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Sharp’s sailing the Atlantic again this summer
By: JimOldfield
June 12th, 2012
Cornish brewer Sharp’s is sailing its Atlantic IPA again this summer, following its phenomenal success last year. Year-on-year sales of the 4.2 per center rose by 51% last year over 2010, with 3,500 casks sold against 2,300 a year earlier. The brewer brought the top ale back from June 1 – making it available for Read the full post…
Government’s business boss wowed by Britain’s magnificent malt!
By: JimOldfield
June 12th, 2012
A top Government Minister has declared Britain’s malt producers one of the nation’s “best kept success secrets” – after a fact-finding trip to one of the country’s leading maltsters. Norman Lamb, MP and Under-Secretary of State at the department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) visited Crisp Maltings HQ at Great Ryburgh, Norfolk. And he Read the full post…
UK Beer Academy launches Aussie beer school
By: JimOldfield
June 12th, 2012
UK Institute of Brewing and Distilling (IBD) venture Beer Academy has opened a beer school for the Asian/Pacific region, based in Sydney, Australia. In partnership with Australian brewing consultant Brewtique, the Beer Academy has instituted courses aimed to “provide high-quality training that develops beer appreciation and understanding, leading to the delivery of greater insight, improved Read the full post…
Twenty ales in battle for national supermarket prize
By: JimOldfield
June 12th, 2012
Twenty ales are battling it out to win six-months of guaranteed supermarket sales, after Sainsbury’s announced its regional finalists in its Great Beer Hunt 2012 competition. More than a hundred beers, in five UK regions, were pitched into the effort to win a six-month national listing with the supermarket chain. They were evaluated by selected Read the full post…
Knife-wielding robbers bring horror end to inaugural beer festival
By: JimOldfield
June 10th, 2012
Beer festival organisers have been warned to be “extra vigilant” – after the first-ever independent Headingley Beer Festival in Leeds ended in early morning horror, with three masked thugs robbing a club steward of all the takings at knifepoint. The robbers burst into the New Headingley Club in the city at 4am on May 28 Read the full post…
Green-King celebrate beer-trothal with their very own ale!
By: JimOldfield
June 10th, 2012
When Green-King announced a merger, a top brewer stepped in with a celebratory ale… And bride and groom Louise King and Jamie Green found themselves toasting their wedding day with their OWN hand-made ale from the national giant which shares their new name! Greene King, the brewer, supplied 80 special bottles of beer to Green-King Read the full post…
Brewers benefit as sun, sport and celebrations bring beer bonanza
By: JimOldfield
June 7th, 2012
British brewers should gear up for a 330 MILLION pint booze bonanza if the sun continues to shine this summer! That’s the number of EXTRA beers that will be sold over a summer of sport and Jubilee fun, according to figures from Opinium Research. Opinium says its research shows that 27 per cent of Britons Read the full post…
Ale, food and cocktail trails come to Huddersfield fest
By: JimOldfield
June 5th, 2012
Not one, but THREE, food and drink trails are being launched in West Yorkshire, to celebrate the Huddersfield Food and Drink Festival in August. Real ale and local grub will be joined by six venues serving cocktails, when a cocktail trail starts on July 21. James Bond types will be able to collect a stamp Read the full post…
New refractometer to get to the bottom of your ABV
By: JimOldfield
June 5th, 2012
Sick of dropping those slippery, wet, £100 hydrometers when you’re trying to get to the bottom of your latest brew’s ABV? UK company Bellingham + Stanley has just released its new range of OPTi digital hand-held refractometers, which it says are simpler, safer and – thanks to the temperature-compensated digital readout – give more reliable Read the full post…
New ‘smell and flavour police’ will put brewers’ ales to the taste!
By: JimOldfield
June 5th, 2012
Tasting notes guesswork could soon be gone, as an expert tasting company tells brewers PRECISELY what their beers taste and smell of! Global taste management specialist, FlavorActiV, has launched a new expert panel tasting service specifically for brewers comprising 18 independent fully-qualified tasters who have been trained to recognise and scale over 40 different flavours Read the full post…
