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Masham brewery celebrates ancient local tradition

LOVERS of real ale are being called to the bar to judge a new beer inspired by an ancient ecclesiastical court. Masham-based Theakstons have created the brew in honour of 24 local men who, since the 12th-century, have sat in judgment in the town’s Court of the Peculier, created and overseen by the Church. Known […]

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WharfeBank Brewery launches the Master Cellar Club (MCC) and celebrates its 500th brew

WharfeBank Brewery is launching the Master Cellar Club (MCC) a unique loyalty scheme designed to build long term relationships with Yorkshire publicans and to celebrate the brewery is creating its 500th brew –‘D’ (roman numerals for 500) a 6.6% ABV American IPA style beer. In 2008 the Wharfebank brewing team started out in a Leeds […]

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Lindisfarne Gospels Durham Beer Is Crowned At Bishop Auckland Food Festival

Sonnet 43 Brew House will have the honour of their ‘Insular Art’ beer officially representing the Lindisfarne Gospels Durham exhibition this Summer. The new micro-brewery’s ale triumphed after it won over both the public and a judging panel, featuring celebrity chefs The Fabulous Baker Brothers, in a battle of the beers competition at the Bishop […]

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WharfeBank Brewery Appoints Bottled Beer Sales

WharfeBank Brewery has announced the appointment of Steve Benton, who will join the business in the newly created position of ‘Bottled Beer Sales Consultant’. The appointment follows the brewery’s growth into the bottled beer market with a range of core beers and the recent contract win to create bottled beers for one of the nation’s […]

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Satisfied customer issues second order

The installation of an 18-18-6 Huanyu filler bloc, for still water, sparkling water and carbonated soft drinks, proved to be such an instant success with the client, that the volumes created necessitated the requirement for a new film only shrinkwrapper to cope with the higher volumes being bottled. Richard Portman and Mike Hill from Chinese […]

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Ossett wins leading industry award

Ossett Brewery has picked up the award for Best Microbrewing Pub Company at the Publican Awards 2013. The company were presented with their trophy by TV star Rob Brydon at an awards ceremony at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel. The awards, organised by leading pub trade newspaper the Publican’s Morning Advertiser, recognise the achievements of pub […]

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Ilkley Brewery Spruces up with Nordic Beer Launch

Working in collaboration with writer and beer sommelier, Jane Peyton, Ilkley Brewery has taken Scandinavian inspiration to create a spruce beer named the Norseman. The 5% ruby coloured ale has been made using locally foraged pine needles from spruce trees, along with Douglas fir needles and buds from Ilkley Moor. The beer has a soft […]

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North East Writer Inspires New Range of Beers

One of the North East’s most beloved writers is being used to inspire a new range of beers. Sonnet 43 Brew House at Coxhoe, County Durham, is creating a new range of cask ales based on the life and works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Elizabeth, who was born and raised at nearby Coxhoe Hall, was […]

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Beer and chocolate tasting wows Leeds ladies

A group of women in Leeds joined the growing number of female beer drinkers this week when the Leeds Brewery Tap hosted a pre-Easter beer and chocolate tasting. The tasting was organised by Dea Latis – named after the Celtic goddess of beer – a nationwide group aiming to encourage more women to enjoy beer. […]

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