At this year’s World Beer Awards, local brewer Nick Stafford’s Hambleton Ales with his GFA – “Gluten Free Beer” – took the top UK award in its category. Beating tough competition from several other UK brewers Hambleton Ales now goes forward to the global finals being judged this month. Hambleton Ales GFA won the Tesco […]
A SKINNER’S brew is the only golden ale from the South West shortlisted for a major national award. Porthleven, a golden ale brewed in Truro, was one of 12 golden ales from around the UK shortlisted for the Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) top annual award, Champion Golden Ale, and was the only one selected […]
In honour of this years’ National Cask Ale Week (September 24th – 4th October) Wadworth has launched a ‘Passport to Prizes’ scheme– inspiring ale lovers throughout the south and south west to visit multiple pubs across ‘Wadworthshire’ in return for prizes. During Cask Ale Week customers can collect a ‘passport stamp’ for the first Wadworth […]
Hallidays has increased their competitive advantage even further by joining The Corporate Finance Network, becoming the exclusive representative for the South Manchester and North Cheshire area. This will further enhance Hallidays’ capability to fully prepare and support clients with raising finance, buying businesses (mergers and acquisitions), exit planning and selling businesses. As their clients’ trusted […]
The Snipe pub in Audenshaw has reopened following a substantial joint investment from Robinsons Brewery and licensees Sarah Harwood and James Fox. The pub closed for a period of eight weeks whilst Robinsons’ acclaimed in-house design team transformed the former look with a contemporary design that anyone would be proud to call their local. James […]
Acorn Brewery’s Barnsley Bitter has won a silver medal at the real ale industry’s most prestigious national competition. Expert beer drinkers from the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) awarded the iconic Barnsley brew second prize at the Great British Beer Festival this week. Acorn Brewery’s best-selling pint beat off competition from hundreds of other ales […]
Members of the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) once again swept the board at the Great British Beer Festival (GBBF), as Tiny Rebel Brewing of Newport, Gwent, lifted the coveted Champion Beer of Britain (CBOB) trophy and other members took the vast majority of the top places in each of the competition’s classes. Tiny Rebel’s […]
A new beer from the Potteries is exclusively on sale at one of the UK’s most exclusive bars. Titanic Brewery has brewed a special beer at the request of the Serjeant at Arms of the Houses of Parliament. Olde Maudit, named after Nicholas Maudit, the first Serjeant at Arms, will go on sale on a […]
A new Scottish microbrewery is putting a modern twist on traditional brewing by using its scientific knowledge of microbiology to create modern hop strains, alongside state-of-the-art equipment. WooHa Brewing Company, which is based in Nairn, was officially established in 2014 and went to market in April 2015, after head brewer and owner of the brewery, […]
Cask Beer Uncovered e-learning fills beer training need As brewers and beer drinkers converge at Olympia for the Great British Beer Festival, the Cask Matters group is urging everyone involved in serving cask beer in pubs and bars to sign up for its Cask Beer Uncovered e-learning programme. Some 60, 000 drinkers are expected to […]