Brewery News
- Keltek Brewery wins big
Wednesday 3 December 2025
We are getting used to Cornish Breweries winning prestigious national awards lately but now another of our brewers has hit the jackpot in a regional competition.
At the recent Taste of the West (Product) Awards Keltek Brewery of Redruth scooped no less than 11 Gold Awards for its brews.
The beers honoured were:
- Engine House (4.0 % ABV)
- Wave Breaker (4.0 % ABV)
- Heart of Kernow (4.5 % ABV)
- Pilot Gig (5.2 % ABV)
- Miners Gold (5.1 % ABV)
- Grim Reaper (6.0 % ABV)
- Big Tackle (4.0 % ABV)
- Cornish Chuckle (4.0% ABV)
- Pool of Mist (3.4% ABV)
- Beheaded (7.5% ABV)
- Panning for Gold (4.0% ABV)
That pretty much represents all the ales Keltek produce so huge congratulations to brewer Josh and the team at Keltek
Other Cornish brewers to win at the awards were Goodh Brewing, Silver for Little Fish, Skinners Brewery who got golds for Falifornia Pilsner, Lushingtons and Portleven as well as a silver for Betty Stogs, and Tintagel Brewery who got golds for Harbour Special and Castle Gold.
Well done one and all
- St Austell Brewery Celtic Festival
Friday 28 November 2025
On Friday evening 21 November, before the big day on Saturday, St Austell Brewery ran a quiet evening for customers after the trade session. Quite a few Cornwall CAMRA members took advantage of this and tried a variety of the 56 or so cask beers on the top bar and music bar, which included non-Celtic-country breweries this year.
Brewing Director George Young gave a speech to explain that the festival was in support of the St Austell Brewery Charitable Trust which supports individuals and good causes.
She then proudly brandished the cup awarded to St Austell Brewery by CAMRA for winning Champion Bottled Beer of Britain in 2025 for Proper Job, 5.5% ABV.
Not bad out of over 2000 bottle-conditioned (live beer) ales across the whole UK. Something to be very proud of.
Each successive winner is engraved on the base.
After the speech, we got on with the serious business of drinking the beer, discussing the beer and doing a few tastings for next year’s competition.
Cheers, Steve Barber
- Cornwalls newest brewery invites you to Penzance Saturday 16th
Monday 11 August 2025
Cornwalls newest brewery are holding a pop up at the taproom on Saturday and Sunday this weekend (Saturday all day and Sunday 12 till around 4/5) with a full range of beers available and a small food offering + more for the non-beer drinkers.
- Penzance Mild Champion Beer of Britain
Friday 8 August 2025
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Lewis Elliott and Richard Hickman of Penzance Brewery Co. with their awardPenzance Mild has been named the Champion Beer of Britain 2025 The award is a huge win for the Cornish brewery, putting both the team and their traditional dark mild in the national and international spotlight. The competition takes two years to complete, with blind tastings across local, regional, and national rounds by expert judges and CAMRA members. Lewis Elliott and Richard Hickman of Penzance said:
“It’s quite overwhelming. I'm really glad the style has come back. It’s down to the founder of our brewery Peter Elvin and his nephew Rob, who showed me the ropes. I can’t believe we are here right now, it’s mad!” CAMRA's Awards Director, Gary Timmins, added: “I’m over the moon for Penzance, with Mild being a deserving Champion Beer of Britain. From CAMRA members nominating their favourites, through to those tough regional rounds, to the final panel of judges, this is a vigorous and fiercely independent competition, and Mild has come out on top.
“I hope everyone will join me on the Great British Beer Festival floor where you can try all our final twelve beers, each one is top quality, and each brewer deserves a congratulations in their own right.” St Austell’s Proper Job also secured Gold in the Champion Bottled Beer of Britain category, a fantastic day for Cornish beer.
- New Brewery & Cask Taproom coming soon to Penzance Thursday 12 June 2025
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