Brewers move up as real ale revolution starts to pull in young drinkers
By: JimOldfield
August 21st, 2012
Breweries across the country are rolling out ambitious expansion plans, as real ale continues to boom – to a new, younger audience. Sheffield’s award-winning Abbeydale Brewery is increasing production to keep up with the demand for real ale, with younger customers now acquiring the taste. The brewery has acquired two adjoining units, which will take Read the full post…
Unicorn bottles it to take top beer award!
By: JimOldfield
August 21st, 2012
Cheshire family brewer Robinsons took silver at this year’s International Beer Challenge – after the new-look BOTTLE of its flagship ale Unicorn, took the judges’ eye! Unicorn has been brewed since 1896 – but its newly-remodelled bottle scooped the silver award in the Design and Packaging category at the IBC. The brewery’s brand manager, John Read the full post…
Ilkley Brewery puts Dinner Ale back on table
By: JimOldfield
August 18th, 2012
A Yorkshire brewery has dug back 130 years through its beer archives, to resurrect a forgotten ale. Ilkley Brewery found Dinner Ale – a Victorian Pale Ale – in the records of the long-gone Ilkley Brewery and Aerated Water Company. The award-winning and Royally-honoured Tyke brewers have given the ale a new twist – using Read the full post…
Toxic fungus found on brewing barley
By: JimOldfield
August 14th, 2012
Alternaria fungi have been found in a wide variety of crops including malting barley, Campden BRI’s brewing division is warning. Some species can produce toxins and the European Food Safety Authority has undertaken a survey. It has reported the presence of these toxins in alcoholic beverages – as well as fruit, vegetable juices, grain-based products, Read the full post…
Probably the best beer conference in the world comes to York
By: JimOldfield
August 14th, 2012
The man with arguably the best job in Britain is organising an international conference to examine the economics of beer and brewing. Beeronomics will bring academics and industry professionals from across the world to the University of York in September 2013. After an inaugural conference held in Leuven, Belgium, in 2009 and an outing in Read the full post…
Jake gets on his bike to land his dream job
By: JimOldfield
August 14th, 2012
Jake Oulsnam got on his bike to research his favourite subject – beer… and his initiative has landed him with what he thinks is probably the best apprenticeship in the country! For Jake, 23, has been taken on as a trainee brewer at the Titanic Brewery in Stoke, after benefitting from the Government’s drive to Read the full post…
Ale makers brew up cash for good causes
By: JimOldfield
August 12th, 2012
Brewers and drinkers are turning to real ale as a new solution – for raising much-needed charity cash for good causes. In Cornwall, two Skinners ales have been amalgamated to form a new, risqué brew to drum up vital funds for a breast cancer charity. Betty Stogs and Cornish Knocker have come together to form Read the full post…
Adnams low-alcohol beers ginger up those office leaving dos!
By: JimOldfield
August 12th, 2012
East Anglian brewer Adnams has launched two new low-alcohol bottled beers, to help those who like a drink with work colleagues at lunchtime or at close of play – but worry about going over the drink-drive limit. Ginger Beer comes in at just 2.5 per cent ABV – while its stable mate, Sole Star, tips Read the full post…
Memorial ale for tragic quizmaster Andy
By: JimOldfield
August 12th, 2012
Two brewers have created a special ale, in memory of one of their regulars who died suddenly aged just 27. Caterer Andy Adams suffered a brain haemorrhage at his home in Derby. His body was only discovered when he failed to turn up for work and police forced their way into his house. Derby CAMRA Read the full post…
Coniston’s heavy water takes gold at CAMRA Beer Olympics 2012!
By: JimOldfield
August 7th, 2012
Forget the stuff going on down the road at Stratford – the REAL Olympics were held by CAMRA today, when the annual Great British Beer Festival opened at… Olympia! And it was the Cumbrians of Coniston Brewing Company who wowed a packed hall by being named as the Champion Beer of Britain (CBOB) with a Read the full post…
