This is the second year that our Business Awards have been scheduled to coincide with BeerX, SIBA’s annual celebration of all that is Great about British beer and the British independent brewing industry. BeerX 2014 is at iceSheffield – the Yorkshire city’s prestigious local, national and international skating and events venue – from 12-15 March. […]
Three award winning Yorkshire breweries have collaborated to launch a mixed pack of craft beer that has won a listing in selected Majestic stores. The ‘Yorkshire Six Pack’ features two beers from each of West Yorkshire based Saltaire Brewery, Vale of York based Rudgate Brewery and Wolds based Wold Top Brewery and represents the variety […]
The Beer Academy has made its annual award of “Honorary Beer Academy Sommelier” to recognise two people who have made an exceptional contribution to promoting the public understanding of beer. This year’s recipients are Mark Dorber and Anders Kissmeyer; Beer Academy Director, Simon Jackson said “Anders and Mark came to beer from different countries and […]
A BIRKENHEAD brewer is feeling anything but bitter after one of his beers was named the best in the North West. Peerless Brewing Company only started brewing its Peerless Pale cask ale this year – and it has now been named the region’s champion “standard bitter” by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA). To read […]
Not all aging is bad. 175 year old family brewery – ROBINSONS – has proved it still has what it takes when it comes to brewing excellence after being named ‘BEER CHAMPION’ 2013 at this year’s BBPA awards; fighting off fierce competition from the likes of Marstons, Thwaites and Molson Coors. Held at the Park […]
A Lancashire craft brewery has scooped three top awards at a regional beer competition last week. Cross Bay Brewery based in Morecambe more than held their own in the SIBA North West competition, winning three awards in the 15 categories on the night. Over 70 judges voted on the day selecting from almost 200 cask […]
After two great years of working together on one of the first music beer collaborations in the UK, Robinsons and elbow have decided that it’s last orders for ‘build a rocket boys!’ beer. Multi-platinum selling Manchester band elbow has recently announced a new studio album to be released in March 2014. To coincide with the […]
On 24th October 2008 Hallidays Business Advisers and Accountants combined their two offices in Manchester and Bramhall and moved into purpose built premises at Kings Reach Business Park, Stockport. They are celebrating this anniversary on 7th November with clients, prospects and team members. “Before the move we had already stopped using timesheets and were offering […]
On Saturday 19th October Wye Valley Brewery threw open their doors to the public for a special Open Day in association with h.Energy. Visitors came from as far afield as Oxford and Derby to experience a taste of Wye Valley Brewery hospitality. Over 600 people enjoyed brewery tours, where they were able to see first-hand […]
SEVEN Cumbria breweries have taken top awards in a regional beer competition held in the South Lakes. Coniston, Hawkshead, Stringers of Ulverston, Barngates of Ambleside, Watermill, Keswick and Cumbrian Legendary Ales, picked up 16 awards between them out of the 39 on offer across 15 categories at the North West beer competition, staged in Staveley […]