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Magna rustles up cash!
By: JimOldfield
October 21st, 2012
By Alex Vessey October 21 2012 It seems drinking is good for health, if you live in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, where real ale lovers sank so many pints at this year’s Magna beer festival, they raised enough surplus cash to re-write their own record books and give £40,000 to local health charities. Now organisers of Read the full post…
Real ale is good for the liver-y!
By: JimOldfield
October 21st, 2012
Hettie the horse demonstrates how real ale is not only healthy, but also good for the liver-y… as she tucks into a half of best local bitter in Rotherham! Hettie downs a half, watched by Magna 2012 organiser Stephen Burns (left) and chairman David Watkin. And there’s some real healthy horse-sense behind this picture – Read the full post…
Cask men trash big brewers in BBPA awards
By: JimOldfield
October 18th, 2012
Real ale champions ruled at the first ever British Beer and Pub Association industry awards, as cask brewers picked up all four new gongs. Brewing companies Liberation Group, Daniel Thwaites and Joseph Holt each clinched top spot in the three awards categories at the BBPA’s annual dinner last night (October 17). And Wychwood Brewery’s Chris Read the full post…
Ilkley ale bursts into Big Apple… in a small cake!
By: JimOldfield
October 16th, 2012
Ilkley Brewery’s ale has made it to the Big Apple, inside a… CAKE! The West Yorkshire team’s award-winning Stout Mary has found its way into a handmade Exquisitely Rich Fruit Cake – after the brewers collaborated with Leeds-based Exquisite Handmade Cakes. And the beer cake has been so well received that it’s now on its Read the full post…
Real ale brewers face down Heineken in BBPA awards
By: JimOldfield
October 15th, 2012
The shortlist for the British Beer & Pub Association’s first ever awards ceremony has been announced with independent real ale brewers heading the race for the gongs. Among the beer and pub companies vying for the three new accolades – which recognise “exceptional company and individual contributions to the brewing and pub sector” – are Read the full post…
Underground fire rips through malting plant
By: JimOldfield
October 15th, 2012
Firefighters were called to Essex maltsters Baird’s Malt yesterday (October 14) after a fire broke out in an underground tunnel. Crews needed breathing apparatus as they tackled the blaze at the Witham plant, which is Baird’s largest site and houses its HQ, shortly before 11am. However the flames were extinguished within 45 minutes. The plant Read the full post…
Muntons win world first energy standard
By: JimOldfield
October 15th, 2012
Eco-minded UK maltsters Muntons have become the first maltings company in the world to gain the prestigious international standard for energy management. The Suffolk-based company has also become one of the first companies in the UK to achieve the exacting ISO50001 standard which demands highly robust energy management practices and that tough energy-savings targets are Read the full post…
Super Hooper saves a beer contest!
By: JimOldfield
October 8th, 2012
A SIBA regional beer competition looked a doomed victim of the evil 2012 weather – until south London publican Jamie Hooper stepped in to save the day. The brewers’ institute’s South East contest was washed out when the summer floods hit Tonbridge Rugby Club, rendering the grounds – and in particular the SIBA contest marquee Read the full post…
Scottish pubs crash: one in five shuts in half a decade
By: JimOldfield
September 30th, 2012
While Scotland’s big independent brewers are ploughing cash into massive expansion plans, one in five Scottish pubs shut its doors in the past five years – with rural pubs in a nosedive, a new study has reported. The “Local Pub; Local Hub” report, carried out for Molson Coors, says that a massive 703 community pubs Read the full post…
Who drank all the pies?
By: JimOldfield
September 30th, 2012
Bolton’s biggest brewery is putting its ales in in the OVEN now – after teaming up with a well-known bakery to create a new steak and ale pie! Dunscar Bridge Brewery’s Dunscar Ale is going into the pies made by the nearby Greenhalgh’s Bakery, and baked in its Bolton town centre shop. The recipe Read the full post…
