Kathy and Tim Britton have become the first husband and wife team to become Beer Academy Sommeliers. The Brittons own the Oldershaw Brewery in Grantham, Lincolnshire where Kathy is the Managing Partner. A love of beer and a yearning to make sure that life didn’t just drift by prompted them to move from Buckinghamshire to […]
On the opening day of the Royal Welsh, Minister for Natural Resources and Food, Alun Davies, launched the new marketing initiative Drinks Wales at a reception hosted by Welsh Government and the board of this new organisation. Drinks Wales is a marketing consortium set up by and for the various arms of the active drinks […]
As a section of the Buckingham Canal gets closer to holding water for the first time in 75 years, Buckingham’s Microbrewery has teamed up with the canal society to launch a promotional beer. Buckingham Canal Water is produced by Buckingham Brewery. The brewery will supply the beer to order via retailers, free houses and the […]
Fuller, Smith & Turner has reported strong Q1 trading “aided by the recent spell of glorious weather”, with total sales in its managed pubs and hotels division up by 12.0% for the 16 weeks to 20 July 2013. For the full story, please visit: http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Company-City-News/Heatwave-helps-boost-Fuller-s-sales
THE boss of Cumbria’s Hardknott Brewery says he is being forced to sell his award winning beers overseas due to a “saturated” local market where breweries are increasingly competing on price rather than quality. Brewer Dave Bailey and wife Ann travelled to the International Craft Brewing and Distilling Convention in Dublin last week and won […]
Leeds based Microdat, the UK’s leading supplier of process and packaging equipment to the brewing, beverage and food industry, are pleased to announce that Martyn Hingley has been appointed as Business Development Manager. With over 10 years experience in the brewing industry and BSc in Molecular Science Martyn brings a wealth of knowledge and experience […]
With the weather set fair and a great deal of interest in this fantastic free open day at The Chiltern Brewery, many people turned up on Saturday 20th July to see behind the scenes of the working micro brewery and find out more about traditional brewing techniques, including the crucial role of the best quality […]
Hollywood star Kate Beckinsale and a glittering array of A-listers completed a Nottinghamshire day of celebration of the life of her father, Richard, with a private party and lunch at Beeston’s Victoria Hotel. The meal, washed down with pints of ‘Richard Beckinsale’, the current Castle Rock Nottinghamian Celebration Ale, followed a morning in Chilwell where […]
The Derby Brewing Company is proud and delighted to announce securing it’s forth premises, the Kedleston Hotel, Quarndon, situated on the famous Kedleston Estate. The Kedleston Hotel is a grade II * listed building, work began on the site in 1761, commissioned by Sir Nathan Curzon Bart for the estate, the build was famously overseen […]
Purity Brewing Co has appointed former Heineken executive Darryl Hinksman as its new Head of Brand. The role includes all marketing for Purity’s portfolio of beers, as well as responsibility for driving the Warwickshire brewery’s off-trade sales, which is particularly important as Purity has ambitions to grow its national distribution. The appointment of Darryl comes […]