INDEPENDENT Dorset brewer Badger Brewery walked away with a total of eight accolades at this year’s World Beer Awards with their premier bottled ales and craft beer.
The World Beer Awards are held annually and see a panel of expert judges tastes beers from across the world, choosing the best in different beer categories and awarding Bronze, Silver, Gold and Country Winner medals as well as a World’s Best Award in each.
The Outland Ginger Pale Ale won both a gold medal and a Country Winner award in the flavoured beer category, with Badger’s Blandford Fly and Cranborne Poacher both receiving silver medals in the same class.
Badger’s Outland Milk Stout and Outland West Coast IPA won silver and bronze medals respectively, with Badger’s Fursty Ferret and Master Stoat Coffee Stout awarded bronze medals.
Toby Heasman, Head Brewer of Badger Brewery said: “We pride ourselves on the quality of our beers and winning awards is always a cause for celebration at Badger.
“We’re delighted with this wonderful endorsement of our beers, which is reflective of our commitment to always brew the best beers we can, using the finest ingredients.
Picture: Badger’s Brewery
“It was especially pleasing to win a Country Winner accolade for our Outland Ginger Pale Ale, as we only launched the range 18 months ago.
“Award wins like this validate our decision to move into the craft beer sector, to complement our traditional Premium Bottled and Cask Ales.
“These awards recognise the outstanding taste of our beers, which are created by our brewing team.
“We are grateful to them for their hard work to ensure that our Premium Bottled Ales and innovative Outland beers consistently deliver the great taste that our loyal drinkers expect.
“Watch this space as we are regularly launching new variants to appeal to craft beer consumers.”
Badger’s Brewer previously saw success in the Great Taste Awards earlier this year, where Fursty Ferret won a two-star award, and a one-star medal went to Cranborne Poacher.
Great Taste is the world’s largest food and drink accreditation scheme. Food and drink is tasted by more than 500 chefs, buyers, food writers and retailers, who award one, two or three star accolades.
Well Done H&W. Great news. Always enjoyed your Tanglefoot beer. Unfortunately, due to Drs orders no alcohol is now allowed.