Adnams low-alcohol beers ginger up those office leaving dos!
By: JimOldfield
August 12th, 2012
East Anglian brewer Adnams has launched two new low-alcohol bottled beers, to help those who like a drink with work colleagues at lunchtime or at close of play – but worry about going over the drink-drive limit. Ginger Beer comes in at just 2.5 per cent ABV – while its stable mate, Sole Star, tips Read the full post…
Memorial ale for tragic quizmaster Andy
By: JimOldfield
August 12th, 2012
Two brewers have created a special ale, in memory of one of their regulars who died suddenly aged just 27. Caterer Andy Adams suffered a brain haemorrhage at his home in Derby. His body was only discovered when he failed to turn up for work and police forced their way into his house. Derby CAMRA Read the full post…
Coniston’s heavy water takes gold at CAMRA Beer Olympics 2012!
By: JimOldfield
August 7th, 2012
Forget the stuff going on down the road at Stratford – the REAL Olympics were held by CAMRA today, when the annual Great British Beer Festival opened at… Olympia! And it was the Cumbrians of Coniston Brewing Company who wowed a packed hall by being named as the Champion Beer of Britain (CBOB) with a Read the full post…
Cor! Whew! Greek ale wows Wetherspoons!
By: JimOldfield
August 7th, 2012
A Corfu beer has topped a Wetherspoon international taste test, and has been named as the chain’s official beer throughout the London Olympics. Koroibos Ale is produced by the Corfiot Brewery, located in the Arilla district of the Greek holiday island. The ale was named after the runner Koroibos who took part in the first Read the full post…
Cor! Phew! Greek ale wows Wetherspoons!
By: JimOldfield
August 7th, 2012
A Corfu beer has topped a Wetherspoon international taste test, and has been named as the chain’s official beer throughout the London Olympics. Koroibos Ale is produced by the Corfiot Brewery, located in the Arilla district of the Greek holiday island. The ale was named after the runner Koroibos who took part in the first Read the full post…
Brewdog’s steroid ale is curs of the Olympics!
By: JimOldfield
August 5th, 2012
Rebellious brewers Brewdog have gotten so pumped up about the Olympics’ controversial fast-food sponsorship deals, that they’ve made an ale which could get athletes banned for doping. In a defiant gesture against the strict Olympics commercial rules, the controversial brewery has launched its limited-edition “Never Mind The Anabolics” – a 6.5 per cent IPA that Read the full post…
Americans invade Great British Beer Festival
By: JimOldfield
August 5th, 2012
Britain’s biggest pub opens its doors on Tuesday, when Olympia welcomes back CAMRA’s Great British Beer Festival. And with organisers in a race against time to get on board the promised EIGHT HUNDRED different ales, this year sees a veritable Yank ale invasion. The first incarnation of the beer list was made public last week Read the full post…
CAMRA champ Harvest Pale is the rock to found a castle on!
By: JimOldfield
July 29th, 2012
Castle Rock’s Harvest Pale ale has brought in a bumper crop for the Nottingham brewery – by helping boost its turnover by more than £1m! Winning CAMRA’s Supreme Champion Beer of Britain title at the GBBF in August 2010 was the springboard to Harvest Pale’s success, and over the year to last March its sales Read the full post…
Meet Britain’s first lady know-it-ales!
By: JimOldfield
July 22nd, 2012
It’s official… Britain has just unveiled its first two women real ale know-it-alls! Sophie Atherton and Annabel Smith have become the country’s first accredited female Beer Sommeliers, after passing an exacting exam under the watchful eye of Beer Academy Chief Examiner, Dr George Philliskirk. The Beer Sommelier qualification – launched by the academy just six Read the full post…
Hand-Pumped emerges victorious from international ‘Dragons Den’
By: JimOldfield
July 17th, 2012
It’s official: a “Dragon’s Den” of media experts has agreed on what you already know… Your Hand-Pumped website has been judged to be a winning digital venture – by a university and business project spanning three continents! This site, which only launched in March, has been picked as one of just six businesses to receive Read the full post…
