewery

4.1% ABV

Overthrow

Rebellion Beer Co. Ltd.

4.3% ABV

Darwins Origin

Salopian

4.3% ABV

Tom Long

Stroud Brewery

3.8% ABV

BEST

Three Tuns Brewery

3.8% ABV

70/-

Towcester Mill Brewery

3.7% ABV

Pyoneer

Wye Valley Brewery

3.4% ABV

British Dark Beer (4.5% to 6.4%)

Category Winner

Rutland Beast

Grainstore Brewery

5.3% ABV

Gold

Rutland Beast

Grainstore Brewery

5.3% ABV

Silver

Brampton Mild

Brampton Brewery

4.9% ABV

Scruffy Jon

Noble Craft Brewing

4.5% ABV

Hung, Drawn 'n' Portered

North Cotswold Brewery

5.0% ABV

Black Fire

Towcester Mill Brewery

5.2% ABV

Paddock Porter

Uttoxeter Brewing Company

4.8% ABV

Bronze

Vigilante

Alter Ego Brewing Co

4.5% ABV

Oatmeal Stout

Castle Rock Brewery

4.6% ABV

Black Knight

Goffs Brewery

5.3% ABV

Black Stag

Peak Ales

4.8% ABV

Full Moon

Rowton

6.2% ABV

North Star

Silhill

4.5% ABV

Imperial & Strong Beer (6.5% and over)

Category Winner

Tynt Meadow

Mount Saint Bernard Abbey

7.4% ABV

Gold

Tynt Meadow

Mount Saint Bernard Abbey

7.4% ABV

IPA (5.6% and over)

Category Winner

Cool Name to Follow

Loose Cannon Brewery

8.0% ABV

Gold

Cool Name to Follow

Loose Cannon Brewery

8.0% ABV

Silver

No Brakes IPA

Fixed Wheel Brewery

5.9% ABV

Bronze

Incognito

Alter Ego Brewing Co

5.8% ABV

Razzamatazz

Bewdley Brewery TA Wild River Brew Co

6.0% ABV

Infinity+1

Blue Monkey Brewery

5.6% ABV

Speciale

Brampton Brewery

5.8% ABV

Axe Edge

Buxton Brewery

6.8% ABV

Citadel

Clun Brewery

5.9% ABV

Pale Ale (4.5% to 5.5%)

Category Winner

MERIDEN GAP

52 Degrees Brewing

5.0% ABV

Gold

MERIDEN GAP

52 Degrees Brewing

5.0% ABV

Silver

Tynt Meadow Blond

Mount Saint Bernard Abbey

5.0% ABV

Beelzebub

Resting Devil

5.5% ABV

Sabotage

Salopian

5.0% ABV

Super Star

Silhill

5.1% ABV

Spin Drift

Stone House Brewery Limited

4.6% ABV

Budding

Stroud Brewery

4.5% ABV

American IPA

Uttoxeter Brewing Company

5.2% ABV

Bronze

Infinity

Blue Monkey Brewery

4.6% ABV

LOKI

Charnwood Brewery

5.5% ABV

Abduction

Dancing Duck

5.5% ABV

Session IPA

Gloucester Brewery

4.5% ABV

Kia Ora

Loddon Brewery

4.8% ABV

Stairway

Ludlow Brewing Co Ltd

5.0% ABV

Pacific Islander

Milestone

5.0% ABV

Chatsworth Gold

Peak Ales

4.6% ABV

Area 51

Rowton

5.1% ABV

Frizzle

The Hop Shed

4.5% ABV

Tree House Pale

Twisted Tree Brewery

4.9% ABV

Session Dark Beer (up to 4.4%)

Category Winner

Stout

Three Tuns Brewery

4.4% ABV

Gold

Stout

Three Tuns Brewery

4.4% ABV

Bronze

Grasshopper DEVIL'S HORSE

52 Degrees Brewing

4.3% ABV

Dark Hollow

Liquid Light Brewing Co

3.7% ABV

Red Dawn

Ludlow Brewing Co Ltd

4.5% ABV

Black Pearl

Milestone

4.3% ABV

Session Pale Ale (up to 4.4%)

Category Winner

Organic Pale Ale

Stroud Brewery

4.0% ABV

Gold

Organic Pale Ale

Stroud Brewery

4.0% ABV

Silver

Clasp

Attic Brew Co.

