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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nHackney\u2019s Five Points Brewing Company won the silver award for their Pale Ale in the London and South East Region round of the Champion Beer of Britain competition. Members of CAMRA\u2019s East London & City branch, led by brewery liaison officer Vincent Stops, visited the brewery on a hot thundery evening in July to present the award, the latest of many, to this popular and successful business. The photo shows Vincent presenting the award to the managing director of Five Points, Edward Mason, and brewer Greg Stork. Following the presentation the ELAC contingent moved on to the nearby Pembury Tavern, now run by Five Points, to sample some of their excellent beers. FOURPURE BREWING MORE AWARDS FOR LONDON BREWERIES On the beer side, Fourpure also featured here with a gold for their Session IPA. Brew by Numbers were also successful with Chapter 2, an elderflower, barrel aged saison which was a collaboration with Kent\u2019s Curious Brewing. The latter went on to win the UK Brewer of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Andy Kinch<\/em><\/strong>
Editor\u2019s note: Five Points Pale went on to win the silver award in the Golden beers category in the Champion Beer of Britain final judging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fourpure have used the investment from the Australian company Lion to open a new tap room in Rotherhithe New Road (SE16 3LL). The bar, called \u2018Basecamp\u2019, featuring 43 taps serving all of the brewery\u2019s beers, a shop and a live music area, is open seven days a week. See here<\/a>.
FULLER\u2019S (ASAHI)
Asahi Europe Ltd are sponsoring the Best Beer & Travel Writer award in this year\u2019s Guild of Beer Writers Awards. Their participation is allowing the Guild to increase the prize money to \u00a31,000 for the winner and \u00a3500 for the runner up. The awards will be presented at the Guild\u2019s annual dinner in December.
HAMMERTON BREWERY
After a recent expansion, Hammerton\u2019s tap room is now open every Friday and Saturday from midday to 10pm. Their website says that they are also dog friendly and that tiny humans are welcome until 8pm. Food is usually available from visiting street food vendors and there is a \u2018happy hour\u2019 on Friday from 4pm to 7pm when any pint from their core range is \u00a34. Hammerton continue to develop new beers; Crunch, their peanut butter milk stout (KeyKeg), has been particularly successful.
Gerard Tierney<\/em><\/strong>
SAMBROOK\u2019S
Congratulations to Sambrook\u2019s who won a gold medal at the World Beer Awards for 2019 with their amazing 10.4% ABV Russian Imperial Stout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having won the Glen Payne Rising Star Award last year, Fourpure once again featured in the International Beer Challenge, organised by Drinks Retailing News. This time, they took the Supreme Champion award for Design & Packaging with their Pioneer range. Moncada also received a gold medal for their Blueprint Design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n