Brewer’s first pub is CAMRA winner
By: JimOldfield
April 4th, 2012
A Yorkshire brewery’s first pub venture has been given a top slot by boozers. The Acorn Brewery, from Wombwell in South Yorks, relaunched the historic Old No 7 pub in nearby Barnsley as a cask ale specialist venue, after it was shut down by Enterprise Inns in 2010. A few months on, it has now Read the full post…
Beer and bangers for Anne on visit to Yorkshire brewing champs!
By: JimOldfield
March 13th, 2012
It’ll be beer and bangers for Princess Anne next month – after she personally picked out an award-winning Yorkshire brewery for a visit! The Princess Royal will stop by Ilkley Brewery when she takes in the West Yorkshire town on April 3, as part of a visit to the county. And she will launch its Read the full post…
No Moonshine… Abbeydale does double as top Yorkshire beer!
By: JimOldfield
March 6th, 2012
Abbeydale brewery has taken the title of best beer in Yorkshire, for the second year running, at the Rotherham Real Ale and Music Festival. Last year, its Absolution ale snatched top spot – and last night Sheffield’s top-notch brewers showed it was no flash in the mash tub as its golden ale, Moonshine, romped home Read the full post…
You’ve been Tango’d! Geeves beats them all at real ale festival
By: JimOldfield
December 4th, 2011
A fledgling Barnsley micro-brewery sailed into first place at the Mexborough Imperial Club & Brewery’s first-ever real ale festival, with its stunning dark ale, Tunnel Mouth. The Imperial team delivered a hugely ambitious first festival, in its own first year in business – showcasing no fewer than 20 other breweries launched within the past Read the full post…