3.4% ABV

Baldwin IPA

Bewdley Brewery

4.2% ABV

Deepdale

Buxton Brewery

4.0% ABV

Blue Fox

Charnwood Brewery

4.2% ABV

Day Tripper

Liquid Light Brewing Co

4.3% ABV

Stride

Peak Ales

4.0% ABV

Wow

Silhill

4.0% ABV

CitraBloom

Twisted Tree Brewery

4.1% ABV

Dr. Johnson's Contrafibularity

Uttoxeter Brewing Company

4.2% ABV

Bronze

PRINCE OF THIEVES

Lincoln Green

3.4% ABV

Blonde

Ludlow Brewing Co Ltd

4.0% ABV

Dragon Slayer

Milestone

4.4% ABV

Oracle

Salopian

4.0% ABV

Flipside

Stone House Brewery Limited

4.2% ABV

Speciality Amber to Dark Beer

Category Winner

Silent Knight

Ludlow Brewing Co Ltd

4.5% ABV

Gold

Cinder Toffee

Blue Monkey Brewery

5.0% ABV

Silent Knight

Ludlow Brewing Co Ltd

4.5% ABV

Double Chocolate Mild

Peak Ales

5.6% ABV

Bronze

1950's Burton Ruby Mild

Burton Bridge Brewery TA Heritage Brewing Co

4.3% ABV

Plum Porter

Titanic Brewery

4.9% ABV

Speciality Light Beer

Category Winner

Marie Laveau

Resting Devil

5.2% ABV

Gold

Marie Laveau

Resting Devil

5.2% ABV

Bronze

The Brew She Brewed

Loose Cannon Brewery

6.2% ABV

Keg Overall Winners

Gold

Helles

Attic Brew Co.

Premium Lager (4.5% to 6.4%)
5.2% ABV

Silver

Helles

Braybrooke Beer Co

Session Lager (up to 4.4%)
4.2% ABV

Bronze

Sabrina

Bewdley Brewery TA Wild River Brew Co

Session Pale Ale (up to 4.4%)
4.0% ABV

Keg Category Results

Alcohol Free Beer

Category Winner

Sober Brummie Stout

Birmingham Brewing Company

0.5% ABV

Gold

Sober Brummie Stout

Birmingham Brewing Company

0.5% ABV

Silver

Masked Ball

Charnwood Brewery

0.5% ABV

British Ales (up to 6.4%)

Category Winner

By George

Charnwood Brewery

4.6% ABV

Gold

By George

Charnwood Brewery

4.6% ABV

Silver

Boy From Venus

Buxton Brewery

4.8% ABV

Session IPA

Gloucester Brewery

4.5% ABV

The Champion Nitro

Hobsons Brewery

3.2% ABV

Ferrymans Gold

Loddon Brewery

4.4% ABV

Double, Triple & Imperial IPA (7.5% and over)

Category Winner

Cool Name to Follow

Loose Cannon Brewery

8.0% ABV

Gold

Cool Name to Follow

Loose Cannon Brewery

8.0% ABV

Bronze

Double Double Back

Buxton Brewery

8.0% ABV

Imperial & Strong Ale (6.5% and over)

Category Winner

Tynt Meadow

Mount Saint Bernard Abbey

7.4% ABV

Gold

Tynt Meadow

Mount Saint Bernard Abbey

7.4% ABV

IPA (5.6% to 7.4%)

Category Winner

American Pale

Gloucester Brewery

6.4% ABV

Gold

American Pale

Gloucester Brewery

6.4% ABV

Silver

Corner Shop

The Indian Brewery

5.8% ABV

Pale Ale (4.5% to 5.5%)

