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We've worked long and hard to ensure that our beer is as good as it can be and that our pub provides an unrivalled experience with a great atmosphere and friendly staff. It's great to see from the awards we've won that this hard work is starting to pay off.
Triple award whammy this month with three of our beers achieving an award at the Ludlow Spring Festival, at the SIBA Midlands & West Indie Beer Awards 2026!
GOLD - Steam Ale | Cask British Best Bitter 4.5%-6.4%
SILVER - Black Fire | Cask British Dark Beer 4.5%-6.4%
BRONZE - 70/- | Cask British Bitter up to 4.4%
Steam Ale won its seventh award in just four years, with a Bronze accolade in the SIBA Indie Beer Awards at the Nottingham Robin Hood Beer & Cider Festival 2025. The Indie Beer Awards are judged by fellow brewers from elsewhere in the UK, making them the much coveted ‘brewers’ choice’ awards in the Midlands and West.
We are delighted to announce that we are in the Good Beer Guide for the 12th year in a row and the only entry for Towcester! CAMRA members give each ale a score based on its quality - it's only the pubs that get consistently good scores that appear in the independent guide, which makes it such a fantastic achievement.
Black Fire won the 'Strong Stouts' category at the 2025 Northampton County Beer Festival at Becket's Park. CAMRA Northamptonshire held its annual round of judging of the County’s beers where over 40 judges took part in sampling 60 beers from the County’s brewers. Black Fire won its category for the third year in a row!
Pub of the Year from CAMRA Northamptonshire! The pubs judged were all those in the county listed in the Good Beer Guide and nominated by CAMRA members. Out of the nine shortlisted pubs, each pub was judged against criteria such as beer quality, their service and welcome, community focus and cleanliness.
Our brand new beer, Winter Warmer, won a silver award in the bottled 'Amber, Brown and Red Ale' category for the SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2024 Midlands region. This recognition marks the first time we have won an award in the Bottled and Can awards, following previous successes in the cask awards.
Director, John Evans, was the proud recipient of a Bronze award at the Weetabix Northamptonshire Food & Drink Awards 2024/25 in the category 'F&B (Food & Beverage) Achiever of the Year'. This category is designed to recognise a person who has made and/or continues to make a significant contribution to the sector.
Steam Ale did it once again at the SIBA Independent Beer Awards for the Midlands region in October, winning a Bronze award in the category Cask Pale Ale. These awards seek to highlight the very best beers in the UK in a huge range of styles, strengths and flavours, and are seen very much as the ‘brewers’ choice awards.
The Northampton County Beer Festival at Becket's Park in May delivered us not one, not two, but three awards from CAMRA Northamptonshire! At the beer festival, Steam Ale won the Premium Bitter category, Black Fire the Strong Stout category and Steam Ale was crowned overall Champion Beer of the Festival.
Our latest award from the Northamptonshire CAMRA branch - Town Pub of the Year 2024! The pubs judged were all in the current Good Beer Guide for the county and the shortlisted pubs were either previously voted as Pub of the Season or were high-scoring pubs using the National Beer Scoring Scheme.
Steam Ale won again - and this time a much coveted highly prized one star from the Great Taste Awards for our already multi-award winning beer! This is the first Great Taste award we have won and you will soon see the prestigious black and gold Great Taste badge of honour on all our bottles of Steam Ale.
CAMRA Northamptonshire came to award us 'Spring Town Pub of the Season' as voted for by CAMRA members! CAMRA members were asked to consider beer quality, the service and welcome, community focus, cleanliness and other factors which encouraged them to make a repeat visit.
Black Fire won not just one but two accolades at the Northampton County Beer Festival at Becket's Park - the 'Strong Stout 5% and above' category and the 'Overall Festival Winner'! This is the first time Black Fire has taken first place, following on from its second place at last year's festival (see right).
Following the Northampton County Beer Festival at Becket's Park in June this year, Steam Ale was awarded first place in the Premium Bitters category! Our Black Fire came second in the Strong Stouts and Porters category and our Roman Road came third in the Premium Pale Ales category.
Roman Road scooped its first award with a Bronze in SIBA's Midlands Independent Beer Awards 2022 in the category Cask Pale Ale. The Awards judge a huge range of beers across a number of styles in separate cask and keg competitions so it's a result we're totally delighted with!
