{"id":5809,"date":"2025-09-24T11:42:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T11:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=5809"},"modified":"2025-09-24T11:42:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T11:42:53","slug":"london-cask-beer-awards-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/london-cask-beer-awards-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"London Cask Beer Awards 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>London Cask Beer Awards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The judging for the London Cask Beer Awards (LCBA &#8211; previously the Champion Beer of London) took place at the Ealing Beer Festival in July.&nbsp; The beers, which came from all over London, were divided into ten categories as below.&nbsp; The winner of each category went forward to the final judging panel which decided the overall winners.&nbsp; There were over 30 judges, drawn from a variety of backgrounds, including brewers, publicans, beer writers and CAMRA trained judges.&nbsp; Given how difficult it is to get beers into CAMRA\u2019s Champion Beer of Britain competition, the LCBA provides an ideal avenue for promoting London\u2019s beers and cask beer generally.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-41.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-41.png 750w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-41-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lotte Peplow, the Brewers Association\u2019s American Craft Beer Ambassador for Europe and an international beer judge, chaired the final panel.&nbsp; The overall champion was Fuller\u2019s HSB of which Lotte said, \u201c<em>The judges commented on the great appearance and flavour as well as the delivery in the aroma. &nbsp;The beer was well balanced and in style for the Premium Bitters category<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-42.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-42.png 751w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-42-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ben Hart, the organiser of the Ealing Beer Festival, added, \u201c<em>CAMRA is aware that cask beer is under threat but it really is the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me when we are talking about beer. &nbsp;And that\u2019s why we run the competition; it\u2019s to promote cask beer and support the many great brewers who brew it in London. &nbsp;We are really proud to host the only beer judging competition to be just about London cask beer<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The London Brewing Company\u2019s 100 Oyster Stout took the overall silver award while the bronze went to Anspach &amp; Hobday\u2019s The Porter. &nbsp;The full list of winners is below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><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=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-40-1024x342.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-40-1024x342.png 1024w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-40-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-40-768x256.png 768w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-40-1536x512.png 1536w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-40.png 1556w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London Cask Beer Awards The judging for the London Cask Beer Awards (LCBA &#8211; 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