Welsh ale crowned champion mild at the Great British Beer Festival

A North Wales ale has been named the best Mild in the UK, at this year's Champion Beer of Britain competition in London. Great Orme Brewery's Welsh Black scooped the prestigious award earlier this month. It came just weeks after the Glan Conwy based brewery's Celtica won two gold stars for its Celtic ale in this year’s Guild of Fine Foods Great Taste Awards. The brewery beat off stiff ... [More]

‘Oscar’ winning ales

FOR the second year running a North Wales brewery has won a prestigious UK-wide award. The Great Orme Brewery is now the proud owner of two gold stars awarded for its Celtic ale in this year’s Guild of Fine Foods Great Taste Awards. The awards is the acknowledged benchmark for specialty food and drink, described as the ‘Oscars’ of the food world and the ‘epicurean equivalent of the Booker ... [More]