Storm in a pint pot… as new mini-micro brewery launched
By: JimOldfield
May 3rd, 2012
Hand-Pumped EXCLUSIVE Those who thought “proper” beer-making couldn’t get smaller… think again. For back-shed-brewer Ken Oliver is marketing the “world’s smallest brewery” – a MINI-micro set-up that will easily fit in a corner of your home office, yet turn out 100 litres of commercial-standard ale! Ken’s Beer Making Machine comes in at well under two Read the full post…
Life’s a beach – Olympic style – thanks to American brewer
By: JimOldfield
April 29th, 2012
Two Team GB Olympic hopefuls are being bounced on to glory… with a little help from a US craft brewer! Heathwick, the UK importer of American ales from Fordham Brewery, has gotten behind Beach volleyball players, Zara Dampney and Shauna Mullin, by helping with sponsorship as they compete in a series of qualifying matches around Read the full post…
Beer tax takes its toll in 57-million-pint beer sales plunge
By: JimOldfield
April 29th, 2012
Chancellor George Osborne has been blamed for a frightening 57 MILLION pint dip in pub sales over the past quarter, after he refused to freeze the “beer escalator” tax. The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) slammed Mr Osborne’s policies, after the Pub association’s quarterly Beer Barometer reported a six per cent drop over the Read the full post…
Royal ale comes out with Ilkley trio
By: JimOldfield
April 28th, 2012
Royal favourite Ilkley Brewery is set to showcase its new Ilkley Jubilee ale, alongside three other new brews, at its first monthly Beer Society get-together of 2012. The society events were launched last year, and the next is on Friday, April 20, when a total of four new brews will be on offer – including Read the full post…
Historic Norfolk brewery’s ales are resurrected
By: JimOldfield
April 28th, 2012
The ales of an historic seaside brewery are set to be resurrected – nearly half a century after being shut down. Lacons of Great Yarmouth closed its doors in 1968 – some 200 years after its foundation in 1760. Local historian and retired vicar, Rev Eric Dore, was commissioned by beer distributors JV Trading to Read the full post…
Pig out in Devon with Country Life ales!
By: JimOldfield
April 26th, 2012
A West Country brewery has launched its own North Devon Ale Trail to take lovers of its ales to the pubs that sell them! And the Country Life Brewery, based at the Big Sheep tourist attraction at Abbotsham, has even created its own “trail ale”, Golden Piglet, especially for the launch. The trail takes Country Read the full post…
Wold Top tops for tourism
By: JimOldfield
April 21st, 2012
East Yorkshire micro-brewers Wold Top Brewery Wolds have won a top local tourism award. The brewery based at Wold Newton, near the seaside resort of Filey, took the Remarkable Fayre award at the Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism Awards (REYTAs). The brewery produces 16 cask ales and eight bottled beers. Hand-pumped link www.woldtopbrewery.co.uk
Revolutions brewery cuts a new single for Record Store Day
By: JimOldfield
April 20th, 2012
Yorkshire’s musical beer makers, the Revolutions Brewing Co, joined the global celebration of Record Store Day on Saturday (April 21) – by producing a special beer to mark the fifth such event. The Day – an annual celebration of the independently-owned record shops – takes place on the third Saturday of every April. Special vinyl, Read the full post…
6X for Wadworth’s green policy
By: JimOldfield
April 17th, 2012
Wiltshire brewer Wadworth has won a silver medal for its ongoing commitment to green initiatives – and has been nominated for a further award by public assent. The Devizes brewery’s visitor centre won the silver in the National Sustainable Tourism Certificate scheme. It has also been nominated in the community vote section of this year’s Read the full post…
Hail the micro-pub as real ale houses return to the UK
By: JimOldfield
April 17th, 2012
After the revolution of the micro-brewery comes… the micro-pub! And it’s already spreading like wildfire across southern England – as our drinking hostelries return to their one-arm-bandit-and-TV-free days of yore. No frills – just seats, tables, beer and bog! That’s Martyn’s prototype micro-pub, the Butchers Arms.After the revolution of the micro-brewery comes… the micro-pub! It Read the full post…
