Midlands

Thornbridge – Top of the World

Thornbridge are celebrating today after winning two awards in the prestigious World Beer Awards 2013. After  four rounds of judging in blind tastings of nearly 600 beers from more than 30 countries Thornbridge’s Wild Raven was voted, for the second year running,  the World’s Best Black IPA  and their Tzara the Best Kolsch Beer in […]

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Titanic Iceberg in fashion as Robbie Williams label Farrell launches first pop-up store with the help of his local brewery

Titanic Brewery’s Burslem roots have led to an unusual order from the town’s most famous son. When Robbie Williams’ representatives were looking for beer to serve at the launch of the FARRELL Autumn/Winter collection they decided to call Titanic Brewery. Guests at the launch of the labels first ever store enjoyed bottles of Titanic Iceberg, shipped […]

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Whale Ale tasted and approved by Prime Minister

Warwickshire brothers Tom and Ed Coyte were invited to No. 10 Downing Street to meet with the Prime Minister on Thursday 12th September to celebrate their company Whale Ale. The brothers are the youngest brewery owners in the UK and are already selling thousands of pints each week. The company produces two beers; Pale Whale (3.6%) and Ruby Moby (4.0%). No 10. Downing Street saw The Prime […]

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Craft Brewers Workshop – Wednesday 25 September 2013

The Midland section of the IBD in conjunction with Notts University is running a Craft Brewers’ Workshop at Sutton Bonnington campus on 25th September, starting at 10:00 hrs. Admission to the event is free, and includes a buffet lunch & presentation by professionals within the business. There is an upper limit of 50 places for […]

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Raise a glass to Purity’s new brewery

Purity Brewing Co will this weekend open its new, state-of-the-art £1.5m brewing facility, which will be crucial to helping the company meet its ambitious growth plans. The semi-automated Braukon brewing system, which was imported from Germany, will allow Purity to produce the equivalent of 140,000 pints of beer a week, a 150% increase compared to […]

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Purity crafts a new beer – Longhorn IPA

Purity Brewing Co will launch a new beer this autumn, Longhorn IPA (5% ABV), which will be the Warwickshire-based brewer’s first ever craft keg beer. With an orange / light copper colour, Longhorn IPA will have the aromas of grapefruit, pine, peaches, mango and passion fruit. Its taste will be complex, deep fruit with a […]

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Chiltern Society Farm Shop Awards

We are thrilled and extremely proud to have been awarded a ‘Highly Commended’ Certificate for our Brewery Shop in theChiltern Society’s very first Farm Shop Awards. Congratulations too to the winner, Seasons Farm Shop in North Dean. This initiative, sponsored by Assist Knowledge Development of Thame and The Chiltern Epicurean is new for 2013 and designed to […]

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Raw Brewing Company & Enterprise Inns Re-open the Butchers Arms

Friday 2nd August 2013 saw the Butchers Arms in Woodsetts Nottinghamshire re-open after over 7 months of closure. A partnership between Enterprise Inns and local brewery Raw Brewing Company. Enterprise Inns worked with Raw Brewery to understand their beer tie requirements that were needed for the consumer offer. This resulted in a part tie, allowing […]

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