Drink more beer, win more prizes in Birmingham!
By: JimOldfield
September 3rd, 2012
Birmingham CAMRA has come up with the offer of a lifetime for Brummie beerophiles… The more ales you drink, the more PRIZES you win! The CAMRA branch has set up an ale trail involving 50 top pubs around the city. And there will be prizes for beer buffs who manage to cover 30, 40 or Read the full post…
Bentley’s Brew remembers Louth CAMRA hero
By: JimOldfield
September 3rd, 2012
Louth & District CAMRA branch will remember their former founder member and chairman, with a special commemorative brew. Bentley’s Brew will mark the passing of much-loved CAMRA man Jeff Bentley, who died in July. The ale will be brewed at the Fulstow Brewery, above the Gas Lamp Lounge in Louth, with brewer Phil Ellis guiding Read the full post…
Taxman slammed by Parliamentary committee over booze smuggling
By: JimOldfield
September 2nd, 2012
HM Revenue and Customs has averaged just SIX successful prosecutions for booze smuggling per year, over a four-year period, a committee of MPs has claimed. Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee said that there were no more than half a dozen court wins in the four years to 2009/10. The revelation adds to the controversy over the Read the full post…
Another year – another festival of great ale!
By: JimOldfield
August 30th, 2012
When Hand-Pumped offered two free tickets for this year’s Great British Beer Festival, in assocation with CAMRA, reader Adrian Pearce was lucky enough to come out of our hat first. And London-based Adrian was kind enough to share his good fortune – by writing a first-person review of his day out… complete with pictures. Here Read the full post…
Britain goes pop… with a fruit-flavoured beer boom!
By: JimOldfield
August 30th, 2012
It may leave a nasty taste in the mouth of seasoned real ale drinkers to learn that Britain’s biggest boom in alcoholic drinks is coming from the FLAVOURED beers sector. Strawberry, raspberry and even cherry beers have become so popular that sales rocketed up by 80 per cent last year. According to market research group Read the full post…
Brewers move up as real ale revolution starts to pull in young drinkers
By: JimOldfield
August 21st, 2012
Breweries across the country are rolling out ambitious expansion plans, as real ale continues to boom – to a new, younger audience. Sheffield’s award-winning Abbeydale Brewery is increasing production to keep up with the demand for real ale, with younger customers now acquiring the taste. The brewery has acquired two adjoining units, which will take Read the full post…
Unicorn bottles it to take top beer award!
By: JimOldfield
August 21st, 2012
Cheshire family brewer Robinsons took silver at this year’s International Beer Challenge – after the new-look BOTTLE of its flagship ale Unicorn, took the judges’ eye! Unicorn has been brewed since 1896 – but its newly-remodelled bottle scooped the silver award in the Design and Packaging category at the IBC. The brewery’s brand manager, John Read the full post…
Ilkley Brewery puts Dinner Ale back on table
By: JimOldfield
August 18th, 2012
A Yorkshire brewery has dug back 130 years through its beer archives, to resurrect a forgotten ale. Ilkley Brewery found Dinner Ale – a Victorian Pale Ale – in the records of the long-gone Ilkley Brewery and Aerated Water Company. The award-winning and Royally-honoured Tyke brewers have given the ale a new twist – using Read the full post…
Probably the best beer conference in the world comes to York
By: JimOldfield
August 14th, 2012
The man with arguably the best job in Britain is organising an international conference to examine the economics of beer and brewing. Beeronomics will bring academics and industry professionals from across the world to the University of York in September 2013. After an inaugural conference held in Leuven, Belgium, in 2009 and an outing in Read the full post…
Ale makers brew up cash for good causes
By: JimOldfield
August 12th, 2012
Brewers and drinkers are turning to real ale as a new solution – for raising much-needed charity cash for good causes. In Cornwall, two Skinners ales have been amalgamated to form a new, risqué brew to drum up vital funds for a breast cancer charity. Betty Stogs and Cornish Knocker have come together to form Read the full post…
