Cask ale is booming, the number of breweries is at a 70 year old high and three new breweries are opening every week, however large numbers of pubs continue to close. The cask ale industry has therefore come together to launch the website Cask Matters, in conjunction with the new Cask Report, in the shared […]
Just as Cask Ale Week (Thursday 25th September to Sunday 5th October) kicks off, a new report with exciting news for beer lovers has been published. There are now over 18,000 different beers available each year in Britain, the majority of which are cask conditioned or ‘real’ ale. “There’s been an exponential increase in the […]
Conwy Brewery are pleased to announce that their best – selling Welsh Pride will be brewed in collaboration with Corfu Brewery and will feature at this years’ Corfu Beer Festival. The festival billed as “Corfu meets the UK” runs from 8th – 12th October and will have beers from England, Wales, Scotland & Ireland as […]
Local, independent family-run regional brewer Elgoods, based in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, is expanding its sales team with the appointment of Lee Adnitt to the position of national accounts manager. He will be responsible for building up the wholesale side of Elgood’s beer business nationally. Lee Adnitt has 26 years’ experience in the drinks industry and joins […]
Nottingham-based Castle Rock Brewery has given its financial support to a major photographic exhibition touring the United Kingdom and Europe during the years of remembrance marking the centenary of the Great War. The exhibition, Fields of Battle Lands of Peace, is in Nottingham until November with its 66 large annotated photographs on display at major […]
BEER from a Cumbrian brewery is being featured in an advent calendar with a difference that is due to go on sale at the world’s best department store. The advent calendar has been developed by beer seller Best of British Beer, and features a different independently brewed beer behind each of its 25 doors. […]
Judy Waller, a real ale enthusiast from Linwood in Hampshire, has won a Wadworth competition to brew her ‘Perfect Pint’. Her beer, enticingly named ‘Honey Bear Hops’, is the winning brew in Wadworth’s very first ‘Create Your Perfect Pint’ competition and will be available in selected Wadworth pubs throughout Cask Ale Week. The competition […]
Robinsons Brewery is celebrating after Old Tom and Dizzy Blonde have scooped two coveted awards at the 2014 International Beer Challenge. Now in its 18th year, the International Beer Challenge comprises of 18 judges, chaired by Jeff Evans (Author and Editor of eight editions of CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide), from across the industry. The judging […]
Winning the SIBA (Society of Independent Brewers) northeast Champion Beer for Sunshine IPA last year was an incredible achievement for Malton’s town centre microbrewery. But this year, Brass Castle Brewery has gone one better! Amongst SIBA awards and local CAMRA awards announced at York Beer Festival this week, Brass Castle stole the show with nine […]
Cask ale is booming, the number of breweries is at a 70 year old high and three new breweries are opening every week, however large numbers of pubs continue to close. The cask ale industry has therefore come together to launch the website Cask Matters, in the shared belief that cask ale can help save […]