Barely 2 years after starting, and at their first entry to a SIBA competition, Brass Castle Brewery scooped the Gold award as Overall Champion at last week’s SIBA North East Beer Competition with Sunshine, a 5.7% IPA Sunshine took Gold in the Strong Bitters category to, successfully, enter the Champion round. Their Bad Kitty 5.5% […]
In its biggest awards haul yet, Ilkley Brewery has won five medals for four of its beers at the SIBA North East Beer Competition which took place yesterday, Wednesday 18 September, at the York Beer and Cider Festival. Ilkley was the only brewery to take home three gold awards on the day, with one silver […]
One of South Yorkshire’s top craft breweries has hailed ‘fantastic’ news that its pub has been named Yorkshire Pub of the Year by the Campaign for Real Ale. Dave Hughes, of Barnsley’s Acorn Brewery, was delighted with the accolade for the Old No7 pub, in the town centre. Read the story in full at http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/business/raising-a-glass-as-pub-is-named-the-best-in-yorkshire-1-6053754
SIBA North East Region Beer Competition 2013 DATE OF JUDGING & ANNOUNCEMENT 18th September Overall Champion of the Competition Sponsored by Close Brewery Rentals Ltd Brewery Product ABV Gold Brass Castle Brewery Sunshine 5.7 Silver Ossett Brewing Company Limited Rat Brewery – White Rat 4.0 Bronze Hambleton Ales Nightmare 5.0 To see […]
Four months after its maiden voyage, Ilkley Brewery’s Scandinavian-inspired spruce beer, the Norseman, is set to embark on its second endeavour with listings in Nicholson’s and Castle pubs, both belonging of the Mitchells and Butlers brand. From September through to November, the Norseman will be served in cask alongside other award-winning real ales and new-to-market […]
Arc Inspirations’ newest bar, The Pit, opens for business Saturday 31st August, located amongst the vibrant nightlife on Merrion Street in the Northern Quarter of Leeds. The Pit is stripped back, urban and underground, serving traditional slow cooked American style food such as burgers, ribs, wings and lobster alongside an extensive cocktail menu created by […]
Orders for Elland 1872 Porter have “gone through the roof” since it was crowned Champion Beer of Britain 2013 at the Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) earlier this month. For the full story, please visit http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/General-News/Orders-rocket-for-GBBF-Champion-Beer-of-Britain-2013
For the second year in a row, Ilkley Brewery has scooped two gold stars at the Guild of Fine Food’s Great Taste awards: this year for its best-selling bitter, Joshua Jane. The beer, a rich 3.7% traditional Yorkshire bitter, wowed judges at this year’s Great Taste – the world’s largest and most rigorous food awards […]
RECORD numbers of ale enthusiasts are expected to flock to York next month, for the city’s biggest ever beer and cider festival. The Campaign for Real Ale event, on Knavesmire for the fifth year in a row, will also include a top industry competition for the first time and organisers say they hope as many […]
Ilkley Brewery has appointed new brewer Christa Sandquist who is set to bring her American roots to the fold with a debut brew called Rye n’ Dry. With an MSc in Brewing and Distilling from Heriot-Watt University, plus two years cutting her brewing teeth at Harviestoun Brewery, Christa becomes Ilkley Brewery’s first professional brewing appointment. […]