St Peter’s Brewery wins 11 medals across major beer competitions
St Peter’s Brewery collected 11 medals across three 2026 competitions, with Cream Stout taking Double Gold and its 0.0% Without range earning recognition too.
St Peter’s Brewery turned award season into a clear signal about where beer is heading: classic styles still matter, and alcohol-free beer now belongs in the same conversation. The Suffolk brewery picked up 11 medals across the European Beer Challenge, the London Beer Competition and the World Alcohol-Free Awards, with Cream Stout leading the charge and the Without® range adding a commercial edge to the haul.
The brewery posted the results on May 14, 2026, after collecting medals for a line-up that stretched from heritage British ales to 0.0% beer. At the European Beer Challenge, Cream Stout won Double Gold, while Christmas Ale, Organic Best Bitter, Winter Ale and Without® Original all earned Gold. Golden Ale and Plum Porter picked up Silver at the same competition, giving St Peter’s a broad spread of recognition rather than a single standout bottle.
The London Beer Competition added another layer to the story because it judges beers for consumers on quality, value and packaging. There, Cream Stout earned Silver and 89 points, while Plum Porter took Bronze with 83 points. Those scores matter because they place St Peter’s beers not just in front of judges looking for technical quality, but in a market test that reflects how a beer might land on shelf and in the glass.
The brewery’s alcohol-free line also held its own. At the World Alcohol-Free Awards, Without® Gold and Without® Original both won Bronze, reinforcing the idea that St Peter’s true 0.0% range is more than a side project. The brewery has been explicit about positioning Without® as a genuine alcohol-free beer, and the medals suggest that no-alcohol recognition is now part of the brand’s value, not just a novelty on the label.
That broader appeal fits the brewery’s identity. St Peter’s says it has been brewing in Suffolk since 1996 from St Peter’s Hall in St Peter South Elmham, Bungay, a 13th-century building with a moat. It also says it uses water from its own bore-hole and locally malted barley, details that help tie the medals back to place as much as process.
For St Peter’s, the 11-medal haul did more than fill a trophy cabinet. It showed a brewery winning with stout, bitter, winter ale and porter while also proving that 0.0% beer has moved from the margins to the medal table.
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