2015

Rebel’s 80 Shilling makes supreme beer hat trick

As Falmouth’s hangovers after its annual ale festival, one brewery are still rising high after their third win in as many years. Penryn’s Rebel Brewing Co celebrated this week as their brewery scooped another Supreme Champion Beer award from CAMRA Kernow at the Falmouth Beer Festival. Out of over 200 beers exhibited at the festival, […]

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Industry-leading training now available for hospitality businesses across the South West

The award-winning St Austell Brewery is expanding its industry-leading staff training to benefit other hospitality businesses across the South West. A refurbished training and development centre called Academy 1851 has opened at St Austell Brewery’s base in Cornwall to offer a range of practical training courses at varying levels for the licensed hospitality industry in […]

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North Yorkshire brewery celebrates shortlist success

Directors and staff at Wold Top Brewery are celebrating after the Hunmanby business’s export achievements has earned them a place in the final of the Scarborough News Business Awards. The Awards were launched in 2014 to celebrate outstanding achievements in business and recognise the great companies that fly the flag for Scarborough, Ryedale, Whitby and […]

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New Name and New Look for Champion Scottish Brewery

Orkney’s award winning Highland Brewing Company has been reborn as ‘Swannay Brewery’ with a striking new look as it is gears up for growth. The roll out is key to the Swannay based brewer’s ambitious plans – backed by Highland and Islands Enterprise – to treble production and drive sales forward both in the UK […]

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Thinking Drinkers Do Movember

Spitfire Premium Kentish Ale, keen sponsors of Movember for the last five years, have released a hair-in-cheek You Tube video. The Spitfire Guide to ‘Growing Your Own Moustache’ is filmed and acted by www.thinkingdrinkers.com, award-winning drinks writers Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham. They demonstrate the hair-raising potential of applying prime Kentish hops, a dark barley […]

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Wood's bottle a Beauty!

Wood Brewery is launching a bottled version of Shropshire Hills Beauty, its increasingly popular cask conditioned draught beer. South Shropshire brewers Wood’s created the 4.2% ABV draught beer in 2008 as a limited edition to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Beauty proved so popular that Wood’s have […]

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Own Your Casks from Less Than £0.04 Per Day

Emmerald Polymers and Portman Asset Finance are delighted to announce a partnership offering lease to own finance. Our finance is tailored to suit all Breweries (subject to status) for the purchase of Emmerald GreenCasks. Our partnership with Portman Finance demonstrates Emmerald’s drive to support all Brewers with their Cask requirements. Cask Leasing Made Simple We […]

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Best of British from MD & CNG

Following recent & unprecedented success in the Brewing & Distilling industry MD Engineering Solutions & CNG Engineering have signed a collaboration agreement to provide customers with genuine high quality British made equipment. Matthew Horsey of the Leeds based firm comments on the link-up “we believe in providing our customers with equipment that is of the […]

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Cornwall’s own Celtic beer festival returns

The ever popular Celtic Beer Festival, hosted by St Austell Brewery, returns for its 17th year this November with the doors of the Brewery’s ancient cellars opening once more for eager ale lovers. On Saturday 28th November, the basements of the Victorian Brewery will be unlocked for punters from across the country to enjoy the […]

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