AT the 2022 World Beer Awards, young Crediton-based brewery, Utopian Brewing swept the board with four medals in the Country awards.

This is the ultimate seal of approval in the beer industry as competition is fierce with Utopian competing against some of the largest, well-known beer brands in the industry.

Country gold medals were awarded to the brand’s signature Premium British lager, their British Keller Pilsner and their Doppelbeck Strong lager. A silver was awarded to their Ten Degrees Czechia session larger.

Utopian Brewing is very quickly establishing itself as a brand that’s driving real innovation into its brewing processes. Its use of young British hops with interesting flavours hasn’t gone unnoticed, but more importantly, it’s their ability to take influence from the Bavarian and Czech brewing styles, whilst only using 100 per cent British grown ingredients. The four award winning lagers are a typical example of how these classical techniques have been so successful for the brand.

Utopian Brewing’s three country winners now go through to the prestigious World’s Best category for their respective styles, competing with the other country winners from across the globe. This is one of the highest accolades in the industry, judged by an international panel of beer experts, and would further cement the brands position as a brewer of exceptional quality beers and as a strong new player in the UK beer market.

Managing Director, Richard Archer commented: “We are absolutely delighted with this recent news.

“Everyone knows what a challenging and competitive industry this is with so many high quality brewers out there, so for us to be recognised four times is an amazing result.

“We have an incredibly hard-working team and especially our head brewer Jeremy Swainson, who continues to work tirelessly on developing the most stunning beers.

“We’re also pleased to be in the running three times for a World’s Best category. Any recognition on the world stage would be incredible and a truly outstanding achievement for our little brewery.”