The multi-award winning Bollington Brewing Company is celebrating the successful launch of its third pub, The Cask Tavern, on Park Lane in Poynton, Cheshire. Following on from the Vale Inn in Bollington and The Park Tavern in Macclesfield, The Cask Tavern will serve a variety of carefully chosen beers, ciders and wines (many brewed locally) […]
Going with the flow means tapping into a whole new market for Cumbrian brewery. When your brewery is nestled between the rolling Howgill Fells of the Yorkshire Dales and the rocky peaks of the Lake District, it would seem almost churlish to not get out into the great outdoors at every opportunity. Meet the Stuart […]
A leading craft brewer is looking forward to bringing his strong, individual and tasty beers to Lancaster as part of a winter festival. Over 20 pubs are participating in the Dark and Winter Ales Festival organised by the Lunesdale branch of CAMRA (the Campaign for Real Ale), which runs from Monday February 3 to Sunday […]
A Manchester-based microbrewer believes real ale has finally shaken off the ‘old man’ image of the past. Carley Friedrich, who works for the family-owned Brightside Brewing Company based in Radcliffe, says real ale now attracts significantly more female drinkers. For the full story, please visit: http://mancunianmatters.co.uk/content/130114081-taking-beer-back-beardy-chaps-women-are-embracing-real-ale-says-manchester-microbr
Following a visit to the SIBA BeerX Exhibition & Conference in March 2013, Keith Wright, the Owner and Head Brewer of George Wright Brewing Company, based in Rainford, near St Helens, Lancashire, visited the stand of CBMS as he was in the market for a new bottling line for his award winning beers. The George […]
A NORTH West brewery boss has warned that campaigns to encourage an alcohol-free January could hit jobs in the leisure sector.David Grant, who runs Moorhouse’s, a Burnley-based brewery, slammed “do-gooders” promoting ‘Dry January’ and abstinence for the months, which is always a difficult trading period.He said: “Yes, many pubs have enjoyed good a Christmas. But […]
It has been 6 years since Prospect Brewery started to brew their high quality real ales in Standish and they have now started off 2014 with a completely new look. Never one to take the conventional route, Patsy Slevin, the owner of the brewery, has undertaken a total rebranding of the brewery’s image. Wigan based […]
THE rise of the real ale market in recent years has given discerning beer drinkers an endless choice when it comes to their choice of tipple. Reporter Dan Clough looked into what brewers across East Lancashire had in store for the Christmas period. Read the full story here: http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/10893674.Rise_of_real_ale_at_Xmas_celebrated_in_east_lancashire/
A Cumbrian motorway service area which is known as the best in the country has become the first to commission a specially brewed beer. The beer, which is aptly named ‘Tebay Blonde’, is described as “a light blonde ale produced from Marris Otter Pale Ale malt and a new British hop, 103, grown for its […]
Robinsons Brewery has today announced that their modern ‘Apprenticeship PLUS’ programme has signed up 50 applicants in the first 50 days – well on their way to 130 applicants by June of next year. “We’re off to an incredible start” said Beverley Ashton, Consultant Training & Development manager at Robinsons Brewery, “In just under two […]