A very Proud Head Brewer Andrew Fulton with the winner medals and certificates
We were delighted to win Overall Champion Cask Beer at the latest Siba Indie Beer Scotland Competion with our Dark Island Reserve. It was the Gold Medal winner in the Cask Speciality Amber to Dark Beer category and went on to win the Overall Champion
There was also Silver awards for Dark Island and Cliff Edge
A great day.
Golden Recognition for Excellence for The Orkney Brewery
The Orkney Brewery in Quoyloo, has received yet another Golden Award, this time for its dedication to delivering excellence and their impact on brewing in the UK.
The award received this week, was a national recognition, by members of CAMRA, who were asked to nominate brewers, who were still brewing great beer for drinkers today.
CAMRA awards director Gary Timmins “Winners have been chosen for their success in standing the test of time. They are breweries or cider and perry producers that have gone above and beyond in delivering excellence or innovation over the years”
The Orkney Brewery, was the only brewery in Scotland to receive such an accolade and one of only 18 nationally. They originally started brewing on Orkney in 1988, in an old schoolhouse building at Quoyloo. The brewery has been consistently recognised nationally and internationally, for the quality of its brewing and range of beer.
Orkney Brewery’s managing Director, Norman Sinclair, an Orcadian, whose father attended the same schoolhouse, said, “To be named as the only Scottish brewery, alongside some iconic and big brewers is quite some recognition. I believe this upholds our reputation for brewing beers of great quality and flavour. For me and our team, it is just brilliant news, and we hope also for our customers and consumers, as we start to enjoy some more of life’s freedoms after a difficult period.
The award comes as the brewery celebrates another milestone. Normans’ son, Arran, has headed to Edinburgh, to begin studying, at the world-renowned centre of excellence for Brewing and Distilling, at Heriot Watt University.
Cask brewing for The Orkney Brewery has again started in Spring this year, as pubs in Scotland started opening back up post lockdown. Demand has seen Orkney’s cask beer range now grow up to 8 beers, including Raven, the first beer the brewery launched, the iconic Dark Island and new beers Island Life and Cliff Edge IPA.
Skull Splitter wins Gold at the SIBA awards.
We are delighted to have our iconic wee heavy recognised yet again as a truly exceptional tipple. Well done guys!
Dark Island Reserve and Red MacGregor UK winners at World Beer Awards!
The Orkney Brewery has done the double at a major Scottish beer Competition, taking top honours in two different categories.
Dark Island won the Champion Old Ales/ Strong milds award at the recent CAMRA Paisley Beer Festival and Red Macgregor won Champion Bitter.
The two winning Orkney Brewery beers will now go through to CAMRA's Champion Beer of Scotland Finals next summer and will also be entered into the category finals at the 2018 CAMRA Great British Beer Festival.
What a fantastic result, we are incredibly proud.
Orkney Brewerys' Dark Island and Dark Island Reserve both achieved Bronze awards in the recent Scottish Beer Awards held in Edinbuirgh's Corn Exchange. Hosted by Hardeep Singh Koli the awards were a great opportunity to recognise the depth of passion in the various sectors of the ever expanding brewing industry. Norman was delighted to achieve 2 bronze awards for Orkney Brewery's flagship Dark Island and Reserve.
The Orkney Brewery is delighted to have reached the finals in 6 categories in the first ever Scottish Beer Awards which are being held in Edinburgh on the 29th September 2016.
Categories are Beer Destination of the Year,
Best Amber or Dark Ale
Best British Style ale
Best Pale Ale
Best Porter or Stout
Best Speciality Beer
The final CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain heat for 2015 (Bitters) was held at Alloa Oktoberfest in Alloa Town Hall on Saturday 31st October. The result was as follows:
Bitters- 3rd Orkney Raven - Not bad for an old timer!
The Orkney Brewery is celebrating a summer of success, with two of its beers winning top national awards.
The brewery’s newest release, Orkney Gold – a 4.5 per cent craft keg ale – secured silver in the Premium Lager and Pilsner category at the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) North Region competition in Nottingham.
And earlier in the month, Orkney Brewery’s legendary 8.5 per cent Skull Splitter ale was named Champion Barley Wine/Strong Old Ale of Scotland 2015 at the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) Champion Beer of Britain heats in Edinburgh.
Norman is delighted to be bringing home a collection of awards from the Sheffield festival of Beer by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA). This is one of the biggest national events in the beer industry calendar with speakers, beer festival, judging and awards at national level.
We had three beers in the three categories and got three awards so Norman is quite chuffed!
GOLDEN AMBER
WAYFARER
NORTHER LIGHT - CRAFT BEER IN KEG
All took away bronze medals for their category.
They were presented by Neil Morrissey and to crown the event The Orkney Brewery won the BEST BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT award.
So a successful couple of days in Sheffield!
