A small brewery is celebrating scooping two awards.

Three Acre Brewery in Blackboys, near Uckfield, got the prizes for a pair of its handmade black beers.

Dark ales are a key part of the line-up of beers the brewery produces, which are even more popular in the cooler months.   

Ruby Porter, a dark ale with coffee and cocoa flavours, got silver in the Champion Beer of London and the South-East, organised by the national Campaign for Real Ale (Camra).

It beat many other regional products and is the third award for the beer which already has a Great Taste star from the Guild of Fine Food.

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The brewer’s other new accolade is for Skylark Stout, a 4.6 per cent ale that is dark and velvety. It won bronze at Camra’s Peterborough Beer Fest.

The beer is named after skylarks, famous for shouting way above their weight because brewery chiefs felt it embodied their signature stout which boasts hazelnut notes and a subtle cocoa aftertaste.

 "Both beers were pitted against some fierce competition," said Chester Broad, the director of Three Acre. "With dozens of other brews battling it out, we couldn’t be more pleased to receive these awards on behalf of the entire brewery team. Congratulations to the other winners, as well."