International beer judges go for gold from the Wolds

A Yorkshire Wolds brewery has taken on big names in the brewing industry to win the title of United Kingdom's Best Golden Ale 2016 title in the World Beer Awards.

Wold Top Brewery's Wold Gold blonde beer won through three rounds of blind taste-testing, before a panel of 50 international brewers, journalists and industry experts came together in London to judge the final round.

The Wold Newton based brewery produces award-winning beers from home and Wolds-grown barley and water from the farm's own borehole. Wold Gold isbrewed using Wheat and Cara malt hopped with Goldings and Styrian hops that impart a fruity flavour with a hint of spice.

Brewery manager, Alex Balchin is delighted with the win: "Wold Gold has been a firm favourite since it was first brewed 13 years ago and it's a real credit to the brew team that it should be awarded the ultimate accolade of the UK's Best Golden Ale."

Judges said the beer had a ‘gentle malt aroma with an almost pils-like sweetness' and noted its ‘subtle herbal hopping with some spice'.

Adrian Tierney-Jones, European chairman of the World Beer Awards, said: "The winners in this year's World Beer Awards demonstrate that the global beer revolution is not going to go away any time soon.

"Now is a great time to be both a brewer and beer-drinker all over the world and the World Beer Awards is a fantastic reflection of this global excitement."

Wold Gold was also selected by Morrisons as one of the showcase regional beers of its Beer Festival 2016.

Meanwhile, Wold Top Brewery's Scarborough Fair IPA has also enjoyed success of its own having won bronze medals at the Global Beer Masters and SIBA North East Beer competition and a silver medal at the International Beer Challenge.

Wold Top Brewery's beers are available in pubs, restaurants, shops and delis throughout North and East Yorkshire, with a select range sold through multiple retailers including Morrisons, Tesco, Asda, Sainsburys and Waitrose.

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Photo:Brewery Manager Alex Balchin
 

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Notes to editors

1. For more information about Wold Top Brewery, please visitwww.woldtopbrewery.co.ukwhere you can also read more aboutWold GoldandScarborough Fair IPA.

2. You can also find Wold Top Brewery onFacebook,TwitterandInstagram, and you can keep up to date with the brewery's latest newshere.

3. Wold Top Brewery was born in 2003 when the Mellor family diversified from farming into beer brewing using the malting barley they produce and the farm's own supply of water.

4. Twenty-one varieties of beer make up Wold Top Brewery's award-winning range including Wold Top Beer, Headland Red, Anglers Reward and Wold Top Against the Grain gluten free beer. More information on the range of bottled beers can be found atwww.woldtopbrewery.co.uk/beers.

5. Please call the brewery on 01723 892222 for an up-to-date list of retailers.

6. For more information about the World Beer Awards, please visit www.worldbeerawards.com.

7. For more information about the Morrisons Beer Festival, please visitwww.goo.gl/Ra5mz8.