Brewers from across the globe are celebrating after dazzling a demanding judging panel and scooping medals in the International Beer Challenge 2019. The IBC is widely regarded as the world’s most prestigious beer competition and it is now in its 23rd year. Nine hundred entries arrived from 38 countries this year, spanning traditional brewing nations like…

More than two-thirds of the 122 medal-winning still wines from the WineGB Awards 2019 came from last year’s “dream harvest”. A total of 254 wines were submitted for the 2019 competition and 216 of these won medals. The awards, which are run by industry body Wines of Great Britain (WineGB) were judged by a “stellar line up” of 12 judges, headed up by Susie Barrie…

The results of this year’s International Cider Challenge have been announced and the Supreme Champion for 2019 is Karlau’s Sxollie Pink Lady. The competition, run by Drinks Retailing News magazine, is now in its tenth year and judges praised the consistent quality of the record number of 281 entries this time around. The panel of judges comprised supermarket buyers, independent retailers, cider experts, journalists and…

Californian brewery Firestone Walker triumphed at the International Beer Challenge 2017 awards as its Union Jack IPA scooped the coveted Supreme Champion gong. Expert judges from across the industry gathered in central London to re-taste every gold medal winning beer from the 2017 IBC. They awarded trophies for the best beer in a range of categories, and one of the most competitive was ales above…

An Australian red ale was crowned the world’s best beer for 2016 after an elite panel of judges re-tasted every gold medal winner from the International Beer Challenge. We selected trophy winners from eight categories and then tasted all of them to reach a final winner: Prancing Pony India Red Ale. The 7.9% abv brew is produced in Mount Barker in Greater Adelaide and is…

Take 60 people and shut them in a room with more than 700 of the world’s finest beers. It sounds like a recipe for the greatest party ever but this is serious business – judgement day at the International Beer Challenge. Our guests – a combination of brewers, retailers, importers and informed journalists
– were invited to London to lend their judging expertise to this year’s…

Australian brewery Redoak has claimed the Supreme Champion award at the International Beer Challenge for the second year running after thrilling judges with its Chateau Sour. Last year brewer David Hollyoak seized the most coveted honour in the beer world for his Special Reserve, and followed it up in 2014 as his sour beer beat more than 500 from across the globe to the top…