October, 2013

Gold Does the Double

Our hand crafted ale, Gold has won Gold Medal for best overall bottled beer and best in its category at the SIBA Midlands Regional Beer Competition in Nottingham this week. A smooth, golden bitter which uses Citra and Styrian hops to give an intense citrus, tropical fruit experience, Gold is also available on draught and […]

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SIBA supports Best Microbrewing Pub Company Award

Entries open now for Publican Awards 2014 The Publican Awards 2014 are now open for entries and for the first time the Best Microbrewing Pub Company category is being run in association with SIBA. The award has been won for the past two years by a SIBA member. The award will be given to ‘a […]

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Oakham Ales Scores Hat Trick in Hertfordshire

Winning St Albans Beer of the Festival for 3rd Consecutive Year Oakham Ales has scored a hat-trick, winning ‘Beer of the Festival’ for the third consecutive year, at the recent CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) St Albans Beer Festival in Hertfordshire. The Peterborough-based brewers multi-award-winning Green Devil IPA (6% A.B.V.) won the title. Oakham’s ‘Dreamcatcher’ […]

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John Hampden’s Bottled Ale Wins Top Award

One of the stalwarts of The Chiltern Brewery’s bottled beer range, John Hampden’s Ale 4.8% vol., has won a bronze medal in the SIBA Midlands Beer Competition 2013 – in the Regional Bottled Bitters (up to and including 4.9%) category. “The intense thrill of winning an award for one of your products never lessens” said […]

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New and established breweries claim Great American Beer Festival® medals

Boulder, CO • October 12, 2013—The 2013 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition awarded 252 medals to some of the best commercial breweries in the United States, including GABF Pro-Am medals. Presented by the Brewers Association, GABF is the largest commercial beer competition in the world and a symbol of brewing excellence. In its 27th year, […]

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PRESCOTT ALES Pumps Primed for future Success

After a landmark 5 years Prescott Ales, one of Gloucestershire’s most progressive Micro Breweries revealed that it has recently completed the installation of an entirely new Brew House that positions the company on the road for continued growth to keep pace with the real ale renaissance within the UK beer market Prescott’s director of operations […]

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Many younger drinkers simply require tasting notes to try real ale

Brewers missing a trick by not providing information at point of sale in pubs Research revealed by Cyclops Beer today clearly demonstrates that brewers and licensees can do much more to encourage drinkers, especially younger drinkers, to try real ale in pubs, simply by providing tasting notes on the bar. Simple tasting notes, such as […]

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New Helpline for People Who Work in Pubs and Breweries

A brand new helpline and website is being launched this week to help those working in pubs and breweries in difficult times.  The new services have been set up to provide useful information and guidance on a range of difficulties from finding housing for those leaving pubs, to support for those with serious health problems.  […]

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Trooper beer exports pass the million mark!

IRON MAIDEN’S PREMIUM BEER PROVES A TRIUMPH FOR BRITISH EXPORT BUSINESS Robinsons Brewery today announced that over ONE MILLION pints of TROOPER have already been exported around the world. Given that the beer was only launched in the UK five months ago on May 9, and only made available to the USA and most other […]

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