Sussex craft brewer Hepworth Brewer & Co has won a medal in the International Beer Challenge, taking a Bronze for its Sussex Golden Ale, brewed exclusively for Marks & Spencer. Hepworths has been brewing for Marks & Spencer since 2008. The 3.8% ABV golden ale is brewed from Sussex Optic Malt, grown to Hepworths’ specifications […]
Save the Date Butcombe Brewery Open Day Saturday 28th September 2013,11.00am – 3.00pm Butcombe, the South West’s most innovative brewery, is once again opening its doors to celebrate the start of National Cask Ale Week. The event is the brewery’s way of saying thank you to the local community in Wrington and to all drinkers […]
The Red Lion Inn, in Cricklade, Wiltshire has been crowned the BT Sport Great British Pub of the Year 2013. http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/General-News/Great-British-Pub-Awards-2013-winners-unveiled
It was at a Hop Walk at Pridewood Farm, near Ledbury, Herefordshire last year that Ali Capper from the British Hop Association stood up to address 320 craft brewers from around the UK. And her message was simple: British Hops should be an important part of a brewer’s hop portfolio. And these are the reasons […]
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 […]
Welsh micro-breweries are thriving even though many pubs are on their knees, with 12 closing every week across the UK, research shows today. Eleven new breweries have opened in Wales in the last year as the nation revels in the craze for real ales. The Good Beer Guide 2014, published today, reveals that the UK’s […]
A total of 187 new breweries started up in the UK in the last 12 months according to the Good Beer Guide 2014, released by the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra). For the full article go to: http://www.foodbev.com/news/187-new-uk-breweries-open-in-the-last-12#.UjM1oYdwbnI
The pub trade could see the end of personal licences as the Government has launched a consultation asking whether such licences should be abolished. http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/General-News/Government-proposes-to-abolish-personal-licences
Four months after its maiden voyage, Ilkley Brewery’s Scandinavian-inspired spruce beer, the Norseman, is set to embark on its second endeavour with listings in Nicholson’s and Castle pubs, both belonging of the Mitchells and Butlers brand. From September through to November, the Norseman will be served in cask alongside other award-winning real ales and new-to-market […]
New brewery opens in Hackney Wick Truman’s, one of the greatest names in British brewing, makes its comeback this September with the opening of its new London brewery after a 24 year absence. Part of East London’s history for 350 years, an investment of £1million has seen the company re-establish its roots in Hackney Wick, […]