'Life's a Blast!' for champion Orkney brewer!
24 June 2010
By Jon Howard
Highland brewery's Orkney Blast named CAMRA's Champion Beer of Scotland 2010
CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has today announced that the Highland brewery's (of Birsay, Orkney) Orkney Blast has been crowned 'Champion Beer of Scotland' for 2010 at the Scottish Real Ale Festival, Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh.
Orkney Blast, a 6% ABV strong bitter, is described in CAMRA's Good Beer Guide as
'having a mushroom and woody aroma that blossoms into a well-balanced smack of malt and hop in the taste.'
Highland brewery's success today at the Festival is the culmination of months of CAMRA branch recommendations and tasting sessions in the quest to find the best beer in Scotland!
Runner up in this year's competition was the
Black Isle brewery's (of Munlochy, Ross-shire) Hibernator Oatmeal Stout, while third place went to the
Cairngorm brewery's (of Aviemore, Highlands) Black Gold.
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