LOCH Lomond Brewery have swept the boards at the SIBA Scotland Independent Beer Awards.

They took home overall Gold in both the cask and small pack (bottle and can) competitions – the first time ever in the competition’s history.

The prestigious awards, run by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) prior to the “C>SK : 17” beer festival, held at the Drygate Brewery and Taproom in Glasgow, are judged by brewers and beer experts and seen very much as the ‘brewers choice’ awards in the industry.

Loch Lomond Brewery’s Outlander took home the overall gold in the cask competition and their Silkie Stout was named overall small pack (bottle and can) winner.

But the prizes didn’t stop there, with Loch Lomond winning a total of 10 awards across the competition including seven golds.

Commenting on the competition was SIBA Competitions Committee Chair Guy Sheppard, who presented the awards.

He said: "Scottish beer continues to go from strength to strength and these awards really were a representation of the very best independent craft beers the country has to offer – the standard was especially high.

"Massive congratulations to all of the winners and particularly Loch Lomond Brewery who should be very proud of being named the best of the best at these prestigious awards – it’s the first time ever a Scottish brewer has taken home Overall Gold in both categories."

Collecting the award was Fiona MacEachern, of Loch Lomond.

Fiona said: "This means the absolute world to us.

"This rewards everything we do and we couldn’t be more proud to win not only with one of our long-running beers, Silkie Stout, but also a brand-new one too, Outlander.

"We can't wait to get to Liverpool in March for the National finals."

The win comes on the back of Loch Lomond scooping the CAMRA Champion Beer of Scotland title with Silkie Stout, adding to a great year for the team.

A soon-to-be launched rebrand to include a number of new beers and smaller format bottles to its present range of cask, keg and bottle will follow later this year.

The timing of the award for Outlander could not have been better as season three of the Outlander tv series, partly filmed in Loch Lomond, was first aired in the UK last week.