Dark Secret wins Silver in the Untappd 2025 community awards

Our best selling gluten free product. It is definitely one for the dark beer lovers to enjoy. Goes great with blue cheeses, or chocolate puddings. Dark Secret has won more awards to date than any other brew.

• Silver Gluten-free beer in Wales - Untappd 2025

• Finalist Champion Bottled Beer of Britain 2024.

• Highest awarded beer in the Great British Food Awards 2022.

• London Beer Competition 2019 Silver Medal.

• Great Taste 3 Gold Star Winner twice.

Untappd community awards silver for gluten-free in wales

Great British Food Awards 2020

HIGHLY COMMENDED AT GREAT BRITISH FOOD AWARDS

Monty’s Brewery are excited to announce that their Gluten Free stout ‘Dark Secret’ has been awarded ‘Highly Commended’ at this year’s prestigious Great British Food Awards 2020.  “It is an absolute honour to receive this award particularly with so much other competition out there”, said Russ Honeyman, Commercial Director

The Brewery set out to create a great tasting gluten free stout that everyone could enjoy, without compromising on flavour. Dark Secret is a rich full-bodied stout with hints of chocolate and coffee it’s brewed with barley and oats but with the gluten removed. Receiving this Great British Food Award clearly shows they got it right

Monty’s Dark Secret has won many awards including 3 gold star awards with Great Taste Awards for two consecutive years,  Silver at the London Beer Competition, Bronze at the Free From Food Awards

Magnitude, their 8% barley wine was also a finalist in the competition. This indulgent beer is full of sweet, malty characteristics and warming alcohol, perfect for sipping in front of the fire on a cold evening.

Russ Honeyman Commercial Director said “to have two beers as finalists and one of them to receive ‘Highly Commended’ is a testament to the skill and hard work of our staff and brewers at the Brewery. Dark Secret has been winning prizes consistently since we began brewing it in 2016. Awards like the Great British Food Awards enable us to secure sales not only in the UK but as far as Finland and Singapore”.

Dark Secret and all of Monty’s range can be purchased from our Website https://www.montysbrewery.co.uk/products-page or you can telephone 01686 668933 to place your order for home delivery. If you are local to Montgomery why not pop along and enjoy a pint in our visitor centre ‘The Cottage’.

Finalists Great British Food Awards

Monty’s Brewery is excited to announce that the two beers the brewery entered in this year’s Great British Food Awards have both been nominated as finalists.

The competition had only seven finalists in the Beer/Cider and Lager category, so the brewery was extremely chuffed. The final judging will be announced on 29th October. The judging is being carried by an esteemed panel of celebrity chefs, Michelin-starred restaurateurs, popular food critics, influencers, buyers and food writers, all known for their love and knowledge of British food and produce.

Russ Honeyman Commercial Director for Monty’s Brewery said, “it of course has been a very tough time recently for the brewing industry, but it is important to keep entering competitions and strive for these awards. When your product is judged against others and you are being awarded for it, you know you are on the right track. It is the first time we have entered the Great British Food Awards and so getting recognised by this calibre of judges is very humbling”.

The two finalist beers are Monty’s Dark Secret a 5.6% gluten free oatmeal stout, packed with coffee and chocolate flavours and Monty’s Magnitude an 8.0% Barley Wine rich with warming alcohol and malty notes.

For more on the awards go to https://www.greatbritishfoodawards.com/blog/great-british-food-awards-2020-the-shortlist

For the brewery go to  https://www.montysbrewery.co.uk

Dark Secret wins 3 Great Taste Gold Stars for second year running

Our fantastic gluten free oatmeal stout Dark Secret wins again at the prestigious Great Taste Awards. Winning 3 stars once is amazing but 2 years running is exceptional. Monty's also brew an export version at 5.5% for Scandinavian market.