Sophie Ashdown Named Young Brewer of the Year

Buxton Brewery’s Lead Brewer, Sophie Ashdown, has been named Young Brewer of the Year at the Brewers Journal Awards,held at the Brewers Congress in London last week.

Our Sophie and our Production Director, Rob Topham, headed down to London for the event, where Sophie’s hard work, talent and journey through the brewing world was recognised by her peers.

Sophie started her journey with us working in our venues, pouring the beers she loved. Before long, she decided she wanted to be on the other side of the bar getting her hands dirty, learning how to make the beer she’d spent so much time pouring, and becoming part of the brewing team.

Since then, she’s completed her brewing apprenticeship under the guidance of her mentor, Rob Topham, and has gone from strength to strength.

As Rob put it: “We’re super proud of Sophie for picking up this award! In the last year Sophie has worked to pass her apprenticeship, create great beers through the IWCBD and WIB brewing collaborations and be a great ambassador for Buxton Brewery. Well done and a massive cheers from all of the team at Buxton!”