Midlands

The Half Pint Marathon

A collaboration between Thornbridge Brewery and Forum Cafe Bars LTD will have you reaching for your (half) pint glass this spring.   Sheffield: The ‘Half Pint Marathon’ is a month long celebration of some of Sheffield’s best independent, beer venues, dreamt up by the people behind two of the city’s most popular companies to raise […]

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Freedom Brewery lines up GBP1.5m expansion

UK craft brewer Freedom Brewery is to triple its capacity in a GBP1.5m (US$2.2m) expansion project. The Staffordshire-based company will instal new fermentation and maturation tanks as well as a brew house for triple-filtering beer. It said the expansion is in response to a growing global craft beer scene. “We are being requested in more […]

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Special Desert Hero beer is launched as campaign for a national memorial to war heroes gathers pace

Thousands of JD Wetherspoon’s pub-goers will raise a glass of Titanic Brewery beer to the Sun on Sunday’s campaign for a memorial to Britain’s desert heroes. The Sun on Sunday is calling for donations towards a £1 million Whitehall memorial for armed forces heroes who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now Stoke-on-Trent’s Titanic Brewery has […]

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Castle Rock Brewery adds to its estate

Castle Rock Brewery, the East Midlands based brewer and operator of 20 pubs in the East Midlands and Yorkshire, has purchased the freehold of the Horse and Plough, an established pub and restaurant in the commuter town of Bingham, ten miles from its base in Nottingham. The pub has been acquired by The Beer Consortium […]

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BAFTA winning Brothers McLeod join the Purity Brewing family

It is with open arms that Purity Brewing Company welcomes BAFTA winning animators Brothers McLeod to the family. As long-time fans of the craft brewery, the brothers jumped at the chance to bring Purity’s much loved characters to life through their hot new animation. Living out a childhood dream to pen a ‘Wild West’ inspired […]

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Tower Brewery marks more than 500 beers in Parliament

The Tower Brewery in Burton on Trent raised a glass of its popular Tower Bitter at the seat of Government recently after local MP Andrew Griffiths chose  its beer as the week’s guest ale in the Strangers’ Bar, sited inside the House of Commons.   Andrew Griffiths, Conservative MP for Burton on Trent and Chairman […]

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Titanic Brewery raising a glass to 30th anniversary

AMBITIOUS plans are brewing to use the growth of interest in real ale to regenerate communities. Titanic Brewery, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, hosted a delegation of politicians yesterday(FRI) to discuss the growth of beer business. Read more: http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Titanic-Brewery-planning-expansion-30th/story-26059070-detail/story.html#ixzz3SZOzZ6IX Follow us: @SentinelStaffs on Twitter | sentinelstaffs on Facebook

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A Flourishing Friendship

The Friendship pub, Glossop, has reopened following a complete transformation courtesy of Robinsons Brewery and tenant Sarah Ozdemir.   The Arundel Street pub, located a stone’s throw away from the bustling High Street, is the second of Robinsons’ Glossop pubs to receive a refurbishment within the last 3 months as the Stockport based brewer continues […]

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Derby's Dancing Duck Brewery's Dark Drake stout takes top honour at National Winter Ales Festival

A DERBY brewery has been awarded the accolade of making the best stout in Britain at the national Winter Ales Festival. Dancing Duck Brewery’s Dark Drake was also named the third best overall beer in the country. Advertisement The festival returned to Derby’s Roundhouse yesterday, with 484 beers, ciders and meads for visitors to choose […]

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Stoke brewery toasts success after securing refinancing package

TITANIC Brewery is planning for future growth after completing a refinancing deal. The Stoke pubco and brewer is planning to open more pubs and upgrade its facilities. Titanic Brewery was founded in Burslem in 1985 and is owned by brothers Keith and David Bott who have overseen the company’s growth. It now produces more than […]

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