Rivington Brewing taps gold at CAMRA real ale awards

The Rivington Brewing Company has been honoured with a Gold Award from CAMRA – the Campaign for Real Ale – in its Champion Beer of Britain Awards, for which Rivington Brewery has won the Northwest heat.

The award was for its Beach House Ale – a hoppy pale ale with notes of citrus, fruit, and lime – at the recent Liverpool Beer Festival.

Chris Sandison CAMRA’s Northwest Regional Tasting Panel Coordinator said: “Congratulations to the team at Rivington Brewery who gained Gold with their Beach House Pale, a fantastic achievement when you consider that they were up against breweries from across the whole of the North West.”

Rivington Brewing Company’s headquarters (Image: Rivington Brewing Company)

Now that it has won the North West heat, Beach House will be entered into the finals of 2027’s Champion Beer of Britain competition to find the best real ale in the country.

The beer will compete against the winners the other regional competitions at the awards.

Beach house clocks in at only 3.8 per cent, making it uncharacteristically light for a craft ale, marking it out as a session IPA.

The Rivington Brewing Company was founded in 2014 by two friends – Ben Stubbs and Mike Richardson.

The duo started on a small plastic brewing kit that Mike received as a wedding present, with no prior experience other than reading ‘How to Brew’ by John Palmer.

The logo for the (now award-winning) Beach House IPA (Image: Rivington Brewing Company)

The team opened their own taproom and bar on a Rivington farm – Home Farm – in 2019.

The farm and attendant campsite overlook Rivington reservoir, framed by views of Rivington Pike.

As well as beer and street food, the team have introduced various extracurricular events into their community.

This includes a monthly walking club, cycling club, and a running club that regularly hosts 70 people.