Triple triumph for Yorkshire Wolds brewery at beer awards

The team at a Yorkshire coast brewery is celebrating after winning three awards for the taste and quality of its beer in the last two weeks.

Wold Newton based Wold Top Brewery's blonde beer, Wold Gold won the gold award in thePremium Bitters, Bottle and Can categoryat the SIBA National Independent Beer Awards, which took place at BeerX in Liverpool last week, whilst one of its gluten free beers, Scarborough Fair IPA won a silver award at the SIBA North East Regional Keg awards.

The week before, another of the brewery's gluten free beers, Against the Grain, won international honours when it was awarded a gold medal in the Reduced Gluten category of the International Brewing and Cider awards that attracted entries from over 1000 beers and ciders from 50 countries.

Of the SIBA awards, Chairman, Ian Fozard said:"Judges had a tough job separating the pack as the standard was extremely high once again. The winners from the SIBA competition are officially the best independent craft beers in the UK, something brewers should be extremely proud of."

Wold Top's Brewery Manager, Alex Balchin is delighted with the awards and said: "Our team are committed to brewing great beers using Yorkshire grown cereals, so it's really rewarding when brewery experts judge our beer as award winning"

Wold Top Brewery was founded by in 2003 and is located on the Mellor family farm at Hunmanby Grange. The team use home grown barley and water from the farm's borehole to produce a range of cask, keg and bottled beers that are available throughout Yorkshire.

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1. Alex Balchin receives the award for Wold Gold from Charlotte Taylor, Beatson Clark's Marketing Manager Alex Balchin receives the SIBA award

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Notes to editors

1. For more information about Wold Top Brewery, please visit www.woldtopbrewery.co.uk
2. SIBA, the Society of Independent Brewers, was established in 1980 to represent the interests of the growing number of independent breweries in Britain. For more information about the SIBA awards, please visit www.siba.co.uk/awards/
3. Established in 1888, the International Brewing & Cider Awards aim to reward and recognise the innovation, attention to detail and hard work that goes into beer and cider production. For more information, please visit www.brewingawards.org/
4. Wold Gold, 4.8% is a mix of Wold grown Barley, Wheat and Cara malt hopped with Goldings and Styrian hops that give the beer its soft, fruity flavour with a hint of spice.
5. Wold Gold also won the SIBA North East Regional Awards, Gold, Premium Bottled Ales, 2018
6. Interestingly brewed and triple-hopped, Scarborough Fair is a strong and Gluten Free beer that is biscuit and fresh. It also won a bronze medal in the Bottled IPA's category of the SIBA North East Regional Awards 2018
7. Made from lager malt, maize, hops and yeast, Against the Grain is a premium full flavoured bitter beer with a good creamy head, refreshing bitterness and citrus aftertaste. The gluten content is certified to be well below the required codex standard of 20 ppm.
8. Please call the brewery on 01723 892222 for an up-to-date list of stockists.