So who’s got the X-Factor beer of Britain then?
By: JimOldfield
November 24th, 2012
Regional brewers are gagging to see whose beer has the “X” factor, as SIBA publishes the finalists for its National Beer Competition at BeerX. The brewers association has compiled its annual list of winning pints from its regional heats, after the Northern and Midlands champions were the last to be announced last month. The listed Read the full post…
New ales. and new deals…
By: JimOldfield
November 15th, 2012
Dark days may be here, but our brewers aren’t sleeping in – as you will see here… Award-winning Ilkley Brewery has welcomed in a band of women brewers, to create a new all-American IPA as part of a unique new “Project Venus”. The collective was led by Ilkley’s new lady brewer, Harriet Marks – and Read the full post…
Romanian thieves net 888 kegs… in two months!
By: JimOldfield
November 15th, 2012
A PAIR of Romanian thieves have been convicted of stealing £76,000 worth of beer casks and kegs… that they amassed in just TWO MONTHS! Married couple Toma Ciorba, 20, and his 19-year-old wife Diana Ciorba amassed a haul of 888 stolen kegs, which they hid at two addresses in Tottenham and Edmonton. London. Haringey police Read the full post…
New ales and 2m pints a year for Saltaire Brewery
By: JimOldfield
November 15th, 2012
Yorkshire’s Saltaire Brewery is now producing two million pints of real ale per year – just six years after it was set up! The smashing of the barrier – which equates to almost 7,000BBL per year – was marked at a special event at the Shipley brewery on Wednesday (November 14). The “Cask, Keg and Read the full post…
Obama’s beer brewed in Washington… ENGLAND !
By: JimOldfield
November 8th, 2012
As Barack Obama was being returned as US President this week, real ale fans in Washington – ENGLAND – were toasting him… with his OWN White House beer! Inventor Ken Oliver – who has built his own portable brewery, the “Beer Making Machine” – was called in to recreate the President’s own homebrew recipe, which Read the full post…
Candid CAMRA! Top beer ladies plug ale on the Beeb…
By: JimOldfield
November 5th, 2012
Beer sommelier Jane Peyton is going back in time tomorrow (Tuesday November 6)… to brew a medieval beer on the BBC! The Beer Academy sommelier is one of a pair of top women beer stars who feature on BBC2’s Great British Food Revival programme. And as part of the show Jane and her host, celebrity Read the full post…
Watchdog slams farm’s ‘childish’ beer bottle label
By: JimOldfield
November 1st, 2012
Organic brewer Laverstoke Park Farm has been rapped by an alcohol watchdog for labelling its beer bottles with pictures that appeal to young children. The “childish” drawing of a farmer on the farm’s beer and lager labels has fallen foul of the Portman Group, after they received a complaint from a member of the public concerned that the Read the full post…
Andrew conjures up a beer worth Thwait-ing for!
By: JimOldfield
November 1st, 2012
Cricket-loving beer fan Andrew Bratt hit the competition for six when his imaginary “dream pint” was turned into real ale by a top northern brewery. Andrew, from Manchester, bowled over the judges of Daniel Thwaites’ perfect pint contest, who chose his theoretical beer “Switch Hit”, as their next special brew. And as part of his Read the full post…
Special Brrrrrrew for Antarctic explorers!
By: JimOldfield
October 30th, 2012
Thirsty British scientists at the South Pole are to get their Christmas wish with an ice-cold in Antarctica – after brewers at their Southampton local invented a special brrrrrrrrew! The Dancing Man brewery at the Platform Tavern pub is playing Santa to a team from the British Antarctic Survey and Southampton-based National Oceanography Centre – Read the full post…
Make it snappy for pub photo contest
By: JimOldfield
October 30th, 2012
Pub photographers need to get snappy… as a competition deadline for capturing a slice of “pub-life” expires tomorrow! Saltaire Brewery’s “Pride in Pub Life” competition is looking for a picture which best captures daily life in pubs and bars. The best entries will be displayed in an exhibition, and the winner will also receive £250 Read the full post…
