Scarborough launches an ale festival
By: JimOldfield
July 8th, 2016
CAMRA’s Scarborough branch is about to launch its inaugural Scarborough Real Ale, Cider & Arts Festival, in conjunction with The Campaign for Real Art. The fest will take place from October 13-15 in the Old Parcels Office at the town’s station. The organisers are thinking big, with a planned list of 60 real ales and Read the full post…
Wheaty McWheatface is top wheat beer research vessel!
By: JimOldfield
July 6th, 2016
Hard on the heels of Boaty McBoatface being picked online, as the name for a new polar research vessel, the golden touch of McFace has struck once again! This time Wheaty McWheatface – the brand new brew of West Berkshire Brewery – has come out on top, winning the 2016 Imbibe Wheat Beer Challenge. Read the full post…
John Willie Lees racks up three records in ‘great’ year
By: JimOldfield
July 6th, 2016
Historic Manchester brewer JW Lees has had another super year – posting increased turnover and profits despite the uncertain economic climate. The Middleton-based brewer announced a turnover of £64.1m, up by 0.2 per cent on its previkous year. Pre-tax profits rose by 1.8 per cent to £5.7m and post-tax profits were up 9.9 per cent Read the full post…
Free bus rides, meal tickets for Huddersfield ale and food fest!
By: JimOldfield
July 6th, 2016
Have a few beers, some great food at the Huddersfield Food and Drink Festival… then get a FREE bus ride home! That’s the great deal on offer for locals, after bus company Yorkshire Tiger pitched into the festival spirit. The firm has promised a ride home to anyone who takes part in the event’s Real Read the full post…
Wye-ever not.. 24,000 pints come to Hereford beer festival!
By: JimOldfield
July 5th, 2016
They’re a thirsty lot in Hereford… and this weekend they will be proving it once more, by sinking a staggering 24,000 pints at the town’s 12th CAMRA Hereford beer festival! Beer on the Wye XII takes placed in a huge marquee alongside Hereford Rowing Club, which over the three-day weekend will play host to more Read the full post…
Scunthorpe serves up a bevvy of real ales!
By: JimOldfield
July 4th, 2016
The 19th Scunthorpe beer festival hits the road this year, with more than 25 real ales on the stocks for a four-day extravaganza! The ales stretch from the East Midlands and Yorkshire to Greater Manchester and the North-West, and they will be served up alongside ciders, perries and hot and cold food. Limited-edition, stemmed half-pint Read the full post…
Sink some Windswept ale at the Scottish Open!
By: JimOldfield
July 4th, 2016
Golf stars Danny Willett, Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy will have the chance to charge their after-burners with the ales of two former RAF pilots, when the European Golf Tour goes to Inverness this weekend, for the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open! The microbrewery run by the two former air aces has been selected as Read the full post…
Whitbread Pale Ale returns to London pubs
By: JimOldfield
July 3rd, 2016
Whitbread Pale Ale is to return to London pubs… after a 50-year break! Under a new agreement the ale, last brewed in 1976, will be produced again – under licence – by the Windsor & Eton Brewery. It is now available exclusively at the Draft House, in Old Street in the capital for the coming Read the full post…
Somme remembered by Castle Rock
By: JimOldfield
July 2nd, 2016
Nottingham’s Castle Rock Brewery has named its latest ale in memory of the bloodiest single day in British military history. Yesterday saw the centenary of World War I’s Battle of the Somme. To mark the dreadful day on July 1, 1916 – in which the British Army alone had over 57,000 casualties, nearly 20,000 of Read the full post…
Iron Maiden brew up another TROOPER!
By: JimOldfield
July 1st, 2016
Get ready to Run to the Hills of Stockport… Iron Maiden star Bruce Dickinson has brewed up another TROOPER! Dickinson – singer in the world’s biggest rock band and real ale buff – is back in partnership with Robinsons brewery… to design his THIRD brew in the Trooper range of ales. Following on from the Read the full post…
