At Leeds’ oldest real ale house, Whitelock’s, Yorkshire’s multi-award winning Ilkley Brewery last night (Wednesday 6 February) launched The Mayan, the latest beer in its Origins range. Taking inspiration from an ancient Mayan recipe, this 5.3% chocolate Chipotle stout is velvety smooth and bittersweet with subtle smoky tones. Created in collaboration with food and drink […]
WharfeBank Brewery has won a long term contract to brew, bottle, sell and distribute beer created from the hops harvested from the grounds of Harewood House. The stately home’s ales will complement WharfeBank’s core product range as the brewery expands its operation into multiple retailers, bottling and export markets. The award winning brewery, situated close […]
A photograph taken in one of Bradford’s most historic pubs has been named as the winner of a pub photography competition organised by one of Yorkshire’s leading craft breweries. The image – featuring Yorkshire musicians The 309s – was taken in The New Beehive in central Bradford by amateur photographer and real ale fan Rob […]
Yorkshire’s award-winning brew house, Ilkley Brewery, has upped its numbers to 12 with the appointment of three new female members of staff. Harriet Marks becomes the brewery’s first ever brewster (female brewer); Alexa Jennings takes the role of office manager; and Claire Dunne joins the business as credit controller. All three appointments reflect the brewery’s […]
Burnley brewery Moorhouse’s has hailed a record-breaking Christmas with sales hitting almost 600,000 festive pints. The Accrington Road firm’s sales were up nine per cent on figures from December 2011, thanks in part to a host of national pub chains snapping up its Pendle witch-themed ales. The December sales success followed similar growth during November […]
Up to 700 real ales from across the UK will be served when hosts the Society of Independent Brewers’ holds its annual festival in Sheffield. The BeerX Festival is set to be one of the biggest in Britain – and is set to attract at least 5,000 people when it takes place at Ponds Forge […]
NZPA wins another medal, this time with a Taste Cumbria Gold Award. It was one of 40 Gold’s given to producers in Cumbria as part of the 2013 Cumbria Life Food & Drink Awards. Around 200 products, across 7 categories (meat, dairy, bread, desserts, condiments, beer & miscellaneous) were judged by a panel in November, […]
Hawkshead Brewery in the Lake District reports a 17.5% increase in production in 2012, comprehensively bucking the economic trend. Production rose to 5,250 barrels (190,000 gallons or 1.5 million pints). This level of growth was made possible by the brewery’s second major investment in plant and equipment in its ten year life. Hawkshead’s Alex Brodie […]
REAL ale is recognised as the only growing market in the struggling pubs and beer industry and drinkers in East Lancashire are blessed with a myriad of brewers. But sticking out among a wide range of micro-breweries and craft brewers are the long-established Thwaites and Moorhouse’s. Both have only recently concentrated more efforts into bottling […]