Success for Lion at Inaugural Awards

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NOVEMBER 2014

SUCCESS FOR LION AT INAUGURAL AWARDS

Lion is proud to announce that two of its beers were given top accolades at the inaugural New World Beer & Cider Awards. Steinlager Classic was named Best in Class in the New Zealand Lager category, while Mac’s Great White was named Best in Class in the Wheat Beer category.

Steinlager Pure and Mac’s Sassy Red each picked up Gold medals in their respective categories. Speight’s, Mac’s and Isaac’s were also awarded three Silvers and three Bronze medals between them.

Kurt Gross, Lion Beer Ambassador says: “With over 350 beers and ciders from 56 different breweries entered into the competition it is a huge achievement to be recognised with such esteemed competition, and to have four of our beers picking up top awards is just brilliant. It’s a real credit to our brewers and definitely worthy of a cold one to celebrate.”

FULL LIST OF LION AWARDS

Best in class - Mac's Great White Cloudy Wheat Beer
Best in class - Steinlager Classic
Gold - Mac's Sassy Red Best Bitter
Gold - Steinlager Pure
Silver - Black Mac Dark Beer
Silver - Mac's Hop Rocker Pilsener
Silver - Speight's Gold Medal Ale
Bronze - Isaac's Cider
Bronze - Speight's 5 Malt Old Dark
Bronze - Speight's Distinction Ale

THE JUDGING PROCESS

The blind judging process saw a panel of four judges assess each beverage against the style guide criteria using the 50-point scoring system.

The “Best in Class” has been awarded to the top-scoring entry in each class, distinguishing this as the best example of brewing to the style. In addition, 32 Gold, 45 Silver and 77 Bronze medals were awarded.

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