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Green Jack Brewery’s Ripper was named as the supreme Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2007 by a panel of judges at CAMRA's National Winter Ales Festival in Manchester.

The 8.5% abv barley wine was described as “A light coloured beer brewed as a homage to Belgian trappist ales, with sweet notes and a strong hoppy flavour.”

At the announcement, Steve Prescott, Organiser of the National Winter Ales Festival congratulated Green Jack on its victory. He said, "It’s great to see a barley wine win the competition yet again. I sincerely hope people will be inspired to try this fantastic beer style on the back of Green Jack’s victory.”

On hearing the news, Green Jack Head Brewer Tim Dunford said: “This is absolutely incredible. All my life it has been my ambition to win a national award for my beers and I can’t believe it has happened.”

The Silver award went to Fuller’s London Porter and the Bronze to Orkney Skullsplitter.

Descriptions taken from CAMRA’s 'Dictionary of Beer':

Stout - One of the classic types of ale, a successor in fashion to 'porter'. Usually a very dark, heavy, bitter ale, with a dry palate, thick creamy head, and a good grainy taste.