Robbies rocks on again!
By: JimOldfield
July 22nd, 2016
Robbies brewery aims to be top of the taps… after creating its second rockstar brew within weeks! Hot on the heels of its collaborating with Iron Maiden this month, to brew up Trooper Red ‘N’ Black Porter, Stockport’s Robinson’s Brewery has now teamed up with the local band Blossoms, to mark the musicians’ debut album. Read the full post…
Small beer… Hand-Pumped in brief
By: JimOldfield
July 22nd, 2016
Sometimes news, like beer, comes in gills rather than pints. Here’s Hand-Pumped’s latest round-up of ale stories in brief: New Prime Minister Theresa May has only been in the job a few days… but already she has her own BEER! Come What May has been brewed in her honour by Hieneken UK’s pub business, Read the full post…
Brazil goes nuts for British ale!
By: JimOldfield
July 20th, 2016
They’re nuts about real ale in Brazil… and if you’re a UK brewer, this means a great export opportunity! The Dept of Trade and Industry are offering a contract for craft brewers to send their beer to South America, as a Brazilian beer importer seeks to cash in on the growing demand for real ale Read the full post…
Stand and de-liver! New BrewDog beer offers organ donation…
By: JimOldfield
July 18th, 2016
Love ’em or hate ’em… the staff at outrageous Scottish brewer BrewDog are intent you aren’t going to igmore ’em. The latest stunt from north of the border is a “terminally hoppy”, 8.5 per cent double IPA that dies in just 35 days… yet is linked to a push for organ donation! Born To Die Read the full post…
Great news-ome! Jem the dog gets a makeover
By: JimOldfield
July 18th, 2016
Jem the dog has long been famous with real ale drinkers… on the bottles and beer engines of East Yorkshire’s renowned Great Newsome family craft brewery. And now he’s had a makeover, after his creators decided he was looking a bit dog-tired! There was no question that Jem might find himself put down, when the Read the full post…
Moving on from the bear essentials…
By: JimOldfield
July 18th, 2016
Bath’s Electric Bear Brewing Co has expanded its brewhouse capacity in the wake of rising demand as the company comes up to its first birthday. The addition of two 20-barrel fermentation tanks and a 2,000 litre conditioning tank will allow four-days-per-week brewing. The increase is important as Electric Bear has found its ales being stocked Read the full post…
Jennings staff are cocker-hoop as brewery tours resume!
By: JimOldfield
July 13th, 2016
The Lake District’s Jennings brewery is finally set to welcome visitors again… seven months after being devastated by Storm Desmond. The Castle Brewery, in Cockermouth, disappeared 7ft of water when the River Derwent burst its banks in December. Brewing was resumed within weeks, after a massive clean-up operation. But only now are the brewery shop, Read the full post…
Brewers’ Brexit benefit? It’s possible, says drinks analyist…
By: JimOldfield
July 13th, 2016
Britain’s Brexit from the EU could have a positive influence on the UK craft beer scene, says a leading drinks industry analyst. Francois Sonneville, beverage analyst at Rabobank, says that, with domestic competition likely to ease as foreign competitors are affected by the weakness of the British pound, British brewers could flourish. However, he warened Read the full post…
Quaffing record broken at Wye festival
By: JimOldfield
July 12th, 2016
A record 21,000 pints were supped at last weekend’s twelfth Beer on the Wye beer and cider festival, with some 6,300 ale lovers turning out to make the three-day event the best ever. On offer were 130 UK beers, 40 world beers and 137 different ciders – and a third of all the drinks served Read the full post…
Harwich beer festival is well fortified with ale!
By: JimOldfield
July 10th, 2016
The historic Redoubt Fort in Harwich will soon be trembling to the march of real ale fans once more – when Harwich Town Brewing Company launches its seventh annual beer festival. A splendid 60-plus real ales and ciders will be up for sinking, in the moat of the Napoleonic fortress, together with American and Read the full post…