Category Winner

Sun Machine

Stone House Brewery Limited

5.3% ABV

Gold

Sun Machine

Stone House Brewery Limited

5.3% ABV

Silver

Force Field

Alter Ego Brewing Co

4.5% ABV

California

Blue Monkey Brewery

5.5% ABV

NEIPA

Gloucester Brewery

5.2% ABV

Less Dangerous

Liquid Light Brewing Co

4.5% ABV

Pooka

Resting Devil

5.5% ABV

ANYTIME IPA

Titanic Brewery

4.5% ABV

Fandango

Wye Valley Brewery

4.8% ABV

Premium Lager (4.5% to 6.4%)

Category Winner

Helles

Attic Brew Co.

5.2% ABV

Gold

Helles

Attic Brew Co.

5.2% ABV

Silver

British Craft Lager

Gloucester Brewery

4.5% ABV

Helles

Milestone

4.7% ABV

Peak Pilsner

Peak Ales

4.5% ABV

Helles

Silhill Brewery

4.5% ABV

Bronze

Ofton Helles

Alter Ego Brewing Co

5.0% ABV

The Italian Cob

Loose Cannon Brewery

4.6% ABV

1985

Wye Valley Brewery

4.5% ABV

Session Lager (up to 4.4%)

Category Winner

Helles

Braybrooke Beer Co

4.2% ABV

Gold

Helles

Braybrooke Beer Co

4.2% ABV

Silver

Cavern

Buxton Brewery

4.2% ABV

Outlaw Pilsner

Clavell & Hind

4.0% ABV

Latitude 52

Ludlow Brewing Co Ltd

4.0% ABV

Pilsner

Milestone

4.0% ABV

Light Organic Lager

Stroud Brewery

4.0% ABV

Bronze

Stirchley Lager

Birmingham Brewing Company

4.4% ABV

Rebellion Lager

Rebellion Beer Co. Ltd.

4.4% ABV

Shark Beach

Stone House Brewery Limited

4.0% ABV

Pekok

The Indian Brewery

4.0% ABV

Session Pale Ale (up to 4.4%)

Category Winner

Sabrina

Bewdley Brewery TA Wild River Brew Co

4.0% ABV

Gold

Sabrina

Bewdley Brewery TA Wild River Brew Co

4.0% ABV

Silver

Citra Mosaic

Hobsons Brewery

4.2% ABV

Stanhus

Stone House Brewery Limited

4.1% ABV

Bronze

Blunderbuss

Clavell & Hind

4.2% ABV

Auric

Salopian

4.0% ABV

Sour & Wild Ale

Category Winner

SUNLIT TROPIC

Lincoln Green

6.5% ABV

Gold

SUNLIT TROPIC

Lincoln Green

6.5% ABV

Purple Rain

Liquid Light Brewing Co

4.4% ABV

Speciality & Flavoured Beer

Category Winner

Plum Porter Nitro

Titanic Brewery

4.9% ABV

Gold

Plum Porter Nitro

Titanic Brewery

4.9% ABV

Silver

Lemon Dream Unfiltered

Salopian

4.5% ABV

Bronze

Chocolate Guerrilla

Blue Monkey Brewery

4.9% ABV

Peach Lager

Little Brewing Company Ltd

4.0% ABV

Speciality IPA

Category Winner

The Bark Side

Twisted Tree Brewery

6.0% ABV

Gold

The Bark Side

Twisted Tree Brewery

6.0% ABV

Stout & Porter (up to 6.4%)

Category Winner

Eclipse

Rebellion Beer Co. Ltd.

4.3% ABV

Gold

Eclipse

Rebellion Beer Co. Ltd.

4.3% ABV

Nightjar

Wye Valley Brewery

4.2% ABV

Silver

Ten Acres

Attic Brew Co.

