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A Harrogate brewery’s keg beer has been named the best in Britain at a national awards ceremony.

Harrogate Brewing Co‘s Nidd Mild won the champion keg beer UK category at the Society of Independent Brewers and Associates’ BeerX UK event in Liverpool.

It was one of four accolades won by the Hookstone Chase-based brewery.

The event, judged by brewers and industry experts, is the UK’s biggest independent beer competition.

Entrants must win regional competitions first to take part.

The 3.7% Nidd Mild took first place in the keg amber, brown and red ale category before being named overall keg champion.

Kursaal Imperial Stout took first place in the bottle and can imperial and strong ale category and Wavey Marms IPA collected a bronze medal in the session pale ale category.

Head brewer Liam McCarthy

Julie Joyce who runs Harrogate Brewing Co alongside husband Joe, son-in-law Liam, daughter Martha and son Matthew, said:

“These awards, together with the Regional Awards received earlier in the week for our 6.3% IPA Iris and our low alcohol version Baby Iris mean so much to everybody at the brewery, not just the brewing team Liam and Paul but the whole team that make things happen every day.

“We produce a growing range of traditional and contemporary styles and the number of awards received this week are a wonderful recognition of our dedication to offer what our customers want – across many different taste preferences”

SIBA competitions chair Anneli Baxter described winning a national award as “a massive achievement that these brewers should be hugely proud of”.

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