Mass brew at Hawkshead’s 10th ale festival
By: JimOldfield
July 10th, 2016
The Lake District’s Hawkshead Brewery is set to hold a three-day celebration of northern craft ales – complete with a mass brew – to mark its 10th summer beer festival. Hawkshead has gathered some of the most innovative independent brewers across the region for the event, which runs from July 21-23. Some 80 ales, from Read the full post…
Forget self-drive cars… robot beer is here!
By: JimOldfield
July 9th, 2016
As the first robot cars appear on our roads, stand by for… robot beer. The first Artifiial Intelligence ales are now being brewed in the UK – made by robots, to your specifications! IntelligentX is the first brewery in the UK to design a series of algorithms that will tweak and improve a given ale Read the full post…
Brewers eat brewers…
By: JimOldfield
July 9th, 2016
Like dog-eat dog, brewers eat brewers… and others eat them two. This week has seen two large businesses in the throes of changing assets across England and the Channel Islands. In one move, Leeds Brewery has offloaded its entire stock of seven pubs to fellow brewing giant Camerons, for an undisclosed fee. The 150-year-old Hartlepool Read the full post…
Couple take home-brew to a new level by turning home into a brewery!
By: JimOldfield
July 8th, 2016
Ian and Emma Palmer have taken home-brew a bit far… by turning their HOME into a BREWERY! The Stoke-upon-Trent couple have spent £9,500 on building a fully-functioning brewhouse inside their home… complete with kegs and tasting area. They are now supplying a number of Staffordshire pubs and shops with their aptly named Bike Shed Brewery Read the full post…
Young’s revenues rise
By: JimOldfield
July 7th, 2016
Pub group and brewer, Young’s, has made a good start to the year – despite Brexit and the weather – says chairman Nick Bryan. In the first quarter of the finanacial year, he reported, managed house revenues were up 6.5%, and up 4.1% on a like-for-like basis, achieved against good figures a year earlier. Young’s Read the full post…
Wylam Brewery finds a home in a palace
By: JimOldfield
July 7th, 2016
Newcastle’s Wylam Brewery has a fabulous new home, after completion of the £1.8m restoration of the iconic former Palace of Arts in the city. After a decade of dereliction, the palace is now fully operational as a brewery, bar, kitchen and events hall which hosts live music, weddings and events. The palace is the Read the full post…
Wheaty McWheatface is top wheat beer research vessel!
By: JimOldfield
July 6th, 2016
Hard on the heels of Boaty McBoatface being picked online, as the name for a new polar research vessel, the golden touch of McFace has struck once again! This time Wheaty McWheatface – the brand new brew of West Berkshire Brewery – has come out on top, winning the 2016 Imbibe Wheat Beer Challenge. Read the full post…
John Willie Lees racks up three records in ‘great’ year
By: JimOldfield
July 6th, 2016
Historic Manchester brewer JW Lees has had another super year – posting increased turnover and profits despite the uncertain economic climate. The Middleton-based brewer announced a turnover of £64.1m, up by 0.2 per cent on its previkous year. Pre-tax profits rose by 1.8 per cent to £5.7m and post-tax profits were up 9.9 per cent Read the full post…
It’s boom time for McMullens
By: JimOldfield
July 6th, 2016
Business is booming for 200-year-old Hertfordshire brewery and pub group McMullens – which has just seen its pre-tax profits grow by 12.5 per cent over the previous year! The Hertford brewer has announced a turnover of £75.4 million for the year to September 26 – up from £72.5m. Pre-tax profits on that were £10.4m. Its Read the full post…
Marston’s gives its HQ a £10m refurb
By: JimOldfield
July 5th, 2016
Brewing behemoth Marston’s has completed a whopping £10m overhaul of its 1960s Wolverhampton headquarters, Marston’s House. In a huge, military-style operation, hundreds of staff were moved out of the brewer’s flagship base to its old offices in Coniston House, whilst a year-long renovation took place. Meanwhile, Marston’s House was stripped back to its concrete innards Read the full post…
