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…
Bangers and mash tuns as Princess launches new Jubilee ale!
By: JimOldfield
April 4th, 2012
The Princess Royal was the toast of the town when she visited West Yorkshire – among other things to check out the new Jubilee Ale that Ilkley Brewery has commissioned in honour of her mum, for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations this summer.Amid a host of flag-waving fans and schoolchildren, the Princess’s first port of Read the full post…
Monks’ beer returns after 220 years in Abbey-ance!
By: JimOldfield
April 4th, 2012
It seems everybody wants to brew real ale these days… and the latest band to take to the mash tuns are the MONKS of a North Yorkshire abbey! The Benedictine brothers at Ampleforth, near Thirsk, have turned back the clock 220 years – to produce their first “biere anglaise” since fleeing revolutionary France in 1793. Read the full post…
Steel yourself… for a right riveting Norfolk ale!
By: JimOldfield
April 3rd, 2012
Norfolk brewers are producing an astonishing pre-Iron Age strong ale, by using… steel rivets! The rivets – from a forge near Dereham – were heated to 1,600C in a furnace, before being used to heat the wort for 15 minutes. The result is the 7.8 per cent A Terrible Beauty is Born – which takes Read the full post…
CB ale breakers calling all girl drinkers…
By: JimOldfield
April 3rd, 2012
Two women business students from Cambridge have created the first ever girls’ ale! CB is a low alcohol 2.8 per center, with hints of peach and passion fruit, which is designed to attract young women to real ale. Its concept was invented by students Paula Albinana and Alena Linhartova, both 25. They presented their business Read the full post…
Peculier boss gets royal seal of approval
By: JimOldfield
April 3rd, 2012
Theakston’s brewing boss Simon Theakston has been made a deputy Lieutenant of North Yorkshire. Mr Theakston – executive director of the famous Yorkshire brewery – is one of six new deputies named by the Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, Lord Crathorne. The appointment was sanctioned by the Queen. He was chosen for the role through his Read the full post…
Rollergirls get their skates on to brew new real ale!
By: JimOldfield
March 28th, 2012
New Sheffield brewery, Blue Bee, was buzzing with activity this week – as a swarm of roller-skating Roller-Derby queens descended to brew a special version of its top selling ale. Brewer Richard Hough welcomed around 20 honorary workers bees into his hive, to assist with Amber’s Nectar – a variation on his Nectar Pale Ale Read the full post…
Great news from East Yorks brewer Great Newsome
By: JimOldfield
March 27th, 2012
There’s great news from Great Newsome – as the East Yorkshire brewery sprints into 2012 with a bevy of three new brews… and a European EXPORT drive! The brewery – based at Winestead, near Withernsea on the Yorkshire Coast – remains tight-lipped about its new porter, to be launched in March, but its new chocolate Read the full post…
A brewer’s directory of phrase and fables
By: JimOldfield
March 26th, 2012
Real ale in the modern world In the middle of the worst recession since the start of World War II, one industry is staging a revival that has stunned those pondering how to create new businesses and wealth. The real ale brewing business is bouncing back! Last year, as banks went bust and industries collapsed, Read the full post…
Hand pump at home thanks to Saltaire
By: JimOldfield
March 25th, 2012
Fan of the wine box? Well now you can get a BEER-box… from the award-winning Saltaire Brewery at Shipley in West Yorkshire. The brewery are offering 36 pints of their best selling Saltaire Blonde or Cascade Pale Ale for £45 – which works out at £1.25 per pint. That’s one in the eye for the Read the full post…
