His Royal Highness The Duke of Cornwall visited St Austell Brewery today to celebrate Tribute Pale Ale’s 20th anniversary and the company’s Queen’s Award for Enterprise which the brewery was awarded last year.

St Austell Brewery’s Chief Executive, James Staughton and Head Brewer, Roger Ryman accompanied The Prince on a tour of the brewhouse, where he met members of the brewing team and local barley suppliers. His Royal Highness then met the family brewer’s long-standing employees, apprentices and licensees from across the company’s pub estate.

His Royal Highness was shown how to pour the perfect pint of the brewer’s flagship beer, Tribute Pale Ale, by one of the brewery’s apprentices.

Established in 1851, St Austell Brewery is one of the oldest businesses in Cornwall and is still independent and family-owned. The company employs over 1,500 people and, in addition to its prize beer brands, has an award-winning estate of 179 pubs, inns and hotels across the West Country.