Dawkins Ales and Exmoor Ales have taken home the two Overall Champion awards in the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) South West Independent Beer Awards, which took place last night at the Tucker’s Maltings Beer Festival in Newton Abbot. ‘Ultra’ by Dawkins Ales, a strong IPA brewed with American and New Zealand hops, was named […]
A Friends of the Earth campaign to help Britain’s under-threat bees is being given a boost by a honey beer created by Henley-based brewer and pub operator Brakspear. Honey Bee, a 4.4% ABV honey beer, will be available in selected Brakspear pubs in Henley from 1 April and then offered to the entire Brakspear estate as […]
Blue Monday – the ‘most miserable day of the year’ – is now an annual event, and was forecast for Monday, 16 January 2017. But relief was at hand, courtesy of Box Steam Brewery. The award-winning independent brewery, based in the jolly village of Holt, near Bradford-on-Avon, hosted a pop-up comedy festival on the streets […]
Established in 2006 by father and son John and Lewis Parkes, Red Rock Brewery has built a reputation over the last decade for producing some of the most innovative beers in the South West region. One of only two Devon breweries in the prestigious Cask Marque national award scheme, 2016 welcomed a SALSA accreditation to […]
Leading craft ale producer Dartmoor Brewery is the first Devon brewer to become a corporate member of Cask Marque, the prestigious national award scheme promoting top-quality beer. The brewery will be using the commercial advantages of its new Cask Marque membership to sponsor their permanent beer stockists towards their own Cask Marque awards, and is […]
Powderkeg Brewery, based in Woodbury Salterton near Exeter, has gone straight to the top with its first award, having won Best Lager at The Beer Awards for its pilsner ‘Cut Loose’. The Beer Awards are run by the world-renowned IWSC (International Wine & Spirit Competition), with the beers judged in a blind tasting by leading […]
Devon’s largest beer producer has been ‘Highly Commended’ in the ‘The Grichan Partnership Sustainable Business Award’ at the 2016 Lloyds Bank National Business Awards. Described as “the Oscars of great British business” by the Prime Minister, this year’s prestigious award ceremony took place in front of 1,200 people on Tuesday 15th November at the Grosvenor […]
Quantock Brewery, home to many of Somerset’s finest craft beers, have added a refreshing new drink to their range in the form of Copper Knob Cider. This much awaited gem is a fantastic addition to the selection of fine ales already produced at the brewery. Quantock wanted to produce a drink to excite the younger […]
The Golden Ale that started a trend and made beer history celebrates its 30th birthday in July with the brewery’s 10,000th brew. Thirty years ago Exmoor Ales (then called Golden Hill), created a special one-off beer to celebrate its 1000th brew. That beer was Exmoor Gold and it has been brewed ever since, winning many […]
New research shows 1 in 3 people would visit restaurants more often if they served a range of independent craft brewed beer New independent research released by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) shows that more than 1 in 3 people would visit restaurants more often if they served a range of craft brewed […]