Thirsty Magpies build an 80-ale nest-egg at footy club beer fest
By: JimOldfield
July 3rd, 2012
A town’s football club has teamed up with a local pub to stage a four-day beer festival showcasing more than 80 ales and ciders. EvoStik Premier Division side Chorley, nicknamed the Magpies, will launch their Thirsty Magpie Beer Festival, at their Victory Park ground from July 12-15, in collaboration with the Spinners Arms pub at Read the full post…
Ale, food and cocktail trails come to Huddersfield fest
By: JimOldfield
July 1st, 2012
Not one, but THREE, food and drink trails are being launched in West Yorkshire, to celebrate the Huddersfield Food and Drink Festival in August. Real ale and local grub will be joined by six venues serving cocktails, when a cocktail trail starts on July 21. James Bond types will be able to collect a stamp Read the full post…
CAMRA Beer Olympics 2012… the winners!
By: JimOldfield
June 27th, 2012
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…
Can mainland brewers bounce back at biggest ever Scottish ale festival?
By: JimOldfield
June 26th, 2012
The Scottish Real Ale Festival has reached double figures… and it’s celebrating with the largest ever showcase of the nation’s beer under one roof. The 10th incarnation of the CAMRA-run festival begins on Thursday (June 28) and runs until Saturday… with 186 ales in 212 casks, from more than 40 breweries, currently settling and awaiting Read the full post…
Stand by for Festival Fever… that lasts three months!
By: JimOldfield
June 24th, 2012
While most British beer festivals last up to three days, hardened drinkers in the Steel City can brace themselves for one that lasts… three MONTHS! Sheffield pubs The Harley and The Wick at Both Ends have launched the Twisted Beer Festival which started last week and runs until September 16. They are serving bottled beers Read the full post…
Knife-wielding robbers bring horror end to inaugural beer festival
By: JimOldfield
June 10th, 2012
Beer festival organisers have been warned to be “extra vigilant” – after the first-ever independent Headingley Beer Festival in Leeds ended in early morning horror, with three masked thugs robbing a club steward of all the takings at knifepoint. The robbers burst into the New Headingley Club in the city at 4am on May 28 Read the full post…
Ale, food and cocktail trails come to Huddersfield fest
By: JimOldfield
June 5th, 2012
Not one, but THREE, food and drink trails are being launched in West Yorkshire, to celebrate the Huddersfield Food and Drink Festival in August. Real ale and local grub will be joined by six venues serving cocktails, when a cocktail trail starts on July 21. James Bond types will be able to collect a stamp Read the full post…
Get yourself certified… as Britain goes Jubilee crazy!
By: JimOldfield
June 2nd, 2012
Where will you be when the Queen celebrates her 60 years on the throne, this weekend? More to the point, will you remember?! To help you, your landlord can now give you a special “Celebration Certificate”, personalised with a record of your Jubilee day out… thanks to the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA)! Britain’s Read the full post…
Get yourself certified… as Britain goes Jubilee crazy!
By: JimOldfield
June 2nd, 2012
By Jim Oldfield June 2 2012 Where will you be when the Queen celebrates her 60 years on the throne, this weekend? More to the point, will you remember?! To help you, your landlord can now give you a special “Celebration Certificate”, personalised with a record of your Jubilee day out… thanks to the British Read the full post…
Another rail-ly good idea from the Isle of Man
By: JimOldfield
May 29th, 2012
Fresh from phenomenal success with its first real ale festival, the Isle of Man has launched a Rail Ale guide to recommended real ale pubs within easy reach of its heritage railways. The Department of Community, Culture and Leisure’s Rail Ale leaflet is aimed at both residents and visitors. As well as a description about Read the full post…
