Local beers have won awards at the Great British Beer Festival in London, a huge annual event that attracts over 40,000 people and runs for five days.
On the opening day (August 6) organisers CAMRA announced the winners of the Champion Beer of Britain competition and it included two Nottingham ales.
Giltbrook brewery Blue Monkey picked up silver in the Speciality category for its Chocolate Guerilla, while city-based Castle Rock Brewery won joint bronze in the Best Bitter category for its Preservation Fine Ale, sharing the gong with Darwin’s Origin by the Salopian Brewery in Shrewsbury.
The festival, featuring over a thousand beers, ciders, perries, wines and gins, runs at the Olympia in London until Saturday.
The overall Champion Beer of Britain award went to Surrey Hills’ Shere Drop.
Derby's Dancing Duck picked up gold for its Ay Up bitter.
The awards are decided through tasting panels throughout the year followed by regional heats.
Nick Antona, CAMRA's national chairman, said: "The awards are part of the highest beer accolade in the country and a huge testament to the fantastic beers coming out of the Midlands.”
Champion Beer of Britain winners:
OVERALL:
BRONZE: Citra, Oakham
SILVER: Afghan Pale, Grey Trees
GOLD: Shere Drop, Surrey Hills
MILDS:
Bronze: Maggs Magnificent Mild, West Berkshire
Silver: Malt Shovel Mild, Fernandes
Gold: Gravediggers, Church End
STRONG BITTERS:
Bronze: Fallen Angel, Church End
Silver: Iron Duke, Irving
Gold: Afghan IPA, Grey Trees
SPECIALITY:
Bronze: Brazillian Coffee & Vanilla Porter, Colchester
Silver: Chocolate Guerilla, Blue Monkey
Gold: Vanilla Stout, Binghams
GOLDEN ALES:
JOINT Bronze: Heart & Soul, Vocation
Prince Bishop Ale, Big Lamp
Silver: Pale, Five Points
Gold: Citra, Oakham
BEST BITTERS:
JOINT Bronze: Preservation Fine Ale, Castle Rock
Darwin’s Origin, Salopian
Silver: Trawler Boys, Green Jack
Gold: Shere Drop, Surrey Hills
BITTERS:
JOINT Bronze: Edith Cavell, Wolf
Laughing Gravy, Ulverston
Silver: Hobby Horse, Rhymney
Gold: Ay Up, Dancing Duck
