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Oct. 12, 2026

Indie Rabble Named Best New Brewery at Brewers Choice Awards

Indie Rabble Named Best New Brewery at Brewers Choice Awards

Indie Rabble has been named New Brewery of the Year at the 2026 Brewers Choice Awards, held at The Big Penny Social in London as part of Brewers Congress.

The Windsor brewery, founded in 2023, beat fellow finalists Bearwood and Colbier to take the award. The wider Brewers Choice Awards also recognised Duration Brewing, Attic Brew Co, Two Flints and Sophie Ashdown among this year's winners.

Read the full Brewers Choice Awards results: Brewers Choice Awards 2026 – The Brewers Journal

On The Pod

I’ve already had Dave Hayward from Indie Rabble (see below) on The Beer Rep Chats With, talking about the brewery, its approach to independent beer and the journey behind the business.

So seeing Indie Rabble pick up New Brewery of the Year is a particularly nice to see and very well deserved.

And there’s more coming on the podcast, with Sophie Ashdown, who was named Young Brewer of the Year at the same awards, and Natalya Brown both set to feature in a forthcoming episode.

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