Real Ale comes home at Burton Beer Festival
By: JimOldfield
March 16th, 2012
Real ale came home last night – for the 33rd time – as drinkers came in droves to the heartland of British brewing, Burton-Upon-Trent, for the start of the three-day Burton Beer Festival. Several hundred arrived at Burton’s magnificent gothic town hall to savour an eclectic beer list of 146 real ales, plus a score Read the full post…
Beers meet engineers at Leeds ale fest
By: JimOldfield
March 11th, 2012
If you’re looking for a drink in the north, this week, West Yorkshire is definitely the place to be – with TWO ale festivals taking place between Thursday and Saturday (March 15-17).Kicking off on Thursday is the huge, three-day Leeds Beer, Cider and Perry Festival – being held as usual, at Pudsey Civic Hall. As Read the full post…
Brewing ‘Oscars’ want to hear from you!
By: JimOldfield
March 9th, 2012
The world’s longest-established brewing competition, The Brewing Industry International Awards, has changed its name to The International Brewing Awards, as it gears up for a bumper entry for its 2013 competition. The next awards ceremony will be at the National Brewery Centre in Burton-upon-Trent, from February 13-15, 2013. And with expressions of interest flooding in, 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…
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…
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…
Dodgy beer in Cheshire
By: JimOldfield
February 3rd, 2012
A dodgy beer is being brewed by a Cheshire brewery in honour of a 90s indie-pop band! The Offbeat Brewery in Crewe is planning to brew “Stand Upright” in honour of the band Dodgy, who are set to play a gig in the town later this month. Offbeat’s head-brewer Michelle Kelsall is a big fan Read the full post…
Porkies and pints
By: JimOldfield
January 13th, 2012
For those who love a pie and a pint, Huddersfield’s Milnsbridge Socialist Club has the perfect event! It is holding its first Beer & Pork Pie Festival from Thursday-Sunday, April 19-22. Some 30 ales will be on offer – all themed around St George… and a selection of no fewer than 15 different types of Read the full post…
CAMRA Beer Olympics 2012 – the winners!
By: JimOldfield
August 7th, 0201
The Trawlerboys of Lowestoft’s Green Jack Brewery netted silver at the CAMRA Beer Olympics, with their best bitter coming in just behind Coniston’s No 9 Barley Wine, as the runner-up in the Champion Beer of Britain (CBOB) contest this afternoon. Trawlerboys is a 4.6 per cent ale, described as “a rich, malty and fruity copper-coloured Read the full post…
