St Vincent Brewery Ltd is #1 in the Americas

The St Vincent Brewery Limited (SVBL) has been adjudged brewers of the Best Guinness in the Americas for the year 2022-2023.

This is according to results provided by the Guinness League of Excellence (GLOE), a release from the SVBL said.

All 54 breweries across the world who brew Guinness participate in the GLOE, and this year’s results indicate that the Campden Park based plant brewed the Best Guinness in the Americas for 2022-2023.

This is the first time in the past 10 years that the SVBL has topped overall in the Americas.

The release said the GLOE for the Guinness Foreign Extra Stout in 2022-2023 was calculated based on scores in 5 different areas: Technical Flavour, Brand Flavour, Pack Dress, Codex Compliance and Analytical compliance.

Key parameters that affect quality from a consumer perspective are assessed: What does it look like (in package and in glass) and how does it taste? Underpinning this GLOE monitor consistency of the brewing and packaging processes, thus ensuring consumers get consistently Great Guinness®.

Several Guinness variants are assessed as part of the League – Guinness® Draught, Guinness® Foreign Extra Stout and Guinness® Extra Stout. For each site the GLOE look at the most significant volume of Guinness® produced on that site. Some sites for instance can produce two or more variants. All production is monitored, but only the major Guinness® SKU is included in the League of Excellence results. These results are indicative of the quality of all variants.

The GLOE has a defined set of standards covering flavour, analytical results, package dress, and processes for each beer. While these are different for each variant, the GLOE monitor these to ensure that they do conform to the laid down standards defined for each one, thus assuring consumers of consistently Great Guinness® Everywhere Every Time. So, in effect conformance to standards is the over-arching measure.

“The SVBL in addition to other Guinness Sites worldwide become a part of the Guinness League of Excellence because it gives good feedback as to how the Vincentian product quality compares with other global producers. In addition, the measures allow for the SVBL to develop specific action plans to drive the quality of Guinness® even higher, moving up the League. Winning this award is something for all Vincentians to be proud of,” the release said.