‘As tha’ been a-drinkin’ Joshua Jane?
By: JimOldfield
October 23rd, 2012
An award-winning Yorkshire brewery has called in two amateurs – to help make its next big ale! Ilkley Brewery took up the challenge of running a competition for HOME BREWERS – then let the joint winners of the Leeds Home Brew competition spend a day with the pro team, to help create its new nut Read the full post…
REVEALED: the formula for a perfect pint!
By: JimOldfield
October 23rd, 2012
But you may need one or two before you try working it out… Boffins have cracked the formula to perfect pint – by adding friends, snacks, mood and even room temperature to your favourite beer. Researchers have discovered that ultimate enjoyment of a pint, depends as much on factors including surroundings, music volume, and days Read the full post…
Ilkley ale bursts into Big Apple… in a small cake!
By: JimOldfield
October 16th, 2012
Ilkley Brewery’s ale has made it to the Big Apple, inside a… CAKE! The West Yorkshire team’s award-winning Stout Mary has found its way into a handmade Exquisitely Rich Fruit Cake – after the brewers collaborated with Leeds-based Exquisite Handmade Cakes. And the beer cake has been so well received that it’s now on its Read the full post…
Super Hooper saves a beer contest!
By: JimOldfield
October 8th, 2012
A SIBA regional beer competition looked a doomed victim of the evil 2012 weather – until south London publican Jamie Hooper stepped in to save the day. The brewers’ institute’s South East contest was washed out when the summer floods hit Tonbridge Rugby Club, rendering the grounds – and in particular the SIBA contest marquee Read the full post…
Who drank all the pies?
By: JimOldfield
September 30th, 2012
Bolton’s biggest brewery is putting its ales in in the OVEN now – after teaming up with a well-known bakery to create a new steak and ale pie! Dunscar Bridge Brewery’s Dunscar Ale is going into the pies made by the nearby Greenhalgh’s Bakery, and baked in its Bolton town centre shop. The recipe Read the full post…
Isle of Arran reprises Brewdog to stage huge expansion plan
By: JimOldfield
September 30th, 2012
Isle of Arran Brewery is hoping to raise £3.8 million this autumn with the first of three share offerings that will make it a PLC and increase beer production TENFOLD. Following the lead of Scottish super-brewer, Brewdog – and using the same lawyers – Isle of Arran plans to raise a total of £10 million Read the full post…
TrrreBOOM your tastebuds – with a fresh-hop ale!
By: JimOldfield
September 30th, 2012
York’s Treboom Brewery has produced a new ale, using fresh green hops rather than the usual kiln-dried ingredient. First Draft was produced at the Shipton-by- Beningborough brewery, after former research scientist and brewer John Lewis travelled to Pridewood Farm in Herefordshire, to personally collect the hops. Because of the short timeframe permitted between picking the Read the full post…
Welsh breweries on the increase as the nation’s pubs continue to close
By: JimOldfield
September 27th, 2012
The Welsh thirst for cask ale brewing shows no sign of slaking as 11 new micro-breweries open in Wales in just one year. There are now 52 micro-breweries in the country – a 27 per cent rise on last year. However, recent figures show Welsh pubs are still among those closing at a rate of Read the full post…
S Yorks brewery and ale fest both launch… in New York!
By: JimOldfield
September 27th, 2012
A South Yorkshire town’s beer festival AND a brand new brewery are about to be launched just a couple of miles away… in New York! Rotherham’s Chantry Brewery will produce its debut ales, at the first ever real ale festival to be run by the town’s CAMRA branch. And the whole thing will take place Read the full post…
Brewers in Kent go hopping mad!
By: JimOldfield
September 23rd, 2012
Brewers in Kent are going hopping mad in a dash to serve the country’s freshest pint – in a new festival dedicated to stopping the decline of the UK hop trade. During Kent Green Hops Beer Fortnight, 20 brewers will ditch their usual dried hop recipes – and brew new beers using fresh kentish hops Read the full post…
