The Crouch Vale Brewery in Essex has won CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain with its Amarillo and Stephen Walker, former chairman of the West Cumbria Branch was one of yesterday’s beer judges.

I assume that as Amarillo is Spanish for yellow that this reflects the colour of this 5% real ale.

This superb little brewery was founded in 1981 by Colin Bocking and he is still at the helm.

This is not the first time Crouch Vale has won this coveted award. Their Brewers Gold won CBOB in both 2005 and 2006 and now accounts for the bulk of the brewery output.