Nottingham-based Castle Rock Brewery has bought the premises and business of the long established Willowbrook Club on Main Road, Gedling. No details of the price have been released, but the new owners have undertaken to invest over £200,000 to update the dining, food preparation, bar and toilet areas of the club. As a pub, open […]
The first production run from Castle Rock’s newly introduced small scale brewing plant has been snapped up by managers at the city’s Johnson Arms to boost a charity and anniversary celebration. The beer, ‘Time, Gentlemen’, will be available from November 8th in readiness for the 50th anniversary celebrations of the arrival of Dr Who. […]
To celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Nettlebed (Oxfordshire) Parish Council will plant a Royal Oak tree named ‘Elizabeth’ on Saturday (9/11/13) at noon. The tree will be planted on Nettlebed common and will replace an original tree planted in 1897 to celebrate Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee. Two trees were planted in August 1897, one given […]
Scott Ryder has been appointed to the newly created post of head of sales at Nottingham based Castle Rock Brewery. Brought up in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, Scott brings with him over 20 years experience of drinks retailing and the pub trade. First with Britvic in the 1980s, he has, through a series of takeovers and promotions […]
Jim Harrison, Thornbridge’s MD, reports that a massive 845% increase in exports in the past year has led the way for further investment in production capability at the brewery in 2013. “Unbelievable” says Harrison to the export increase “for a small brewery in the Peak District it’s great to see our beers being enjoyed across […]
THE final puffs of steam emanated from locomotive number three at Marston’s Burton brewery in 1967. It was an end of the steam era at the Shobnall Road site as, after 40 years, the company sold the saddletank engine to the Foxfield Light Railway Society based near Uttoxeter. There it was used by members of […]
Brewery bosses who have opened seven pubs in seven years and created more than 150 jobs is forecasting further growth in 2014. Titanic Brewery has just launched the Cheshire Cheese, Buxton, its eighth North Midlands pub. The brewery is run by brothers Keith and Dave Bott. With a strong belief in the position of the […]
Our hand crafted ale, Gold has won Gold Medal for best overall bottled beer and best in its category at the SIBA Midlands Regional Beer Competition in Nottingham this week. A smooth, golden bitter which uses Citra and Styrian hops to give an intense citrus, tropical fruit experience, Gold is also available on draught and […]
One of the stalwarts of The Chiltern Brewery’s bottled beer range, John Hampden’s Ale 4.8% vol., has won a bronze medal in the SIBA Midlands Beer Competition 2013 – in the Regional Bottled Bitters (up to and including 4.9%) category. “The intense thrill of winning an award for one of your products never lessens” said […]
SIBA Midlands Region Beer Competition 2013 DATE OF JUDGING & ANNOUNCEMENT 10th October 2013 Overall Champion of the Competition Sponsored by Close Brewery Rentals Brewery Product ABV Gold Brampton Brewery Brampton Mild 4.9 Silver Blue Monkey Brewery Chocolate Guerilla 4.9 Bronze Great Oakley Brewery Welland Valley Mild 3.6 For the full results, please […]