Fuller’s ESB and Vintage Ale Win Gold
I have two favourite brewers - Breakspears, based in my home county of Oxfordshire and London’s Fuller, Smith & Turner. Not sure if the former is availble across the pond but the latter has just won two gold medals at this year’s prestigious 2008 Brewers Association World Beer Cup held in San Diego.
The winning Fuller’s beers were: Fuller’s ESB, a brewing style created by Fuller’s over 30 years ago; and, Fuller’s Vintage Ale, another seasonality special style created and perfected in the 1990s.
The celebrated World Beer Cup awards were presented Saturday, April 19, 2008, at the close of the annual conference. Fuller’s competed against 1,500 brewers and beers from nearly 70 countries from five continents. Beers were judged by a distinguished panel of 120 international judges, most of whom are acclaimed brew masters. Medals were awarded to brewers from 21 countries including a few countries that have gone largely unrecognized in past years, such as Bolivia, Japan and Italy.
Image from the Fullers Website intro page.
