Stroud Brewery is celebrating after winning a gold medal at the SIBA Independent Beer Awards for its Light Organic Lager, also known as LOL.
The medal came in the category for best bottled/canned session lager. This means Stroud Brewery’s beers and lagers have won a total of nine awards in the past year.
The business has also just reached the finals of the C2S Business Awards for its work in reducing its impact on the environment.
“We’re so thrilled as a small, local, craft brewery to have won this national recognition, and showcasing that organic ingredients can be the basis of great tasting beers,” said brewery founder and managing director, Greg Pilley.
“We’re on a mission to persuade the whole of the brewing trade to embrace sustainability, to have ‘for-the-planet beer’ in every pub. But a vital part of achieving this is proving that products made sustainably are as good as those made ‘conventionally’.
“We’ve been using 100% organic ingredients in our beers since the early days of the brewery, at a time when this was virtually unheard of, and we were viewed with scepticism. It’s heartening to see how attitudes have changed 180 degrees since then and that the quality of organic food and drink can be award-winning.”
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