Brewery News

St Austell Brewery scoops four medals at International Brewing Awards Monday 16 March 2026
St Austell Brewery is celebrating a remarkable achievement after winning four medals at the 2026 International Brewing Awards - one of the world’s oldest and most respected beer competitions.

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St Austell Brewery is celebrating a remarkable achievement after winning four medals at the 2026 International Brewing Awards - one of the world’s oldest and most respected beer competitions.
St Austell Brewery brings back beer classics to celebrate 175th anniversary Sunday 8 March 2026
St Austell Brewery is raising a glass to its 175th anniversary with the launch of a special limited- edition cask ale range for 2026. The range includes several much-loved favourites, revived from the brewery’s archives.

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St Austell Brewery is raising a glass to its 175th anniversary with the launch of a special limited- edition cask ale range for 2026. The range includes several much-loved favourites, revived from the brewery’s archives.
St Austell Brewery partners with student-run microbrewery to bring campus favourite stout to Wetherspoon’s national beer festival Sunday 8 March 2026
St Austell Brewery partners with student-run microbrewery to bring campus favourite stout to Wetherspoon’s national beer festival

Stu Brew - Europe’s first student-led brewery, based at Newcastle University – travelled to St Austell Brewery’s headquarters in Cornwall in February to scale up production of Exam Room Tears (5.5% ABV), its rich maple and pecan stout that has become a firm favourite in the North East.

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St Austell Brewery partners with student-run microbrewery to bring campus favourite stout to Wetherspoon’s national beer festival
Success for Driftwood Spars Sunday 8 March 2026
The Driftwood Spars Brewery is to be congratulated on the success of Alfie’s Revenge 6.5% in Champion Winter Beer of Britain – 2026 competition which was judged at the recent Liverpool Beer Festival.

Alfie’s Revenge was judged top of the class in the Barley Wines and Strong Ales category and was awarded Gold.

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The Driftwood Spars Brewery is to be congratulated on the success of Alfie’s Revenge 6.5% in Champion Winter Beer of Britain – 2026 competition which was judged at the recent Liverpool Beer Festival. Alfie’s Revenge was judged top of the class in the Barley Wines and Strong Ales category and was awarded Gold.