. Lewis Elliott and Richard Hickman of Penzance Brewery Co. with their award

Penzance 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.

Penzance Brewing Co has achieved the accolade of being in the final of the prestigious Champion Beer of Britain along with 5 other national finalists. This was announced after the CAMRA Cambridge Beer Festival.

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Cornish Brewers take top honours at the CAMRA Members weekend Champion Beer of Britain SW Area awards.

Gold - Mild - Penzance Brewing Co

Silver - Blackheads Mild - Driftwood Spars Brewery

Both Milds will be available as part of the Mild Mini Festival at the Old Ale House in Truro on the 10th May as part of Mild Month.

The Mild category for South West CBoB Region in the 2025 Champion Beer of Britain was judged at Torquay on Friday 11 April. There were six beers to be judged. These were the highest scoring beers from the Tasting Panels in the SW Region and votes from the national Members’ Vote. The nomination period was for the year finishing on 4 November 2024. The results were as follows: 1st Penzance Brewery Mild 2nd Driftwood Spars Blackheads Mild 3rd Bridgetown Brutus 4th Triple FFF Pressed Rat & Warthog 5th Indigenous Baldrick 6th Holsworthy Ales Mine’s a Mild So, the top two were the Cornish milds, beating about 17 other eligible milds from the region. Fantastic news for Cornwall! The next stage will be the next Champion Winter Beer of Britain finals where Penzance Mild will compete against the winners from the other eight CBoB regions around the country. Good luck Penzance Mild and congratulations Penzance Brewery!

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