Robbies rocks on again!
By: JimOldfield
July 22nd, 2016
Robbies brewery aims to be top of the taps… after creating its second rockstar brew within weeks! Hot on the heels of its collaborating with Iron Maiden this month, to brew up Trooper Red ‘N’ Black Porter, Stockport’s Robinson’s Brewery has now teamed up with the local band Blossoms, to mark the musicians’ debut album. Read the full post…
Small beer… Hand-Pumped in brief
By: JimOldfield
July 22nd, 2016
Sometimes news, like beer, comes in gills rather than pints. Here’s Hand-Pumped’s latest round-up of ale stories in brief: New Prime Minister Theresa May has only been in the job a few days… but already she has her own BEER! Come What May has been brewed in her honour by Hieneken UK’s pub business, Read the full post…
York’s monster ale trail is back!
By: JimOldfield
July 20th, 2016
The World’s End tour has come to York.. and ‘appen there won’t be alien human-replicants, with bodies filled with blue blood BUT – there will be TWENTY-FOUR pubs to go at, on this monster ale trail! Thankfully, unlike the Simon Pegg comic epic, you’ve got six weeks – not a single night – to undertake Read the full post…
Stand and de-liver! New BrewDog beer offers organ donation…
By: JimOldfield
July 18th, 2016
Love ’em or hate ’em… the staff at outrageous Scottish brewer BrewDog are intent you aren’t going to igmore ’em. The latest stunt from north of the border is a “terminally hoppy”, 8.5 per cent double IPA that dies in just 35 days… yet is linked to a push for organ donation! Born To Die Read the full post…
Great news-ome! Jem the dog gets a makeover
By: JimOldfield
July 18th, 2016
Jem the dog has long been famous with real ale drinkers… on the bottles and beer engines of East Yorkshire’s renowned Great Newsome family craft brewery. And now he’s had a makeover, after his creators decided he was looking a bit dog-tired! There was no question that Jem might find himself put down, when the Read the full post…
BBPA awards deadline is looming
By: JimOldfield
July 14th, 2016
The deadline for entries to the BBPA awards for 2016 is looming! Brewers, pubs and other hopefuls have only until August 26 to submit their bids for victory in this year’s revamped competition. The British Beer & Pub Association and Pub & Bar magazine are continuing the partnership that began last year, and the BBPA’s Read the full post…
Jennings staff are cocker-hoop as brewery tours resume!
By: JimOldfield
July 13th, 2016
The Lake District’s Jennings brewery is finally set to welcome visitors again… seven months after being devastated by Storm Desmond. The Castle Brewery, in Cockermouth, disappeared 7ft of water when the River Derwent burst its banks in December. Brewing was resumed within weeks, after a massive clean-up operation. But only now are the brewery shop, Read the full post…
Brewers’ Brexit benefit? It’s possible, says drinks analyist…
By: JimOldfield
July 13th, 2016
Britain’s Brexit from the EU could have a positive influence on the UK craft beer scene, says a leading drinks industry analyst. Francois Sonneville, beverage analyst at Rabobank, says that, with domestic competition likely to ease as foreign competitors are affected by the weakness of the British pound, British brewers could flourish. However, he warened Read the full post…
Couple take home-brew to a new level by turning home into a brewery!
By: JimOldfield
July 8th, 2016
Ian and Emma Palmer have taken home-brew a bit far… by turning their HOME into a BREWERY! The Stoke-upon-Trent couple have spent £9,500 on building a fully-functioning brewhouse inside their home… complete with kegs and tasting area. They are now supplying a number of Staffordshire pubs and shops with their aptly named Bike Shed Brewery Read the full post…
Hand-Pumped news: pub roundup
By: JimOldfield
July 8th, 2016
The White Horse, in the tiny Lincolnshire village of Marshchapel, hosts its fourth annual beer and music festival this weekend. The fest – in aid of the Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Trust – runs on Saturday and Sunday, with more than 1,000 people expected to turn up. A total of 18 beers and ciders Read the full post…
