Ilkley Brewery has joined forces with Market Town Taverns’ managing director, Simon Midgley, to create a charity beer that will mark Mr Midgley’s fundraising trek to Everest Basecamp in October. The beer, aptly named Everest, will start appearing in each of the 15 Market Town Taverns pubs across Yorkshire as from week commencing 5 August […]
CBMS exhibited for the first time at this year’s SIBA exhibition where they showed their range of Chinese bottling and brewing equipment that is ideal for both microbrewers and larger brewers who wish to install a small line for new product launches. One of the first visitors to the CBMS stand was Keith Wright who […]
Residents at Colten Care Homes in Hampshire and east Dorset will be able to sample real ales thanks to a new unique partnership with Ringwood Brewery. The Hampshire-based brewery will help activities organisers at 15 homes to lead tasting sessions. It will also provide tasting kits and samples to for beer festivals and a variety […]
FlavorActiV, the leading global provider of sensory training and tools, has quadrupled its customer base over recent months and has moved to a new head office in Thame, Oxfordshire to accommodate its expanding workforce. A total of 2,500 breweries and other beverage production sites globally are now using FlavorActiV’s products and services. Much of the […]
Kathy and Tim Britton have become the first husband and wife team to become Beer Academy Sommeliers. The Brittons own the Oldershaw Brewery in Grantham, Lincolnshire where Kathy is the Managing Partner. A love of beer and a yearning to make sure that life didn’t just drift by prompted them to move from Buckinghamshire to […]
On the opening day of the Royal Welsh, Minister for Natural Resources and Food, Alun Davies, launched the new marketing initiative Drinks Wales at a reception hosted by Welsh Government and the board of this new organisation. Drinks Wales is a marketing consortium set up by and for the various arms of the active drinks […]
As a section of the Buckingham Canal gets closer to holding water for the first time in 75 years, Buckingham’s Microbrewery has teamed up with the canal society to launch a promotional beer. Buckingham Canal Water is produced by Buckingham Brewery. The brewery will supply the beer to order via retailers, free houses and the […]
Fuller, Smith & Turner has reported strong Q1 trading “aided by the recent spell of glorious weather”, with total sales in its managed pubs and hotels division up by 12.0% for the 16 weeks to 20 July 2013. For the full story, please visit: http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Company-City-News/Heatwave-helps-boost-Fuller-s-sales
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 […]
Leeds based Microdat, the UK’s leading supplier of process and packaging equipment to the brewing, beverage and food industry, are pleased to announce that Martyn Hingley has been appointed as Business Development Manager. With over 10 years experience in the brewing industry and BSc in Molecular Science Martyn brings a wealth of knowledge and experience […]