As you all no doubt remember, Sheffield had a very successful beer festival at the end of last year, complete with the regular judging panel selecting the best beers of the 200+ on offer. As the winning breweries were spread around the country, Sheffield CAMRA took the opportunity of presenting the awards during SIBA’s recent BeerX exhibition when they would all be available. In case you need reminding, here are the winners, with photos of them accepting their awards.
2015 Sheffield Beer Festival Winners
Gold – Crafty Devil, Mikey Rayer All Dayer
Silver – North Riding, Red Citra
Bronze – Saltaire, Triple Chocoholic
Mild Category – Brass Castle, Hazelnut Mild
Session Bitter Category – Magic Rock, The Stooge
Best Bitter Category – North Riding, Red Citra
Golden Ale Category – Crafty Devil, Mikey Rayer All Dayer
Stouts & Porter Category – Thornbridge Baize
Strong Ale Category – Great Heck, Yakima IPA
Speciality Beer Category – Saltaire, Triple Chocoholic
BeerX Exhibition
Aron McMahon & Marko Karjalainen of Brass Castle Brewery
Rhys Watkins of Crafty Devil Brewing Co.
Denzil Vallance of Great Heck Brewery
Stuart Ross of Magic Rock Brewery
Stuart Neilson of North Riding Brewery receives his awards from Josh Jepson of Blue Bee Brewery