5 Hallidays (Stockport) team members have returned to the UK having raised over £5,500 for the Seashell Trust by walking the Great Wall of China. Each team member completed the whole of the trek, walking over 62km each over 5 days. They encountered rocky terrain, scrub forest and steep challenging climbs – the most challenging […]
SIBA Scotland Region Beer Competition 2013 DATE OF JUDGING & ANNOUNCEMENT 8th November 2013 Overall Champion of the Competition Sponsored by Muntons Plc Brewery Product ABV Gold Highland Brewing Co. Island Hopping 3.9 Silver Fyne Ales Vital Spark 4.4 Bronze Kelburn Brewery Dark Moor 4.5 For the full list of winners, please visit: http://www.siba.co.uk/events/regional-competitions/scotland/2013-2
The first production run from Castle Rock’s newly introduced small scale brewing plant has been snapped up by managers at the city’s Johnson Arms to boost a charity and anniversary celebration. The beer, ‘Time, Gentlemen’, will be available from November 8th in readiness for the 50th anniversary celebrations of the arrival of Dr Who. […]
To celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Nettlebed (Oxfordshire) Parish Council will plant a Royal Oak tree named ‘Elizabeth’ on Saturday (9/11/13) at noon. The tree will be planted on Nettlebed common and will replace an original tree planted in 1897 to celebrate Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee. Two trees were planted in August 1897, one given […]
The Caledonian Brewing Company today confirms that Stephen Crawley, Managing Director, has announced that he will leave the business at the end of December 2013 after 20 successful years with the Edinburgh company, one of the UK’s premier cask breweries. Stephen joined Caledonian in 1993 and became MD in 2001. A recruitment process is now […]
BFBi Technical Trade Talks Day Wednesday 13th November 2013 Syngenta Seeds, Bracknell, Berkshire Raw Materials – The update Presentation will include; An Update of the 2013 Hop Crop – Paul Corbett, Charles Faram & Co Ltd Paul has been Managing Director of Charles Faram & Co Ltd since 1996 after originally joining the company in 1989 […]
As it approaches its fourth birthday, Ilkley Brewery reveals its latest investment in fermentation and cask filling equipment that will enable it to meet growing demand from domestic and overseas customers. In October, the West Yorkshire brewery took delivery of a 10 foot high, 8,000 litre fermentation vessel, along with a brand new cask filling […]
This week see the launch of a charity supporting beer from Devon’s leading producer of traditional cask ales. Otter Brewery, based in the Blackdown Hills near Honiton, will be donating a percentage every time a drinker in the South West orders a pint of its specially created ale. The aim is to raise as much […]
Scott Ryder has been appointed to the newly created post of head of sales at Nottingham based Castle Rock Brewery. Brought up in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, Scott brings with him over 20 years experience of drinks retailing and the pub trade. First with Britvic in the 1980s, he has, through a series of takeovers and promotions […]
HAVE YOU GOT THE STOMACH FOR IT?? Simon Rimmer hosts Man vs. Food at Robinsons Brewery Celebrity Chef Simon Rimmer will put his wooden spoon aside for a front row seat at this gastronomic marathon. Inspired by the hit US series ‘Man V Food’, the premise of this event is disarmingly simple: eat everything in […]