Supreme Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2011 revealed

21st January 2011, 9:26am

Entire Stout from the Hop Back Brewery, Wiltshire, has been crowned the Supreme Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2011 by a panel of judges at the National Winter Ales Festival in Manchester.

The 4.5% abv stout is described in CAMRA's Good Beer Guide as 'A rich, dark stout with a strong roasted malt flavour and a long, sweet and malty aftertaste. A beer suitable for vegans.'

CAMRA director Nik Antona, CAMRA Director, praised the Champion Winter beer. He said: "I would personally like to congratulate Hop Back brewery on winning CAMRA's national award. This is not only great news for the brewery but for the beer style Stout! We hope this will revitalise 'real' stout and encourage more breweries to brew this style of beer in the future."

Steve Wright, Hop Back Brewing director and head brewer, added: "This is obviously fantastic news! Entire Stout has been a very successful beer for the brewery in both draught and bottle-conditioned form and to win this national CAMRA award will only encourage more real ale lovers to give it a try. We now look forward to Champion Beer of Britain competition in August."

The overall silver went to Chocolate brewed by Marble in Manchester, whilst the bronze medal went to Praetorian Porter brewed in Leicestershire by Dow Bridge brewery. 

A panel of beer writers, members of the licensed trade and CAMRA members judged the competition at the Sheridan Suite, Manchester.

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