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Isle of Arran reprises Brewdog to stage huge expansion plan
By: JimOldfield
September 30th, 2012
Isle of Arran Brewery is hoping to raise £3.8 million this autumn with the first of three share offerings that will make it a PLC and increase beer production TENFOLD. Following the lead of Scottish super-brewer, Brewdog – and using the same lawyers – Isle of Arran plans to raise a total of £10 million Read the full post…
TrrreBOOM your tastebuds – with a fresh-hop ale!
By: JimOldfield
September 30th, 2012
York’s Treboom Brewery has produced a new ale, using fresh green hops rather than the usual kiln-dried ingredient. First Draft was produced at the Shipton-by- Beningborough brewery, after former research scientist and brewer John Lewis travelled to Pridewood Farm in Herefordshire, to personally collect the hops. Because of the short timeframe permitted between picking the Read the full post…
Sheffield ale trails launched
By: JimOldfield
September 30th, 2012
Sheffield’s ongoing bid to be Britain’s real ale capital is being back by a new Real Ale Trails venture, in which beer lovers tour pubs AND breweries. Each trail will take in some of the city’s best beer pubs and include either a brewery tour or a tasting session organised by a local brewer. Local Read the full post…
Welsh breweries on the increase as the nation’s pubs continue to close
By: JimOldfield
September 27th, 2012
The Welsh thirst for cask ale brewing shows no sign of slaking as 11 new micro-breweries open in Wales in just one year. There are now 52 micro-breweries in the country – a 27 per cent rise on last year. However, recent figures show Welsh pubs are still among those closing at a rate of Read the full post…
S Yorks brewery and ale fest both launch… in New York!
By: JimOldfield
September 27th, 2012
A South Yorkshire town’s beer festival AND a brand new brewery are about to be launched just a couple of miles away… in New York! Rotherham’s Chantry Brewery will produce its debut ales, at the first ever real ale festival to be run by the town’s CAMRA branch. And the whole thing will take place Read the full post…
Brewers in Kent go hopping mad!
By: JimOldfield
September 23rd, 2012
Brewers in Kent are going hopping mad in a dash to serve the country’s freshest pint – in a new festival dedicated to stopping the decline of the UK hop trade. During Kent Green Hops Beer Fortnight, 20 brewers will ditch their usual dried hop recipes – and brew new beers using fresh kentish hops Read the full post…
Beer lover Alan’s 15,000th pint is hand-made for him
By: JimOldfield
September 23rd, 2012
When Geordie beer ticker Alan Stobbs sank his 15,000th real ale, it tasted all the better for the fact that HE had helped brew it! Alan, 64, tours breweries and festivals around the country to sample and make tasting notes on as many beers as he can. And he’s so well-loved at his “local” – Read the full post…
Ossett hops off to Sheffield for a celebration of the green stuff!
By: JimOldfield
September 23rd, 2012
Ossett Brewery is hopping off down the road, to present a celebration of English hops … at its aptly-named Sheffield pub, The Hop! Beers produced with new-season fresh (green) English hops will feature, in a mini beer festival from Thursday to Sunday, October 18-21. There will be a minimum of eight ales on the bar Read the full post…
Drink a new ale… save an old ship!
By: JimOldfield
September 23rd, 2012
A campaign to restore the world’s oldest Mersey-built steam ship is helping fund itself by launching… a new ale! The hoppy 4 per cent bitter, Danny, set sail with a launch at the Ferry Boat pub in Runcorn recently, after restorers The Daniel Adamson Preservation Society (DAPS) teamed up with Frodsham Brewery to make the Read the full post…
Adnams weathers bad year to turn in profits rise
By: JimOldfield
September 23rd, 2012
Adnams has weathered its “most difficult year”, beating a failing economy and the summer washout to turn in a 5.5 per cent rise in operating profits. The Southwold family brewer made profits of £857,000 on a turnover of £25.8 million, which increased by five per cent. It boosted demand with new ales Ghost Ship, its Read the full post…
