The Orkney Brewery’s speciality Dark Island Reserve ale has picked up three gold stars – the highest award possible – at this year’s Great Taste Awards. Regarded as the industry Oscars, The Guild of Fine Food’s annual Great Taste Awards are the UK’s largest independent evaluation of fine food and drink. Each product entered into […]
For three years, Bromyard has hosted a Hop Festival to celebrate the beginning of hop harvest in the midlands. A celebration of the history of hop farming and the beers made with them, it also runs the World Championship Hop Pocket Race. Teams of 4 carry a 75 kg hop pocket (less weight for women’s […]
Innovative Peterborough based brewer, Oakham Ales, is the first in the UK to sign up to a new free iPhone beer app ‘Pint Please’ http://pintplease.com/. The app, already a success in Finland, shows where users can discover new beers, shows their locations, gives ratings and allows the user to give and receive recommendations on […]
Premium British Beer TROOPER, created by IRON MAIDEN vocalist Bruce Dickinson and handcrafted at ROBINSONS BREWERY in Cheshire, has won gold in the British Bottlers’ Institute Competition 2014 (BBI). Rocker-cum-brewer, BRUCE DICKINSON, has every music accolade under his belt worth having, but this is his first in the brewing industry and the fact that it […]
Participate at the Brussels Beer Challenge 2014 and register your beer(s) now! Don’t miss this unique opportunity and benefit from a discount rate until the 5th September ’14! The Brussels Beer Challenge is to its 3rd edition and will take place in Leuven, the beer city par excellence! Entries here Award-winning beers from the […]
Saltaire Brewery’s Triple Chocoholic Stout 4.8% ABV has won Gold in the Speciality Beer category at this year’s Great British Beer Festival (GBBF), taking place in Olympia, London from 12 to 16 August. The bottled version has also received an outstanding 2 stars in 2014’s Great Taste Awards by the Guild of Fine Foods this […]
CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has called on British breweries to revolutionise the way they promote their beers in pubs by making it standard to highlight what a beer looks, smells and tastes on handpumps. CAMRA believes this can help grow the real ale market after new research launched today showed 68% of real […]
Devizes-based brewer Wadworth is celebrating after its popular Corvus Stout was awarded a Gold Tasting Medal in the 2014 International Beer Challenge. Rewarding quality and celebrating excellence, the annual International Beer Challenge receives entries from more than 30 countries worldwide, boasting some of the shrewdest beer judges in the land – including retailers, publicans, brewers, […]
The Foundry Vaults pub in Llangefni, Anglesey, has been reborn following a joint investment from Robinsons Brewery and licensee Derek McKeon. The popular High Street hostelry welcomed back regulars following a refurbishment period that saw the Robinsons tavern closed for just over 3 weeks. The bar was established in 1819 and the brewery’s design team, […]
Tommy Atkins Traditional Ale has been brewed to mark 100 years since the start of the First World War in memory of those who were lost and in gratitude to those who served. There are four different labels each featuring the person’s war story along with a picture; all from the Royal Berkshire Regiment. We […]