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SWM members gathered on the 15th February at Windsor & Eton brewery (WEBrew) conference room to present the official CAMRA certificate for Guardsman winning 3rd place overall in the Session Bitters category of the 2024 Champion Beer Of Britain (CBOB) competition. To celebrate the brewery had laid on a pin (4.5 galleons) of Guardsman, which all agreed is an excellent Session Bitter. Alan Molloy, as Brewery Liaison Officer, between CAMRA and the brewery, made the presentation to Santi Bello the Head Brewer.

For information, the CBOB competition all starts in the Autumn when CAMRA members in each region vote for their favourite beers in the 12 categories from Pale Ales right through to Imperial Stouts. In the following year, once a short list has been drawn up by region, the beers are judged at local beer festivals and the winner of each category goes forward to the final at the Great British Beer Festival at Olympia. As this wasn’t held in 2024 Santi and WEBrew management travelled the Newark Beer Festival where the CBOB finals were being judged to collect their award.