Black Square, St Austell Brewery’s Russian imperial stout, has been awarded a Championship Trophy for ‘Best Strong Beer’ at the International Brewing Awards 2019.

First brewed in collaboration with Moscow’s New Riga’s brewery, Black Square was awarded a gold medal for ‘Strong Beer above 10 per cent ABV’. It went on to be named overall champion in the ‘Strong Beer’ category.

This year was a record haul for the St Austell Family Group (St Austell Brewery and Bath Ales) who took home five medals in total. As well as taking home gold for Black Square, St Austell Brewery was awarded silver for Bad Habit Abbey Tripel and bronze for Mena Dhu stout and Double IPA, Big Job. Lansdown West Coast IPA, one of Bath Ales’ latest brews was also awarded a silver medal.