Sharp’s sailing the Atlantic again this summer
By: JimOldfield
June 12th, 2012
Cornish brewer Sharp’s is sailing its Atlantic IPA again this summer, following its phenomenal success last year. Year-on-year sales of the 4.2 per center rose by 51% last year over 2010, with 3,500 casks sold against 2,300 a year earlier. The brewer brought the top ale back from June 1 – making it available for Read the full post…
Government’s business boss wowed by Britain’s magnificent malt!
By: JimOldfield
June 12th, 2012
A top Government Minister has declared Britain’s malt producers one of the nation’s “best kept success secrets” – after a fact-finding trip to one of the country’s leading maltsters. Norman Lamb, MP and Under-Secretary of State at the department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) visited Crisp Maltings HQ at Great Ryburgh, Norfolk. And he Read the full post…
Twenty ales in battle for national supermarket prize
By: JimOldfield
June 12th, 2012
Twenty ales are battling it out to win six-months of guaranteed supermarket sales, after Sainsbury’s announced its regional finalists in its Great Beer Hunt 2012 competition. More than a hundred beers, in five UK regions, were pitched into the effort to win a six-month national listing with the supermarket chain. They were evaluated by selected Read the full post…
Green-King celebrate beer-trothal with their very own ale!
By: JimOldfield
June 10th, 2012
When Green-King announced a merger, a top brewer stepped in with a celebratory ale… And bride and groom Louise King and Jamie Green found themselves toasting their wedding day with their OWN hand-made ale from the national giant which shares their new name! Greene King, the brewer, supplied 80 special bottles of beer to Green-King Read the full post…
Brewers benefit as sun, sport and celebrations bring beer bonanza
By: JimOldfield
June 7th, 2012
British brewers should gear up for a 330 MILLION pint booze bonanza if the sun continues to shine this summer! That’s the number of EXTRA beers that will be sold over a summer of sport and Jubilee fun, according to figures from Opinium Research. Opinium says its research shows that 27 per cent of Britons Read the full post…
Welsh dragon roars as brewers fire up a real ale revolution
By: JimOldfield
June 3rd, 2012
Wales is enjoying its own piece of the worldwide real ale boom – with a 500 per cent increase in independent brewers over the past decade. Cardiff CAMRA branch secretary Brian Francis told Hand-pumped: “Just 10 years ago there were no more than a dozen breweries in Wales – now we have around 60. “That’s 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…
Burton Bridge brews up its own jubilee celebration!
By: JimOldfield
June 2nd, 2012
Amid all the royal commotion, let’s not forget another jubilee – marked by a brewer from Britain’s Ale Epicentre, Burton-upon-Trent! Burton Bridge Brewery has just reproduced the beer it made on its first day in business… 30 years to the day that it first began turning out its excellent ales. On May 25, the Bridge Read the full post…
They’re all turning into micro-brewers!
By: JimOldfield
May 31st, 2012
The rise and rise of ale continues unabated across Britain – with the girls joining the blokes in the launching of new micro-breweries. TV chef’s wife Jo Coubrough has swapped her teacher’s outfit for overalls and wellies, to make her own hospitality waves on the East Anglian coast, by setting up Jo C’s Norfolk Ale. Read the full post…
