Finally after 20 years the oldest joke at Arran Brewery can be put to rest….

Arran Brewery Finds Missing Award!

For many years the Isle of Arran Brewery has claimed to have won at least one award for its beers every year since it was founded in the year 2000.

“ Except for one year (2004) in which we are pretty certain an award has been won but couldn’t find any record of it.”

A joke that after 20 years has finally come to an end!

This week, spurred on by an idea of creating an “award wall” showing off the well earned praises of Arran Brewery beers across the last 23 years, Yorick, our Retail Manager has at last discovered the missing link! A Bronze award for Arran Blonde at the 2004 SIBA speciality beer competition. This award can now sit proudly next to Arran Brewery’s other prestigious awards including Worlds Best Dark brown beer  for - Arran Dark – in the 2012 World Beer Awards, the more recently won award for Arran Blonde; winning Champion Speciality beer of Scotland in 2022 and plenty of other awards throughout the years.

Now after 20 years the longest running joke at Arran Brewery can finally be put to rest and The Isle of Arran Brewery can now proudly claim that it has won an award for it’s beers, every year since it’s founding for a total run of 23 years without the need for an italicised disclaimer! There is no plan to stop there of course! Arran Brewery is looking to continue the streak in 2024 and continue to add to it’s impressive record for years yet to come.

Yorick said “I couldn’t believe it when I came across the certificate from 2004, finally we had the missing proof, proving that we truly had won an award every year since the founding of the Brewery, the missing award has been a go to joke for me on our Brewery Tours for years, I’ll have to think of a new one now!”

The Arran Brewery’s new wall of certificates (or two walls as it has become due to the large quantity!) can be viewed at the Arran Brewery Shop in Cladach on the Isle of Arran.