Steam Ale took home the Gold award - our first Gold SIBA Award - in the category of Cask Premium Bitters at the SIBA Midlands Independent Beer Awards in Nottingham. Director, John Evans, received the award alongside brewer, Phil Ayers.
Crowned the Gold Winner in the category Artisan Local Drink of the Year at the Weetabix Northamptonshire Food & Drink Awards 2021/22 for Steam Ale! Director, John Evans, received the Gold award from HM Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire, James Saunders Watson.
As a winner we are now apparently in the top 10% of hospitality businesses worldwide! The awards have been based on a full year of reviews, prior to any changes caused by the pandemic, and are down to the fact that we've received consistently great feedback. Thank you!
Delighted to be shortlisted as a finalist in the Community Pub of the Year category in the 2019/20 Carlsberg UK Northamptonshire Food & Drinks Awards.
Saxon Shield took home the Bronze award in the Cask British Premium Bitter category at the SIBA Independent Beer Awards in Peterborough. Fantastic result as it's the first time we've won a SIBA award! There were 177 cask entries on the day across nine categories.
For the fourth year in a row we have been recognised with a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for 2019, based on the consistently great reviews earned on the world’s largest travel site. We now have 157 reviews, 95% of which are rated as excellent and very good.
Proud to be voted winner of the Autumn Town Pub of the Season 2018 from the Northamptonshire branch of CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale). The Brewery's Tap Room was judged on customer service, quality of the ale and atmosphere in the pub. Great accolade for the brewer, bar staff and all our regulars!
Winner of the New Local Drink of the Year category at the 2018/19 Carlsberg UK Northamptonshire Food & Drinks Awards for Rubio. Rubio is a 4.4% chestnut red ale, brewed with four malts and four hop varieties. It is named after the horse which came from America to Towcester for recuperation and won the Grand National in 1908.
Delighted to be shortlisted as finalists at the 2018/19 Carlsberg UK Northamptonshire Food & Drinks Awards for both Artisan Local Drink of the Year for Saxon Shield and also Community Pub of the Year. We look forward to next year and the chance to become Runner Up or Winner!
Our strongest beer at 6.8%, Big Tun, was crowned winner of the Strong Ale category at the Northampton County Beer Festival at Becket's Park in June 2018. Representatives from the Northampton branch of CAMRA came along to present the award, which was received by Brewer, Phil, and Head Brewer, John (right).
Issued with the TripAdvisor 2018 Certificate of Excellence, based on the consistently great reviews we’ve earned on the world’s largest travel site. We are now ranked 3rd in the top 16 things to do in Towcester and have 127 reviews, 98% of which have rated us as excellent or very good. Thank you for all your support!
Winner of the 'One to Watch' category at the 2017/2018 Carlsberg UK Northamptonshire Food & Drinks Awards. This was a new category aimed at food and drink manufacturers whose businesses are less than five years old, designed to recognise their potential for major growth and future significant impact on the market.
Runner Up in the 2017/18 Artisan Local Drink of the Year category for Bell Ringer in the Carlsberg UK Northamptonshire Food & Drinks Awards. Great result!
Delighted to be presented with CAMRA Leicestershire Northamptonshire Rutland Pub of the Year award by Phil Tiplady from CAMRA.
Issued with the TripAdvisor 2017 Certificate of Excellence, based on the consistently great reviews we’ve earned on the world’s largest travel site. We are now rated 2nd of the 15 top things to do in Towcester!
Winners of not one but two awards from the Northamptonshire branch of CAMRA - Town Pub and Pub of the Year. Directors Ray Hunt (left) and John Evans receive the awards in Towcester Mill's tap room.
Runner Up in the 2016/17 New Local Drink of the Year category for Podium Gold in the Carlsberg UK Northamptonshire Food & Drinks Awards. Great result!
Issued with the TripAdvisor 2016 Certificate of Excellence, based on the consistently great reviews we've earned on the world's largest travel site. Delighted!
Runner Up in the 2015/16 New Local Drink of the Year category for Bell Ringer in the Carlsberg UK Northamptonshire Food & Drinks Awards. Great result!
Awarded with the Best Product in Show award for Bell Ringer at the Holdenby Northamptonshire Food Show.
Winner of the CAMRA Season Town Pub of the Year and Cider Pub of the Year for Northants.
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