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Ansells axe makes mild men bitter
By: JimOldfield
June 24th, 2012
Midlands mild fans have launched a furious protest after giant brewer Carlsberg decided to axe the famous Ansells Mild, after 131 years of tastebud-tickling. While a small keg production run is still in existence, mainly for the social club trade, Wolverhampton-based Marston’s – which makes the ale for Carlsberg – has halted cask production. Carlsberg Read the full post…
Nottingham beer boffins mass in Oregon for World Brewing Congress
By: JimOldfield
June 22nd, 2012
Ten members of the University of Nottingham’s Brewing Science faculty are off to Portland, Oregon next week – to tell the World Brewing Congress about their research work across all areas of brewing. The Congress runs from July 29 to August 1, and the Nottingham team will staff a stand at the huge exhibition, and Read the full post…
Brewdog rises… with a desire to hound “tasteless lager” to death
By: JimOldfield
June 21st, 2012
By Jim Oldfield June 21 2012 Never a brewery to mince its words, Scottish ale phenomenon BrewDog has just announced record growth and scores of new jobs… amid a merciless attack on the world of “corporate lager”! The Aberdeenshire brewery said it is set to recruit 40 new members of staff, set up a graduate Read the full post…
No dumb Blonde at Saltaire as top-selling ale powers big brewery expansion
By: JimOldfield
June 19th, 2012
Yorkshire’s award-winning Saltaire Brewery is on the up – with an exciting expansion plan, that includes a doubling of brewery size, an increase in production and the appointment of its first ever sales director. The West Yorkshire brewer is enjoying such a demand for its hugely popular best-seller, Saltaire Blonde, that it has decided to Read the full post…
It’s up and away for Butcombe’s new Rare Breed anim-ale
By: JimOldfield
June 19th, 2012
Bristol’s Butcombe Brewery has gone back to the farmyard to give birth to a new ale – created with the help of a top TV presenter. Countryfile star Adam Henson, who runs his own Cotswolds farm, has joined forces with the brewers to create a new ale, Rare Breed. And their baby took off recently Read the full post…
Now York and Norwich glug it out in scrap to be UK’s Ale City
By: JimOldfield
June 19th, 2012
It was always on the cards… but York and Norwich are set to glug it out as the key contenders in the bid to be the UK Ale Capital. York is planning to run a huge beer census on June 30 – aiming to prove that it boasts more different ales than any other city Read the full post…
Wye Valley opts for Yorkshire ‘value-for-money’
By: JimOldfield
June 17th, 2012
Yorkshire brewing experts Microdat and Watergate Construction have joined forces once again – to secure a “Yorkshire value-for-money” contract to build a huge new brewery in Herefordshire. The team behind the £4.2m Moorhouse’s brewery upgrade in Lancashire will now build a new fermenting room extension followed by the new 80 BBL brewhouse at the Wye Read the full post…
Thorne head brewer makes comeback over the border
By: JimOldfield
June 17th, 2012
When Doncaster’s Thorne Brewery shocked the real ale world by suddenly shut its doors last February, none were more stunned than Mike and Jules Richards. Thorne’s head brewer and his wife – who worked in sales at the brewery – found their household out of work at a stroke, as the brewery’s owner put the Read the full post…
Scots brewing army rolls out the barrels to attack UK ale market
By: JimOldfield
June 14th, 2012
Three Scottish Borders brewers have teamed up to launch a UK-wide assault on the ale market, under the banner “Born in the Borders”. In what has been hailed as a first for the Scottish drinks industry, the Scottish Borders Brewery has joined forces with Broughton Ales and cider maker Thistly Cross to pursue a drinks Read the full post…
Scots brewing army rolls out the barrels to attack UK ale market
By: JimOldfield
June 14th, 2012
By Hand-Pumped staff June 14 2012 Three Scottish Borders brewers have teamed up to launch a UK-wide assault on the ale market, under the banner “Born in the Borders”. In what has been hailed as a first for the Scottish drinks industry, the Scottish Borders Brewery has joined forces with Broughton Ales and cider maker Read the full post…
