A LEADING Cumbrian brewer hopes his beer’s presence on the shelves of a major supermarket chain will help spread the word about the world of craft of beer. Infra Red, made by Millom’s Hardknott Brewery, is now being stocked by Sainsbury’s as part of its Great British beer hunt competition. Dave Bailey, who runs the […]
This month marks 175 years since birthday brewer Robinsons bought their very first pub on Lower Hillgate, Stockport, back in 1838. Now, Cheshire family brewers Robinsons are on course to deliver a planned spend of £3.5m on pub refurbishments in 2013, and have already committed to the same for 2014. “These are really exciting times […]
An award winning brew from Wirral’s fast growing Peerless Brewing Company has been hailed a world beater. The Peerless brew ‘Full Whack’ (6%abv) has made it to a top ranking in the latest international beer guide book from top beer expert and author Roger Protz. The newly released 300 More Beers To Try Before You Die […]
Listing with two of the UK’s biggest pub chain for beer competition winner One North West brewer could get the listing of a lifetime after pub chain JD Wetherspoon threw its support behind the SIBA North West Region Beer Competition and Festival. For the first time ever, the Overall Champion beer from a SIBA regional contest will be invited to supply JD […]
Moorhouse’s, the Lancashire brewer and pub operator, saw sales continue to rise last year, with turnover up 18% to £4.5m in the 12 months to 30 September 2012. For the full article, please visit: http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Company-City-News/Moorhouse-s-turnover-rises-18
Halewood International and TicketyBrew announced they have reached an agreement with regard to the trade mark ‘Tickety boo’ and application to register ‘TicketyBrew’ in the same category, alcoholic beverages. For the full story, please visit: http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Drinks-Brands-News/Crabbie-s-owner-Halewood-drops-threat-of-action-against-brewery-TicketyBrew
Three months after launching a new 4.8% beer with Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson, Robinsons Brewery and its pubs are already seeing the effect that TROOPER and its loyal fans can have on beer sales… a 14%+ effect to be exact. “When we launched TROOPER we decided to give 20 Robinsons pubs an exclusive VIP […]
Cumbria’s Hawkshead Brewery is celebrating winning a 2013 Great Taste award for its latest bottled beer – Windermere Pale, even before it has gone on sale. Judges described the beer as “incredibly enticing”. Windermere Pale, on draught, is already a multi-award winning cask beer. This slightly stronger bottled version, has already won through to the […]
THE boss of Cumbria’s Hardknott Brewery says he is being forced to sell his award winning beers overseas due to a “saturated” local market where breweries are increasingly competing on price rather than quality. Brewer Dave Bailey and wife Ann travelled to the International Craft Brewing and Distilling Convention in Dublin last week and won […]
Robinsons has produced the millionth pint of Iron Maiden’s Trooper ale just eight weeks after the launch. The Cheshire brewery predicted it would hit the million pint mark in early 2014 but have been astonished at the demand for the legendary rock band’s 4.7% abv ale. For more information, please visit: http://offlicencenews.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/13473/New_Iron_Maiden_beer_hits_one_million_pint_mark.html