{"id":5283,"date":"2025-03-24T09:25:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T09:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=5283"},"modified":"2025-03-24T09:25:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T09:25:22","slug":"a-win-for-scotland-after-24-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/a-win-for-scotland-after-24-years\/","title":{"rendered":"A win for Scotland after 24 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Black Gold, a 4.4% ABV session stout from Cairngorm Brewery, has been voted CAMRA\u2019s Champion Winter Beer of Britain for 2025. It was back in 2001 when the award last went to a Scottish brewery, when Orkney Brewery won with their Skullsplitter. Christine Cryne, the organiser of the judges, said, \u201c<em>We don\u2019t often find the weaker beers winning, so Black Gold makes a nice change. It has a coffee and chocolate flavour with sweet malt and a hint of orange. It is remarkedly refreshing for a milk stout<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-23.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-23.png 750w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-23-300x261.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The awards were presented by legendary beer writer Roger Protz, seen here with organiser Christine.<br>After winning the gold last year, Sarah Hughes\u2019 Snowflake took the silver and Norfolk\u2019s Grain Brewery took the bronze with their Slate porter. A past Champion Beer of Britain, Siren\u2019s Broken Dream, received a gold in the \u2018Speciality \u2013 Flavoured\u2019 category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In total, 38 beers from around the country were judged, divided into six style categories. There were three beers from London in the judging: Five Points\u2019 Porter, Anspach &amp; Hobday\u2019s The Porter and their Smoked Brown. The latter took home a worthy silver in the very competitive \u2018Speciality \u2013 Differently Produced\u2019 category. The winners of all six categories are listed below. The category winners went through to the final judging panel who selected the overall winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cairngorm\u2019s Black Gold now goes forward to the Champion Beer of Britain finals at CAMRA\u2019s Great British Beer Festival which, this year, is being held at the NEC in Birmingham in August.<br>Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/greatbritishbeerfestival.co.uk\">https:\/\/greatbritishbeerfestival.co.uk<\/a> for information.<br><strong><em>Christine Cryne<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-22-1024x500.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-22-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-22-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-22-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-22.png 1246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Gold, a 4.4% ABV session stout from Cairngorm Brewery, has been voted CAMRA\u2019s Champion Winter Beer of Britain for 2025. 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