The Sainsbury’s Beer Competition ended last month, but for those of you that missed it or are still a little confused over who won, Real Ale reviews is coming to the rescue with a slightly belated but not-to-be-missed review of each of the 15 finalists.

There’s been lots of recent developments in the beer aisles of UK supermarkets this year. From Tesco announcing an extended North American range to M&S adding new products and giving their beers  a lick of paint.

But Sainsbury’s somewhat stole the show with its beer competition, no doubt helped by the fact that they picked no less than 3 BrewDog beers amongst their finalists which led to a race to the checkouts for beer lovers.

The winners of the competition would achieve a permanent place on the Sainsbury’s beer shelves and thus a real opportunity to break into a wider market and target audience.

We won’t be revealing the winners here yet, so if you don’t know then stick with us and we’ll take you through all the beers and try and guide you on where to finsd them. If you really can’t bear the suspense (or are crazy enough to not want to wait for 15 posts on a competiton that’s ended!) then I’m sure you’ll be able to find the answers via Google.

And without further ado, onto the beers!

Finalists in the 2009 Sainsbury's Beer Competition

The 15 finalists in the Sainsbury Beer Competition 2009 were:

Allgates Porteresque

Bath Ales Golden Hare

Bays Breaker

BrewDog Chaos Theory

BrewDog Dogma

BrewDog Hardcore IPA

Greene King Bretwalda

Hambleton Ale Talyor’s Tipple

Williams Bros Brewing Co 80/- Ale

Williams Bros Brewing Birds ‘n Bees

Williams Bros Brewing Co Ceilidh

Williams Bros Brewing Co Williams IPA

Wolf Brewery Woild Moild

Wolf Brewery Wolf Whistle

Wood’s Shropshire Lass

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