Midlands

Royal Exchange is beer lovers’ pub of the year

Titanic Brewery’s Royal Exchange has been crowned Pub of the Year by beer lovers in Mid Staffordshire. The Radford Street, Stone, pub was voted as the area’s star bar by members of CAMRA’s heart of Staffordshire branch. The Royal Exchange is well known for its well kept beer, local pub food and friendly local pub […]

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Meet the brewer at city real-ale boozer

THE new operator of a real-ale pub in Derby is holding a “meet the brewer” event to introduce itself to drinkers. The running of the Brunswick Inn, in Railway Terrace, was taken over recently by Chesterfield-based micro brewery Brampton. The brewer will now hold an event at the pub tomorrow where people will be able […]

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Holy Inadequate wins two top pub awards in days

LANDLORD Paul Cope is toasting the success of his traditional pub – after it scooped two top awards in just days. The Holy Inadequate has been named Staffordshire Pub of the Year by the Campaign for Real Ale. And the Etruria Old Road alehouse also won the title of Pub of the Year from the […]

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Government Funding For Brewery Efficiency Project

Spire Brewery has been awarded government funding to improve efficiency at their site in Staveley, Derbyshire. The initial focus of the project will be their bottling operation to support the growth of their award winning beers, 7 of which are listed in the new CAMRA Good Bottled Beer Guide. Managing Director David McLaren said “this […]

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Four Beards, One Beer

It’s often said that beer and beards go together but the new beer from Thornbridge puts a different light on the combination. Simon Webster, Thornbridge’s Director, explains “Mark Bull is a well known local film producer and we recently worked with him in filming our collaboration brew with Sierra Nevada brewery. When Mark mentioned that […]

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Purity’s brewery expansion for future growth

Purity Brewing Co has cemented its ambitions for future growth with the installation of a new brewhouse and brewing equipment, an investment of almost £1.5million. The Warwickshire brewery, located on Upper Spernall Farm, less than five miles north of Alcester, will soon be able to produce up to 140,000 pints of beer every week, a […]

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Stourbridge brewery celebrates horse-powered anniversary

A West Midlands brewery is celebrating its second anniversary – with the aid of a little horse-power. Dotty the driving pony has become a regular attraction around the town since she started weekly beer deliveries from Craddock’s Brewery at the Duke William in Stourbridge town centre to the Plough and Harrow in Worcester Street. Both […]

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