The competition held by the Society of Independent Brewers was open to all brewers from Wales and the Marches.
In cask beer category’s made up of a 186 different beers from across the region, the brewery received three gold awards, two silvers and one bronze. This meant that every cask beer entered from Salopian Brewery received an award.
In the bottled beer category local favorite Oracle received Gold in the golden beer category for the third year in a row.
The awards collected by the brewery was the highest achieved by any of the competitors.
The brewery is currently undertaking an ambitious £1.75 million plan to move out of its current home in Shrewsbury’s Mytton Oak Road in September, after signing a lease on new premises in Hadnall.
As well as allowing the company to expand and potentially double its staff to more than 20 in the next five years, it will also see the brewer increase production of its range of six ales.
The extra capacity at its new home, which will be filled with entirely with a new brew house, this will allow the company’s potential daily production to increase from 8,500 pints to 31,500
Wilf Nelson MD at Salopian Brewery said he was “extremely pleased to have again won so many awards, they show the dedication and consistency of all that we brew and highlight the wonderful beers and foods that are currently produced in Shrewsbury.”
He also noted that the “awards came a brilliant time with a new brewery about to come on line to meet the growing demand for Salopian Beers.”
Shropshire Live is regulated by 