Our Brewery Wins Big at 2025 Great Taste Awards
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Independent Irish brewery celebrated for world-class flavour across 11 award-winning beers, with three 3-star beers and two Golden Fork nominations.
July 30, 2025 — Antrim, Northern Ireland
Antrim-based Our Brewery is raising a well-deserved toast this week, having taken home an outstanding 11 Great Taste Awards in this year’s competition, including three of the prestigious three-star accolades, the highest possible honour. Two of those beers — Untamed and Razma — are now nominated for the Golden Fork, one of the top prizes in the international food and drink world.
Organised by the Guild of Fine Food, the Great Taste Awards are the largest and most trusted accreditation scheme for food and drink. Every product is blind-tasted by panels of industry experts with no branding or packaging visible, making it purely about one thing: taste.
Of over 14,000 entries from 110 countries fewer than 2% achieved the coveted three-star rating. Our Brewery’s award winners include Untamed, a wild ale spontaneously fermented with native microflora and aged in oak barrels for 27 months, Low Land, an Oud Bruin (brown ale) aged in Bordeaux oak barrels, and Razma, a barrel-aged beer inspired by Lithuanian Keptinis.
Judges were glowing in their praise for each beer, describing them as “extraordinary”, “next level” and “a thrill to judge.” Speaking about Untamed one judge commented the beer “[has] clearly been through a labour of love and nurture and it is phenomenal.”
Commenting on the success, co-founder Jonathan Mitchell said “I was overwhelmed with pride, mainly for the team to get the recognition for all their hard work. I felt that it was deserved. The quality of the beer is phenomenal, the work ethic of the team is phenomenal, and I’m really appreciative of that.”
Commenting on what makes these beers special, head brewer Michael Bateson added: “I think these beers are really special because there is nothing like them locally. It all started with Jonathan's passion and his desire to do something really different with beer. I feel lucky to be a small part of that.”
Both Untamed and Razma are now shortlisted for a Golden Fork Award, which will be announced at a black-tie ceremony in London this September, attended by industry leaders, food media, and some of the most talented producers from across the UK and beyond.
Commenting on what this means for Geterbrewed , owner and managing director Deborah Mitchell added: “It’s been our vision to create world class products that put Northern Ireland on the world beer map and I’m so proud of what the team have acheived”
The Full List of Our Brewery’s One, Two and Three Star Winners is as follows:
Three Stars
Untamed – Barrel Aged Wild Ale V1
Razma – Barrel Aged Keptinis Beer
Low Land – Barrel Aged Oud Bruin Brown Ale
Two Stars
Light Up Gold – West Coast IPA
Do You Wanna Funk? – NEIPA
Prime Time of Your Life – Belgian Triple
Séasúr – Barrel Aged Mixed Ferm Saison
Terra Nocturne – Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
One Star
Once In A Lifetime – Oatmeal Stout
Orderly Fashion – Rice Lager
The Crunch – Brown Ale
Frankie and Eileen's – Craft Gin
About Great Taste: Where Flavour Comes First
The Great Taste Awards, run by the Guild of Fine Food, are the most rigorous and respected food and drink judging process in the world. Every product entered is blind-tasted by a rotating panel of over 500 industry experts, including chefs, buyers, food critics, and food writers.
This year’s judging took place over 110 days, with entries submitted from 110 countries, making it one of the most competitive and comprehensive editions to date. Winning a 3-Star award places Our Brewery among the top 1.8% of all entries worldwide.
About Our Brewery
Our Brewery is an independent Irish craft brewery dedicated to producing expressive, flavour-led beers using traditional methods and bold creativity. Known for its wild fermentations, oak barrel-ageing program, and small-batch production. Made with ingredients from Geterbrewed this is a genuine passion project for the team with a story behind every beer.
Our Brewery combines modern ideas with old-world techniques to create beer that is both exciting and timeless.
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