Peerless Brewery proclaimed champion at Awards

14th November 2011

Peerless proclaimed champion at North’s top beer challenge

A Birkenhead brewery has triumphed at the North’s leading beer contest.

Peerless Brewing Company scooped four top accolades for its newly launched bottled range at the SIBA (Society of Independent Brewers) Great Northern Beer Festival in Manchester – to mark a very happy second birthday to the Pool Street brewery.

Fledgling brew Jinja Ninja (4%abv ) was first voted top in its class of speciality bottled ales before being hailed as Champion Bottled Beer of the North. The beer is brewed with root ginger, chillies and lemons and described as ‘delicious golden ginger beer with a fiery finish’.   

Earlier, in the golden ales category, Hilbre Gold (4.5%abv) took first place while sister brew Viking Gold  (4.5%abv) won silver.*

SIBA represents more than 500 UK craft brewers while the north is the society’s largest region. The competition attracted more than 300 entries across cask beer and bottled categories.
Celebrating the win – and birthday- with colleagues at the brewery, head brewer and managing director Steve Briscoe said: “It was amazing. At the presentation I lost track of what we were winning. The win comes just in time to celebrate our second birthday – and we will certainly be doing that in style this year. The North region is the largest of the SIBA regions and we take great pride in this win for three beers in our recently launched bottled range.
“Now we go onto the national stage in the final next spring. Jinja Ninja is a fun beer we rolled out first as  cask ale only this year and has proved an excellent addition to our range.”

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Press Release by Rhino Public Relations