British brewers lead worldwide push for responsible drinking
By: JimOldfield
July 12th, 2012
British brewers are featuring highly on a new Worldwide Brewing Alliance website to encourage responsible consumption. The new WBA site demonstrates how the global brewing industry is working to help reduce the harmful use of alcohol, and shows the shared global dedication to promoting responsible drinking and it provides detailed information about hundreds of brewer-supported Read the full post…
Sky’s the limit for mini-brewer Ken!
By: JimOldfield
July 12th, 2012
You read about him first on Hand-Pumped… and on-the-spot brewer Ken Oliver has now made it onto Sky News with his innovative Beer Making Machine! We featured Ken last month, when he launched his “world’s smallest micro-brewery” – a professionally produced 100-litre brew plant which he will install in your home for £1,650. Ken, from Read the full post…
Sharp’s is Doomed…to success!
By: JimOldfield
July 10th, 2012
Award-winning Cornish brewer Sharp’s has announced a staggering 22 per cent rise in sales of its Doom Bar ale phenomenon over the past year – making the brew the UK’s fastest growing for the THIRD consecutive year. Doom Bar is now available in 6,000 outlets in the UK and is the third largest cask beer Read the full post…
Lightning strikes eight times as ‘UK ale’ is voted best beer in California!
By: JimOldfield
July 5th, 2012
A Californian brewery has created the best craft beer in the entire state… after brewing it with a mix of ingredients sourced from the UK! San Diego’s Lightning Brewery topped 476 entries from 60 breweries across the state, to take Best of Show at the California State Fair Commercial Brewing Competition, with its Old Tempestuous Read the full post…
International Brewing Awards adds cider categories
By: JimOldfield
July 3rd, 2012
The International Brewing Awards is to add two cider categories to next year’s competition, after a flood of requests from brewers and cider makers. The world’s oldest brewing competition will now also feature categories are for apple cider and for cider incorporating other fruit, juices or flavours. Both will be divided into classes based on Read the full post…
Cornish coast brewhotel splashes out on casks to make its ale go further
By: JimOldfield
July 1st, 2012
Cornwall’s award-winning Driftwood Spars hotel-brewery has spent £9,000 on over 100 new casks, to allow it to target new sales beyond the county. Such has been the Spars’ success that the St Agnes hotel now brews 11 different ales – including Alfie’s Revenge, which won Best Winter Beer at the National Winter Ales Festival 2012. Read the full post…
Young sailors strike gold thanks to Palmers
By: JimOldfield
June 29th, 2012
Young sailors have struck gold – thanks to a charity effort by a big-hearted Dorset brewery! Palmers has decided to share its good fortune, since its Dorset Gold achieved cult status in the county. Every pint or bottle of the 4.5 per cent golden ale that is sold, sees Palmers give 5p to the Chesil Read the full post…
Asian sunrise brings jobs boost for Midlands brewer Holdens
By: JimOldfield
June 28th, 2012
The Rising Sun has brought rising jobs for West Midlands brewer Holdens – which is raising its beer production by HALF to meet astonishing demand from… Japan! Holdens’ astonishing success in the emerging Asia market has meant it is adding 25,000 extra pints per week to its current output of 50,000. The increase will mean 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…
