MUMBAI: Indian-brewed Cobra Beer has won Two Gold Medals at the prestigious Monde Selection Awards 2005. The two Gold Medals were awarded to the Mount Shivalik Group in India, who brews Cobra for India.
At this year’s awards in Brussels it won 11 Gold medals which was more than any other beer company entered in this year’s competition. The 15 year old Cobra Beer took home two Grand Gold Medals and nine Gold Medals and two Silver Medals.
Cobra Beer founder and CEO Karan Bilimoria said, “I am delighted by our tremendous showing at this year’s Monde Selection. It is further proof that through our entrepreneurial spirit and innovative approach we are able to punch above our weight and compete against the giants of the industry. These accolades are due in great part to the dedication of our production director Robert Knox, who oversees Cobra’s brewing operations throughout the world. It is thanks to his hard work, at each brewery and with its brewer, that Cobra has maintained world class standards wherever it is brewed.”
Browar Belgia’s bottled Cobra – in 330 ml and 660 ml sizes – took home two Grand Gold Medals, Monde Selection’s highest medal. Cobra Beer has now won four Grand Gold medals in the last two years and is the only British company to have done so.
Of the medals won, eight were awarded to Cobra brewed by Browar Belgia in Poland, including two Gold Medals for Krait Beer – Cobra’s beer for the American market, and two Gold Medals for Cobra’s brand new premium alcohol-free beer, Cobra 0.0% and its American counterpart Krait Free.
British beer brand Cobra Beer has been exported to over 35 countries worldwide. It is available in the UK in more than 6,000 Indian restaurants, major supermarkets and off-licenses and now to nearly 6,000 mainstream bars, pubs and clubs.