Celebrity chef Simon Rimmer will lead a line-up of experts speaking at BeerX, the UK brewing industry’s biggest ever conference, which takes place in Sheffield next month. Hundreds of brewers and licensees are expected to join members of the public for the celebration of British beer, staged at Ponds Forge by the Society of Independent […]
Orkney’s Highland Brewing Company continued its winning ways by adding another clutch of awards at the 2013 International Brewing Awards Competition, held recently in Burton-on-Trent. The Swannay based brewery won the Gold Medal in Class 3 Cask Ale 4.4%-4.8% ABV with its ‘Pale Ale’. A respectful British nod to the hoppy West Coast USA styles. […]
Everards pub the Seven Stars has proved a shining success only seven months after re-opening by being named Rugby CAMRA Pub of the Year. The pub claimed the title just months after it first re-opened its doors following a £200,000 refurbishment. The winner’s certificate was handed over by CAMRA representative Steve Durrants at a special […]
The British Hop Association has launched a new logo for Brewers to use on pump clips, bottle labels and marketing materials that confirms the provenance of the hops in their beer. Ali Capper of the British Hop Association said “As a result of our recent work to promote British Hops, brewers were getting in contact […]
In response to demand for more local information about craft brewers, YourRound has expanded it’s free BeerCAM app for iPhone and Android to include brewers as well as pubs. Terry Dicks, founder and director at YourRound says “Dozens of people have asked us if we can tell them what breweries are in and around a […]
Duvel Moortgat has won the top brewer award in the annual Castle Rock Brewery Beer of the Year night held at the Canalhouse pub in Nottingham. Their win, in the 14th year of the competition, is the first to have been awarded to a continental brewer and is the first time the award has gone […]
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