A former wine industry expert who swapped grapes for hops has joined Dartmoor Brewery to strengthen their brewing team and is en route to becoming the South West’s only Advanced Beer and Advanced Wine Sommelier. Ian Cobham, a former Chef Sommelier, will work alongside Head Brewer, Mike Lunney, at the Princetown brewery, which is famous […]
The Alvanley Arms, Cotebrook, is toasting to the taste of sweet success as it reaches its 1 year milestone with licensees Harry and Julie Challinor; who took over the Robinsons’ pub in February 2013. The Alvanley Arms itself dates back over 400 years, but in the current economic climate – with increases in beer duty […]
GEA Niro Soavi, the Parma-based manufacturer of homogenisers and high pressure pumps has appointed Moody Direct as an authorised UK dealer. GEA Niro Soavi, part of the GEA Group manufacture the widest range of homogenisers from laboratory scale through to high capacity production equipment for the dairy, food, beverage, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and chemical industries. […]
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The RateBeer.com website is widely recognised as one of the most accurate and visited sources for beer information and is an independent site for craft beer enthusiasts. It has recently announced its top 100 Brewers in the World list and Peterborough based, Oakham Ales, is one of the few British brewers to be named. The […]
The Bollington Brewing Company took part in the inaugural Manchester Beer and Cider Festival at the Olympic Velodrome at The National Cycling Centre in Manchester last month. This unique event was attended by hundreds of real ale enthusiasts from all over the country who were treated to the spectacle of Team GB whizzing round the […]
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) […]
From today, Dark Star Brewing Company, based in Sussex and Saltaire Brewery, based in West Yorkshire are launching a new classic European ale Bock 5.6%, the result of a unique collaboration between two of the UK’s best known craft breweries. Their combined brewing talents have worked together to create two new ales. The second will […]
Hollywood actor, Alan Cumming, has tipped his hat at this year’s Homecoming Scotland 2014, taking time while visiting Scotland recently to snap a “selfie” of himself tasting the official beer for the celebrations brewed by The Inveralmond Brewery in Perth. The impromptu image was snapped at the luxurious Fonab Castle, who serve a range of […]
Independent local brewer, Bath Ales, has unveiled a fresh new look for Graze Bar and Chophouse in central Bristol. First opened in November 2009, the restaurant was the original of the successful Graze concept – with namesake venues subsequently opened by Bath Ales in Cirencester and Bath. Robin Couling, managing director of Bath Ales, said: […]