The Champion Winter Beer of Britain competition marks the first day of the Great British Beer Festival Winter. It provides an opportunity to showcase the best traditional winter brews in the country, out of categories such as barley wines, strong old ales and stouts.
Sarah Hughes Brewery has scooped Gold in CAMRA’s Champion Winter Beer of Britain (CWBOB) competition with their Snowflake, a 8% ABV amber barley wine.
Judges described the beer as “A beautiful amber barley wine. The fruity, slightly spiced nose invited the drinker to indulge. The rich, smooth, sweet palate had orange spicy notes balanced by a growing bitterness, leading to a spicy dry bitterness. Remarkably moreish.”