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Tatton brews up a Sessions Ale… for a Sessions House!
By: JimOldfield
September 9th, 2012
Cheshire’s Tatton Brewery is doing its bit for a new local pub/restaurant which opens its doors tomorrow (Monday, September 10)… by brewing a special ale for it! The Old Sessions House will celebrate with the launch of its own Sessions Ale, when it begins trading in Knutsford. The Old Sessions House. The former Red Cow Read the full post…
Heart of Oak takes to the plains of Spain!
By: JimOldfield
September 9th, 2012
Spain’s new-found love affair with English ale has lighted on the capital of brewing, Burton-upon-Trent… And the Spaniards will soon be enjoying their own Burton-style ale, after Brit brewer John Saville – from the Burton Old Cottage Beer Company – flew to Madrid to launch a microbrewery there. The idea is the brainchild of Spaniard Read the full post…
Otter seals Good Pub Guide title
By: JimOldfield
September 9th, 2012
Devon’s Otter Brewery has won the Good Pub Guide’s Brewery of the Year title for 2012. The family brewery, based near Honiton, was honoured after guide reviewers fell for its ales, made from water drawn from its own local springs. They said: “It was over 20 years ago that we first came across a nicely-named Read the full post…
Ian parks his garage job… to be a brewer!
By: JimOldfield
September 9th, 2012
When career mechanic Ian Blaylock got so sick of his job he couldn’t face fixing another car, he was driven to drink…and opened a brewery in his garage! And on Friday (September 7), the 42-year-old served Doncaster Brewery’s first two ales to a packed pub in his home town.. Drinkers lapped up Sand House, a Read the full post…
Quills in the ink… it’s beer writing award time again!
By: JimOldfield
September 6th, 2012
Calling all you beer writers – it’s time to put down your pint pots and sharpen those quills! The British Guild of Beer Writers has just announced its star panel of judges for this year’s awards. And for those of you still changing your typewriter ribbons, there’s no excuse not to get an effort submitted… Read the full post…
Honey, I drunk the fizz!
By: JimOldfield
September 4th, 2012
Love him or hate him, it seems you can’t knock Barack Obama’s taste in alcoholic drinks. For the American President has taken to home brewing… in his kitchen at the White House! And in the best US traditions of openness, he’s even revealed his secret ale recipes to the nation – with complete brewing instructions Read the full post…
Drink more beer, win more prizes in Birmingham!
By: JimOldfield
September 3rd, 2012
Birmingham CAMRA has come up with the offer of a lifetime for Brummie beerophiles… The more ales you drink, the more PRIZES you win! The CAMRA branch has set up an ale trail involving 50 top pubs around the city. And there will be prizes for beer buffs who manage to cover 30, 40 or Read the full post…
Sharp’s brews new lager from the garden of Eden!
By: JimOldfield
September 3rd, 2012
Cornish brewer Sharp’s has teamed up once more with the county’s world-famous Eden Project, to create a new Cornish Pilsner. Following the success of the collaboration Eden Ale, Sharp’s head brewer Stuart Howe again turned to the project’s horticulture team, to supply the English thyme that gives Cornish Pilsner a distinctive flavour. A pale straw Read the full post…
Bentley’s Brew remembers Louth CAMRA hero
By: JimOldfield
September 3rd, 2012
Louth & District CAMRA branch will remember their former founder member and chairman, with a special commemorative brew. Bentley’s Brew will mark the passing of much-loved CAMRA man Jeff Bentley, who died in July. The ale will be brewed at the Fulstow Brewery, above the Gas Lamp Lounge in Louth, with brewer Phil Ellis guiding Read the full post…
Another past master from the Fuller’s drawing board
By: JimOldfield
September 3rd, 2012
London family brewer Fuller’s has produced its third “Past Master” ale, drawn from its historic brewing book. The brewery has embarked on reproducing a Past Masters range of its historic ales – brewed precisely to the specifications recorded by the company, decades earlier. The latest Past Master is the 7.3 per cent Old Burton Extra Read the full post…
