Roberto’s on the High Street has been named CAMRA’s West Midlands County Cider Pub of the Year.
It has also triumphed in the regional competition spanning the West Midlands, Staffordshire, Shropshire and Warwickshire.
Roberto Ross and bar manager Jacob Horton (Image: Handout)
The drinking spot was opened by Roberto Ross in late 2022.
Roberto, aged 40, said he was delighted with the two latest wins.
He said: “We’re thrilled to share some exciting news! Earlier this year, we were honoured to win the Stourbridge and Halesowen Branch CAMRA Cider Pub of the Year award. But the good news didn’t stop there!
“We were then entered into the West Midlands County Cider Pub of the Year competition, covering all the metropolitan boroughs, including Birmingham, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Sandwell, Walsall, Solihull, and Coventry.
“We’re absolutely delighted to announce that we’ve won this prestigious award too!
Roberto Ross receives a trophy from CAMRA’s regional director Shelly Bentley (Image: Handout)
“Following this, we were entered into the Regional Competition, spanning the West Midlands County, Staffordshire, Shropshire, and Warwickshire.
“We’re over the moon to share that we’ve triumphed in the regional competition as well!
“A huge thank you goes out to all our amazing customers, friends, and especially our dedicated staff, Jacob, Toni, and Danny, for their hard work and passion in making this happen.”
Roberto’s offers the largest selection of real ciders in the area.
Roberto also owns the Cult of Oak micro-brewery in Netherton, which specialises in oak barrel-aged beers.
He brews beers and ciders at Mousesweet brewery and has worked as a sommelier for breweries around the region and also in Belgium.
He said: “I’m over the moon to win so many awards in cider.
“We like to have proper ciders and we like to cover the entire range all the way from sweet to medium to dry to Ross-on-Wye dry, which is a category on its own!”