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Richard gets by with a little help from his fiends!
By: JimOldfield
March 8th, 2012
Magna 2012 special report Not everyone would make a 650-mile round trip for a five-hour shift behind a bar… but Jersey brewer Richard Emery did exactly that – and what’s more, he did it for FREE! Hand-Pumped caught up with The Pocket Brewery’s sales manager and chief sparger, to find out what inspired him to Read the full post…
Festival-goers down a Magna of real ale!
By: JimOldfield
March 8th, 2012
Real ale lovers literally supped Rotherham’s “Baa’s of Steel” Real Ale and Music Festival dry last week… leaving fewer than a dozen of the 480 barrels delivered, unquaffed! A record 11,000 beer lovers poured through the doors at the four-day event – the largest festival of its kind in the north of England – at Read the full post…
No Moonshine… Abbeydale does double as top Yorkshire beer!
By: JimOldfield
March 6th, 2012
Abbeydale brewery has taken the title of best beer in Yorkshire, for the second year running, at the Rotherham Real Ale and Music Festival. Last year, its Absolution ale snatched top spot – and last night Sheffield’s top-notch brewers showed it was no flash in the mash tub as its golden ale, Moonshine, romped home Read the full post…
Brewers’ duel is joust the job for charity
By: JimOldfield
March 4th, 2012
A pair of rival breweries have staged a brew-off “duel” in aid of charity. Edinburgh brewers Stewart Brewing challenged nearby Clackmannshire brewery Harviestoun to make the best Black IPA (4.8-5.2 per cent) which was judged on Thursday (Feb 2) in a blind taste test. Stewart’s “hoppy” version came on top with 100 votes to Harviestoun’s Read the full post…
Eighty-plus ales in battle for top title
By: JimOldfield
February 29th, 2012
A staggering 80-plus Yorkshire ales lined up at Rotherham’s Real Ale and Music Festival at Magna last night to do battle for the proud title of Best Beer in the country’s biggest county. A huge team of some 30 judges, spent over two hours tasting the ales in seven different categories in a blind test. Read the full post…
The Coast Guard, the Diplomat… and the stately home brewery!
By: JimOldfield
February 28th, 2012
A nano-brewery run by a Coast Guard and a former United Nations diplomat has found a new base… in a stately home! The Brass Castle brewery has set up shop in Lord Halifax’s Garrowby Estate in East Yorkshire. Brewers Phil Saltonstall and Harriet Cross began brewing last August – with a a one-BBL plant in Read the full post…
Baa-nds turn out in force for South Yorks ale fest
By: JimOldfield
February 20th, 2012
Rotherham’s giant “Baa’s of Steel” beer festival organisers have announced a record number of live acts to rock next week’s four-day real ale and music spectacular. Drinkers at the 20th Rotherham Real Ale and Music Festival can watch 28 different live acts on three stages, as they sample more than 230 real ales at the Read the full post…
Benn there, sank the Titanic, got the T-shirt
By: JimOldfield
February 17th, 2012
Stoke-on-Trent’s Titanic Brewery has launched what it thinks will be a passport to beer sales – with its “Staffordshire Moorlands Blue Riband Pilgrimage”. Nine of the brewery’s top local pubs are taking part in an ale trail and are stamping special passports given to drinkers who sink a Titanic in them. For those who have Read the full post…
Winchester pub brews its own
By: JimOldfield
February 17th, 2012
Father and son team Clive and Andy Mansell have resurrected brewing in Winchester – by launching a microbrewery from their pub, The Fuflood Arms in Cheriton Road, Fulflood. Fulflood Arms Bitter goes on sale today (February 17) and the pair will then produce two barrels of the mid-brown 3.9 per center every week. Iain McIntosh, Read the full post…
Wax a great pint that was!
By: JimOldfield
February 17th, 2012
A beer company has celebrated its first anniversary, and its quarter of a millionth pint, with a glassfull of… WAX! The Scottish Borders Brewery set alight a specially-made beer candle at a party to celebrate 12 months of growth that has seen it supply more than 200 outlets in central Scotland and the North of Read the full post…
