Round Corner's Melton Mowbray team named UK's top brewers
The team at Melton’s Round Corner Brewing are celebrating being named the UK’s top brewers – an achievement it describes as ‘a landmark moment’ for the company.
In a remarkable performance at the prestigious International Beer Challenge 2026, the Stockyard-based brewery also scooped three Gold medals and two bronzes from the five beers it entered.
Round Corner’s three Golds were among just 39 awarded across the competition’s international Taste Awards, which attracted entries from more than 30 countries.
Spanning lager, pale ale and IPA, the medal-winning line-up showcases the range, quality and consistency of the beers produced at the brewery, which has been operating from the livestock market site since December 2018.
Colin Paige, co-founder and MD of Round Corner Brewing said: “To enter five beers and see every one come home with a medal is an extraordinary result for our team.
"Three Golds would have made us immensely proud on their own; to be named Brewer of the Year: UK makes this a landmark moment for Round Corner and for everyone in Melton who has supported us.”
Round Corner’s Steeplechase Pale Ale, 10 Hours in LA Pacific Pale Ale and Frisby Lager each took Gold, while Drovers Hazy Session IPA and Hopping Spree West Coast IPA were awarded Bronze.
Head brewer, Lara Lopes, added: “What makes this result particularly rewarding is that the five medals span a real mix of styles.
“There are a lot of people behind each one, from development and brewing through to packaging, pouring and getting the beer out into the world; so this belongs to the whole team.”