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Romanian thieves net 888 kegs… in two months!
By: JimOldfield
November 15th, 2012
A PAIR of Romanian thieves have been convicted of stealing £76,000 worth of beer casks and kegs… that they amassed in just TWO MONTHS! Married couple Toma Ciorba, 20, and his 19-year-old wife Diana Ciorba amassed a haul of 888 stolen kegs, which they hid at two addresses in Tottenham and Edmonton. London. Haringey police Read the full post…
New ales and 2m pints a year for Saltaire Brewery
By: JimOldfield
November 15th, 2012
Yorkshire’s Saltaire Brewery is now producing two million pints of real ale per year – just six years after it was set up! The smashing of the barrier – which equates to almost 7,000BBL per year – was marked at a special event at the Shipley brewery on Wednesday (November 14). The “Cask, Keg and Read the full post…
Robbies turns to plastic for export push
By: JimOldfield
November 15th, 2012
Cheshire brewer Robinsons hopes plastic will be fantastic for its overseas sales as it turns to Petainer kegs for its latest export push. The family brewer is now planning to export its draught ales, after worldwide demand for beers Old Tom and Chocolate Tom soared since Old Tom won the “Best Beer in the World” Read the full post…
Secret yeast boost for the Republic!
By: JimOldfield
November 15th, 2012
Recent start-up Sunny Republic is claiming an international coup, as the first UK brewery to import a special Belgian Trappiste yeast – kept secret for centuries by monks! The Dorset brewers have used the Rochefort Abbey strain – used by monks to brew the world-famous “Dubbels” and “Trippels” – to brew their own Winter-warmer, “St Read the full post…
There was only one goal in this game… quaffing real ale!
By: JimOldfield
November 13th, 2012
It was the highlight of the drinking season in a South Yorkshire town… Rotherham’s first-ever CAMRA ale festival, featuring the launch of the town’s first new brewery in decades – and all staged in the town’s brand new, £20m soccer stadium. And as a sell-out crowd enjoyed a single goal – to sample a selection Read the full post…
Real ale meets its match… at footy stadium sell-out!
By: JimOldfield
November 13th, 2012
Real ale has met its perfect match in Rotherham – where drinkers went in droves to the new football stadium to score a pint at the town’s first official CAMRA festival. A sell-out crowd turned up at Rotherham United’s New York Stadium at the weekend – but sadly for the Millers, they were only there Read the full post…
Obama’s beer brewed in Washington… ENGLAND !
By: JimOldfield
November 8th, 2012
As Barack Obama was being returned as US President this week, real ale fans in Washington – ENGLAND – were toasting him… with his OWN White House beer! Inventor Ken Oliver – who has built his own portable brewery, the “Beer Making Machine” – was called in to recreate the President’s own homebrew recipe, which Read the full post…
CAMRA unveils Britain’s best-looking boozers at Pub Design Awards
By: JimOldfield
November 8th, 2012
Britain’s best looking pubs have been unveiled this week, as CAMRA picks its champions for the annual National Pub Design Awards. A judging team of architects, historians and pub campaigners have scoured the UK for the hostelries with the best “vision, imagination and a level of restraint in their design”, and have returned with four Read the full post…
Moch-a big hit from Batemans in 2012 beer hunt!
By: JimOldfield
November 8th, 2012
Beer experts tasted the difference in Sainsbury’s Great British Beer Hunt 2012 – and awarded a coverted six-month shelf stint to a beer brewed with coffee and chocolate! Batemans Mocha will now be in 300 Sainsbury’s stores after coming top out of 140 beers in the supermarket’s annual quest for the best new beers. The Read the full post…
Candid CAMRA! Top beer ladies plug ale on the Beeb…
By: JimOldfield
November 5th, 2012
Beer sommelier Jane Peyton is going back in time tomorrow (Tuesday November 6)… to brew a medieval beer on the BBC! The Beer Academy sommelier is one of a pair of top women beer stars who feature on BBC2’s Great British Food Revival programme. And as part of the show Jane and her host, celebrity Read the full post…
