Purple Moose's (Mws Piws) Snowdonia has today won the prestigious Champion Beer of Wales Competition held at the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival at Cardiff International Arena. This golden hoppy and refreshing bitter with an easy drinking strength of 3.6% prevailed over stiff competition from brews produced by many of the 40 breweries in Wales.

According to brewer Laurence Washington "it is a great honour to win having previously won several classes in earlier contests".

The Otley Brewing Company of Pontypridd took second place for its strong OG bitter and third place for its dark Porter.