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Life’s a beach – Olympic style – thanks to American brewer
By: JimOldfield
April 29th, 2012
Two Team GB Olympic hopefuls are being bounced on to glory… with a little help from a US craft brewer! Heathwick, the UK importer of American ales from Fordham Brewery, has gotten behind Beach volleyball players, Zara Dampney and Shauna Mullin, by helping with sponsorship as they compete in a series of qualifying matches around Read the full post…
Beer tax takes its toll in 57-million-pint beer sales plunge
By: JimOldfield
April 29th, 2012
Chancellor George Osborne has been blamed for a frightening 57 MILLION pint dip in pub sales over the past quarter, after he refused to freeze the “beer escalator” tax. The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) slammed Mr Osborne’s policies, after the Pub association’s quarterly Beer Barometer reported a six per cent drop over the Read the full post…
IoM leads ale fest charge with complete sell-out
By: JimOldfield
April 28th, 2012
The Isle Of Man’s first beer festival went down a storm – with EVERY single beer, cider, perry and wine selling out on the third and final night (Saturday, April 14)! More than 60 real ales went up on sale – but by the Saturday morning, half had already sold out and organisers kept up Read the full post…
Royal ale comes out with Ilkley trio
By: JimOldfield
April 28th, 2012
Royal favourite Ilkley Brewery is set to showcase its new Ilkley Jubilee ale, alongside three other new brews, at its first monthly Beer Society get-together of 2012. The society events were launched last year, and the next is on Friday, April 20, when a total of four new brews will be on offer – including Read the full post…
Historic Norfolk brewery’s ales are resurrected
By: JimOldfield
April 28th, 2012
The ales of an historic seaside brewery are set to be resurrected – nearly half a century after being shut down. Lacons of Great Yarmouth closed its doors in 1968 – some 200 years after its foundation in 1760. Local historian and retired vicar, Rev Eric Dore, was commissioned by beer distributors JV Trading to Read the full post…
Raising the bar on the perfect pint
By: JimOldfield
April 28th, 2012
Next time your pint of cask ale looks or tastes below-par – don’t immediately blame the brewer. There are plenty of reasons why pints can lose quality – with many problems occurring at the bar. Here Ruth Evans, chief executive of the Brewing, Food & Beverage Industry Suppliers Association (BFBi), outlines some of the biggest Read the full post…
Cup Final ales at footy club’s fest
By: JimOldfield
April 28th, 2012
Footy club Stafford Rangers hosts its annual real ale festival on the May Bank Holiday weekend, from Friday-Sunday, May 4-6. Along with a range of 18 ales, seven ciders and a host of fruit wines, there will be live entertainment – including a live High Definition screening of the FA Cup Final on the Saturday. Read the full post…
Pig out in Devon with Country Life ales!
By: JimOldfield
April 26th, 2012
A West Country brewery has launched its own North Devon Ale Trail to take lovers of its ales to the pubs that sell them! And the Country Life Brewery, based at the Big Sheep tourist attraction at Abbotsham, has even created its own “trail ale”, Golden Piglet, especially for the launch. The trail takes Country Read the full post…
Buy the world’s oldest beer for £100,000
By: JimOldfield
April 26th, 2012
Hand-Pumped WORLD EXCLUSIVE A SINGLE bottle of the world’s oldest beer is up for sale on eBay – at a cool £96,000. Its owner is parting with the unopened 1852 bottle of Allsopp’s Arctic Ale, to help fund the movie of its incredible story – which took it from England to the North West Passage, Read the full post…
500 good reasons Reading is heading for success…
By: JimOldfield
April 25th, 2012
A mind-boggling 500 real ales will stack the racks at this year’s huge Reading CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival, as the 18th incarnation of one of the country’s most extensive events of its kind prepares to get under way. The five-day festival runs from next Wednesday (May 2) until Sunday (May 6). Also on offer Read the full post…