4.0% ABV

Severn Storm Nitro Stout

Bewdley Brewery TA Wild River Brew Co

4.3% ABV

Bronze

Blackheath Stout

Fixed Wheel Brewery

5.0% ABV

Big Cat

Stroud Brewery

4.5% ABV

Bottle & Can Overall Winners

Gold

MAYFLY

Lincoln Green

Premium Lager (4.5% to 6.4%)
4.6% ABV

Silver

Helles

Braybrooke Beer Co

Session Lager (up to 4.4%)
4.2% ABV

Bronze

Cool Name to Follow

Loose Cannon Brewery

Double, Triple & Imperial IPA (7.5% and over)
8.0% ABV

Bottle & Can Category Results

Alcohol Free Beer (up to 0.5%)

Category Winner

Lucid

Attic Brew Co.

0.5% ABV

Gold

Lucid

Attic Brew Co.

0.5% ABV

Bronze

Green Mountain Alcohol Free

Thornbridge Brewery

0.5% ABV

Amber, Brown & Red Ale (up to 6.4%)

Category Winner

Red Hill

Bewdley Brewery

4.4% ABV

Gold

Red Hill

Bewdley Brewery

4.4% ABV

Silver

Old Henry

Hobsons Brewery

5.2% ABV

CAPTAIN SMITH

Titanic Brewery

5.2% ABV

Bronze

THE HARES LEAP

Lincoln Green

4.8% ABV

Belgian & Continental Style Beer

Category Winner

Keller Lager

Braybrooke Beer Co

4.8% ABV

Gold

Keller Lager

Braybrooke Beer Co

4.8% ABV

Bronze

Hefeweizen

Charnwood Brewery

5.0% ABV

British Best Bitter (4.5% to 6.4%)

Category Winner

Ten Fifty

Grainstore Brewery

5.0% ABV

Gold

Ten Fifty

Grainstore Brewery

5.0% ABV

Golden Thread

Salopian

5.0% ABV

British Bitter (up to 4.4%)

Category Winner

Bitter Brummie

Birmingham Brewing Company

4.1% ABV

Gold

Bitter Brummie

Birmingham Brewing Company

4.1% ABV

Silver

Vixen

Charnwood Brewery

4.0% ABV

Dancing Duck

4.3% ABV

Station Bitter

Stone House Brewery Limited

3.9% ABV

Bronze

HOOD

Lincoln Green

4.2% ABV

Darwins Origin

Salopian

4.3% ABV

Buckeye

The Hop Shed

4.3% ABV

British Dark Beer (4.5% to 6.4%)

Category Winner

Castle Embers

Three Tuns Brewery

4.7% ABV

Gold

William Mucklow's Dark Mild

Bewdley Brewery

6.0% ABV

300's Old Ale

The Chiltern Brewery

5.0% ABV

Castle Embers

Three Tuns Brewery

4.7% ABV

Silver

Dockside

Gloucester Brewery

5.2% ABV

Big Cat

Stroud Brewery

4.5% ABV

True Stout Nitro

Titanic Brewery

4.5% ABV

Bronze

Stout Brummie

Birmingham Brewing Company

4.7% ABV

TUCK

Lincoln Green

4.7% ABV

Entire Butt

Salopian

4.6% ABV

Dark Force

Stone House Brewery Limited

4.5% ABV

Double, Triple & Imperial IPA (7.5% and over)

Category Winner

Cool Name to Follow

Loose Cannon Brewery

8.0% ABV

Gold

Cool Name to Follow

Loose Cannon Brewery

8.0% ABV

Imperial & Strong Ale (6.5% and over)

Category Winner

Tynt Meadow

Mount Saint Bernard Abbey

7.4% ABV

Gold

THE BIG ONE

Lincoln Green

11.0% ABV

Tynt Meadow

Mount Saint Bernard Abbey

7.4% ABV

Bronze

Nip

Grainstore Brewery

7.3% ABV

Imperial Stout

Thornbridge Brewery

7.7% ABV

IPA (5.6% to 7.4%)

Category Winner

Dorothy Goodbody's Glorious IPA

Wye Valley Brewery

6.0% ABV

Gold

Dorothy Goodbody's Glorious IPA

Wye Valley Brewery

6.0% ABV

Silver

I.P.A.

