GROVE'S Pitstop Brewery has become the first in the country to win the prestigious Ascot Beer Festival’s prize beer award two years in a row.

Brewer Peter Fowler’s seven per cent Horsepower IPA, brewed as a festival special following last year’s victory, was named champion beer at the two-day festival at Ascot Racecourse.

The festival, which coincided with two days of racing, including the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, had 200 beers on sale.