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July 2010

Westerham scoops top prize again at the SIBA South East of England competition

Westerham Brewery once again won the Supreme Champion Beer of the South East at the SIBA South East of England Beer Competition on Friday 16th July. Audit Ale, first re-brewed at Westerham three years ago after a 38 break, won Gold medal in the Strong Ales category for the third time in a row before going on to win the overall Gold medal. Audit Ale was the strongest beer brewed by the Black Eagle Brewery and is now made by Westerham Brewery to the 1938 recipe.

For the second year in a row Westerham won a total of four medals, taking Silver in the Mild category with Finchcocks Original and Silver in the Bitters up to 4% category with Summer Perle; this was in addition to Audit Ale's two Gold medals.

AUDIT ALE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN SMALL PACK SIZES FOR RETAIL CUSTOMERS UNTIL THE END OF JULY

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March 2010

Westerham's National Trust Viceroy India Pale selected as one of the Ten Best Beers by Roger Protz in the Independent 25 March 2010

December 2009

James May selects British Bulldog as one of his "Pick of the Best Winter Ales"

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Mad About Hops - Kent Hops in 2009

We will be sourcing all our main hops from three hop gardens in Kent in 2009.

Scotney Castle hop garden is owned by the National Trust. Ian Strang produces choice Target and Progress hops which are used in our Grasshopper and Little Scotney Ales. It is the last hop garden in Lamberhurst. Last year we secured funding to plant some of the hop garden with new varieties and will be attempting organic production methods. This year we will be putting some of the in-conversion Progress and Target hops into our beers including a new National Trust beer.

Finchcocks' hop garden is on the other side of the River Bewl from Scotney. From 2010 Ian Strang will aslo be farming the superb quality Early Choice, WGV and Bramling Cross hops which go into many of our beers. Finchcocks' is one of only two hop gardens left in Goudhurst parish.

Hulme hop garden in Wingham supplies the Northdown hops used for bitterness in several of our beers.

Without these valiant hop farmers we would never be able to enjoy the range of flavours and aromas we do today. Support the hop industry by buying real beer. Look out for our new range of Single Hop Varietal beers coming this year with Progress, Target, Northdown and other Kent hop varieties.

Luke 6:38 "Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."


SIBA Awards - Society of Independent Brewers
2010
	SIBA Regional Gold Medal SIBA Regional Supreme Champion	SIBA Regional Silver Medal	SIBA Regional Silver Medal
2009
	SIBA Regional Gold Medal SIBA Regional Supreme Champion	SIBA Regional Silver Medal	SIBA Regional Bronze Medal
2008
	SIBA Regional Gold Medal SIBA National Silver Medal	SIBA Regional Silver Medal	SIBA Regional Bronze Medal
2007
	SIBA Regional Gold Medal Bottled SIBA National Silver Medal	SIBA Regional Bronze Medal
2006
	SIBA Regional Gold Medal	SIBA Regional Silver Medal
2005
	SIBA Regional Gold Medal	SIBA Regional Bronze Medal