Beer Street, a 4% amber bitter with rye from London Brewing took the title, while Cairngorm’s session stout, Black Gold (4.4%), took home silver, and Green Jack’s Baltic Trader Export Stout (10.5%) won bronze.
Easy drinking
Judging panel coordinator Christine Cryne described Beer Street as: “A sparking golden amber bitter, with spicy rye and a roasty nose, sweet biscuit on the flavour, where the spicy rye notes increase and linger in the dry and slightly bitter finish. Very easy drinking.”
The winners were announced at the consumer organisation’s Liverpool Beer Festival on Thursday 19 February, held at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, after a year of local and regional blind judging heats.
Category winners will now go forward to the final judging in May at CAMRA’s Cambridge Beer Festival where they’ll battle it out to take the crown of Supreme Champion 2026.
Deserving winners
CAMRA awards director Shelly Bentley said: “Our Champion Beer of Britain competition is the only truly independent beer contest in the UK. Brewers can’t simply enter their beers into it; they have to be nominated by beer lovers or expert tasting panels.
“London Brewing are incredibly deserving winners of the winter crown, and everyone taking home a category win or top three placement should be proud that their beers have been declared the cream of the crop by expert judges.”
