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Beer Academy Sommelier’s Turkish Delight

Beer Academy Sommelier, Jane Peyton, has trained the staff of the newly launched Bosphorus Brewing Company in Istanbul on the merits of matching beer and food. The Bosphorus Brewing Company is Istanbul’s first brew pub and opened in November 2012. It is owned and run by Britons Phil and Jill Hall both long time Istanbul […]

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Coxhoe brewery is expanding to meet demand

ONE of the North East’s newest breweries is expanding its premises and increasing its workforce, just six months after opening its doors. Since launching in autumn, Sonnet 43 Brew House, in Coxhoe, County Durham, has exceeded initial estimations for sales of its craft ales and beers – and this week bosses recruited a new apprentice […]

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Ilkley Brewery Selected for Stateside Conference

Making its début at the Craft Brewers Conference & Brew Expo America®, Ilkley Brewery will next week travel to Washington DC where it will be part of a delegation of 10 British breweries who will each showcase their beers to the thousands gathered at one of North America’s biggest craft beer conventions. The delegation, organised […]

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Scottish Borders Brewery Prepares for Wild Harvest

Plough to pint microbrewer, the Scottish Borders Brewery, is gearing up to produce a new range of beers made from naturally foraged products created with the help of volunteer foragers and home-brewers. The brewery, which has just celebrated its second anniversary with the sale of its 500,000th pint will work in partnership with the community […]

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Iron Maiden to create new beer

Iron Maiden have turned their attention from heavy metal to hops – to create their own beer. The iconic British rock band, who have sold more than 85m records worldwide, have teamed up with Stockport brewery Robinsons to compose the new cask and bottle ale Trooper. They follow in the footsteps of chart toppers Elbow, […]

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Four weeks to go!

The closing date for entries to the Sainsbury’s 2013 Great British Beer Hunt is four weeks away – 10th April 2013 – and already over 200 brewers have signed up for further information and the entries have started coming in. With samples needed by the 17th April there is still plenty of time to prepare […]

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Butcombe Brewery to Launch Quarterly E-Mag ‘Butcombe Bytes’

Butcombe, the West Country’s most innovative brewery is launching a quarterly E-Magazine with versions tailored to both consumers and publicans from 1st May 2013 named Butcombe Bytes. Butcombe Bytes will include exclusive news of events, launches and new beers, great prizes, new ideas and special promotions. The first issue will include the chance to win […]

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Everards named top pub company

Leicestershire brewery Everards has won a national award for the successful management of its 170-strong estate of pubs. The Publican Awards named Everards Brewery ‘Pub Company of the Year 2013’ (tenanted/leased 20 – 199 outlets), in recognition of the company’s flexible approach and comprehensive tenant support package. Considered the most prestigious in the industry, The […]

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American Craft Beer Exports Set New Records in 2012

Boulder, CO • March 12, 2013—The Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade group representing small and independent craft brewers—today reported that the American craft beer industry set a new record for exports in 2012. Based on results from a recently-completed industry survey, craft beer export volume increased by an astounding 72 percent compared to 2011, with […]

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