At
London
Olympia
on
August
2005
and
again
in
August
2007, Harveys
mainstay
beer
was
awarded
the
GOLD
MEDAL
in
this
most
prestigious
category
by
the
judges
of
the
Champion
Beer
of
Britain
Competition.
These
accolades
are,
arguably,
the
top
honours
a
British
brewer
can
achieve
and
are
certainly the
most
popularly
recognised
awards
among
beer
drinkers
and
the
general
public
receiving
a
great deal
of media
attention.
Beer
Guru,
writer
and
founder
member
of
CAMRA,
Roger
Protz
announced
the
winner
saying
"A
richly
deserved
award
because
it
is
one
of
the
classic
beers
of
Britain"
At the hop industry's annual challenge 2004 inviting brewers to produce beers which utilise English hops to best effect, Harveys have taken the Gold Award in two of the three categories.
Armada
Ale
was
the
outright
winner
from
twenty-two
entries
in
the
challenge
to
produce
a
balanced
beer
with
a
good
hop
character
using
one
old
and
one
new
hop
variety.
It
had
been
brewed using Fuggles
and
a
new
'dwarf'
variety
of
hop,
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Just for the famous Lewes Bonfire festival only available in November - a real Winter Warmer
The 'Assertively Hopped Wheat Beer class' was won by a trial brew of Copperwheat in which only Fuggle hops were used.
A delightful lighter colour ale ideal for summer drinking
This brew celebrates the time of year that historically has been associated with the gathering in of the harvest and the celebration of the seasons bounty. Southdown Harvest Ales is brewed to an original gravity of 1050 degrees to give an alcohol by volume of 5.0%. It is an "all malt" single hop brew using reshly harvested Sussex Fuggles , which together with our own spring water will combine to give a "taste of the South Downs" available September.
A lush, sweet stout named after the county in which it is brewed. Sweet Sussex was a prize winning beer at the International Brewers Exhibition in 1968 and was awarded the Silver Medal at the Brewing Industry International Awards in 1990 - 2.8% ABV