When Malt The Brewery were asked to deliver beer to the Thornbury Castle Pub in Marylebone, they could have done what they always do and deliver it in the faithful brewery van. “We’re a small local micro brewery, normally delivering within a 30 mile radius, so central London is technically outside our area” said Jenny […]
Yorkshire takes on London and the south-west in the finals of The IPA Challenge, run in partnership with the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), M&B, There’s A Beer For That, and Fuller’s. Five finalists emerged from a tough first round held at Fuller’s Centre of Excellence, with Roosters and North Brewing Co representing the north, […]
Poppies Pale Ale x The Five Points Brewing Co: A match made in East End heaven Award winning Poppies Fish & Chips and The Five Points Brewing Company are collaborating for the first time to create the ultimate beer to accompany the nation’s most loved supper – fish & chips. Poppies Pale Ale will officially launch […]
As part of a five-million-pound expansion, West Berkshire Brewery (WBB) is gearing up to launch its brand-new brewery and packaging line. Final preparations are underway and the brewery is aiming to be fully operational in their purpose built new facility by mid-August 2017. WBB will be offering contract packaging to other brewers on their top […]
Dorking Brewery announce a doubling of turnover after a recent rebrand and new partnership with the Royal Navy. The money raised will build a new brewery based in Capel and a bespoke events vehicle to meet growing demand. The rebrand, designed by Progression of Capel has included everything from vehicles to packaging. Tom Mahoney, Lead […]
Burning Sky brewery in East Sussex have stopped a potential Scottish hat-trick in the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) National Independent Beer Awards, by taking home Gold in the Keg competition. The awards, the biggest of their kind ever seen in the UK with hundreds of cask, keg, bottled and canned beers judged across 5 […]
A Hertfordshire grower and two brewers have converted a 480 lb pumpkin into ~3,000 pints of delicious pumpkin beer for Halloween. And a Halloween promotion of the beer at a local pub will raise money for Prostate Cancer UK. New River Brewery LTD, a local craft brewery based in Hoddesdon, have teamed up with Douglas […]
The arrival of three new fermenting and maturation vessels at Hogs Back Brewery has marked the start of a £400,000 expansion programme at the Surrey brewer. The installation of one 80-barrel and two 120-barrel dual purpose vessels also includes the infrastructure for a further four 120-barrel vessels, as well as a new boiler and chilling […]
Hogs Back Brewery has marked a successful hop harvest with a party, which included a £7,500 charity donation and the triumphant return of Paralympic double gold medallist Georgie Hermitage, who used to work at the brewery. Over the course of the day around 800 guests attended the Hop Harvest Festival at the brewery in Tongham, […]
Surrey craft brewer Hogs Back is celebrating after winning a further five medals, awarded at the recent International Beer Challenge 2016. Hogs Back’s ‘A over T’ (Aromas over Tongham) took two Gold medals: one in the Ale category, in which it was blind tasted against hundreds of competing beers, and one for bottle design, where […]