Stroud Brewery

5.6% ABV

Bronze

American Pale

Gloucester Brewery

6.4% ABV

Low alcohol beer (0.6 - 2.9%)

Category Winner

Easy Peasy

Stroud Brewery

2.6% ABV

Gold

Easy Peasy

Stroud Brewery

2.6% ABV

Silver

Lemonicious

Loose Cannon Brewery

2.4% ABV

Bronze

Barely There

The Chiltern Brewery

1.8% ABV

Pale Ale (4.5% to 5.5%)

Category Winner

LOKI

Charnwood Brewery

5.5% ABV

Gold

LOKI

Charnwood Brewery

5.5% ABV

Silver

India Pale Ale

Shipstone's Beer Company Ltd

5.5% ABV

Bronze

Hazy Brummie

Birmingham Brewing Company

4.5% ABV

NEIPA

Gloucester Brewery

5.2% ABV

Here Comes the Sun

The Chiltern Brewery

4.5% ABV

Cleric's Cure

Three Tuns Brewery

5.0% ABV

Fandango

Wye Valley Brewery

4.8% ABV

Premium Lager (4.5% to 6.4%)

Category Winner

MAYFLY

Lincoln Green

4.6% ABV

Gold

MAYFLY

Lincoln Green

4.6% ABV

Silver

Helles

Attic Brew Co.

5.2% ABV

Bronze

Pilsner

Braybrooke Beer Co

4.5% ABV

British Craft Lager

Gloucester Brewery

4.5% ABV

Vors

Little Brewing Company Ltd

4.8% ABV

Session Dark Beer (up to 4.4%)

Category Winner

Dhustone Stout

Hobsons Brewery

4.3% ABV

Gold

Dhustone Stout

Hobsons Brewery

4.3% ABV

Silver

Severn Storm Nitro Stout

Bewdley Brewery TA Wild River Brew Co

4.3% ABV

Rutland Panther

Grainstore Brewery

3.4% ABV

Session Lager (up to 4.4%)

Category Winner

Helles

Braybrooke Beer Co

4.2% ABV

Gold

Helles

Braybrooke Beer Co

4.2% ABV

Silver

Pilsner

Attic Brew Co.

4.2% ABV

Shark Beach

Stone House Brewery Limited

4.0% ABV

Bronze

Light Organic Lager

Stroud Brewery

4.0% ABV

Session Pale Ale (up to 4.4%)

Category Winner

New World Super Pale

Milestone

3.9% ABV

Gold

New World Super Pale

Milestone

3.9% ABV

Silver

Blue Fox

Charnwood Brewery

4.2% ABV

Zahara

Grainstore Brewery

4.2% ABV

Old Prickly

Hobsons Brewery

4.2% ABV

Sesh

Little Brewing Company Ltd

4.2% ABV

Oligo Nunk

Shipstone's Beer Company Ltd TA Hollow Stone Brewing Co

4.0% ABV

Flipside

Stone House Brewery Limited

4.2% ABV

Java Pale

The Hop Shed

4.0% ABV

XXX

Three Tuns Brewery

4.3% ABV

Bronze

Intuition

Attic Brew Co.

4.4% ABV

DCUK

Dancing Duck

4.3% ABV

Gloucester Gold

Gloucester Brewery

3.9% ABV

Day Tripper

Liquid Light Brewing Co

4.3% ABV

Auric

Salopian

4.0% ABV

Hopfather

Wye Valley Brewery

3.9% ABV

Sour & Wild Ale

Category Winner

SUNLIT TROPIC

Lincoln Green

6.5% ABV

Gold

SUNLIT TROPIC

Lincoln Green

6.5% ABV

Speciality & Flavoured Beer

Category Winner

Malt Madness

Bewdley Brewery

7.4% ABV

Gold

Malt Madness

Bewdley Brewery

7.4% ABV

Chocolate Guerrilla

Blue Monkey Brewery

4.9% ABV

Silver

Saturnalia

Stone House Brewery Limited

4.6% ABV

Bronze

Orange Pale

Little Brewing Company Ltd

5.2% ABV

Plum Porter Nitro

Titanic Brewery

4.9% ABV