Ossett Brewery has recently been nominated in the Best small/medium sized business in the annual Wakefield Business Awards. At the award ceremony at Cedar Court Hotel on Thursday 20th June Joint MD Mike Inman was delighted, if a little surprised, to accept the award and thank the hard work of all 250+ company employees who […]
Local brewery Great Newsome has been given the opportunity to offer its flagship beer in the in the Houses of Parliament. MPs and visitors to the House of Commons have been given the chance to sample some of East Yorkshire’s finest as Great Newsome Brewery’s award winning beer ‘Sleck Dust’ has been given a position […]
In response to ever-growing demand for its award-winning cask ales, Ilkley Brewery has invested in a new cask filling machine and will soon be increasing its brewing capacity by an additional 33 per cent to 160 brewers’ barrels or 46,000 pints a week. Later this summer, the brewery will also acquire a new 40 barrel […]
Increasingly small businesses are using social media to promote and entertain their customers. One such business is D’Acqua restaurant in Sunderland who is making short films which are then posted on youtube. Maxim Brewery and its famous Double Maxim Brown ale has regularly featured as both an accompaniment and ingredient in many a fine dish […]
Ilkley Brewery has landed its first export deal which will see 14,000 bottles of Mary Jane IPA, Lotus IPA and The Chief arrive in the southern states of America in the next few days. The deal was struck following two separate trade missions to the States: the first with the help of UKTI’s Passport to […]
You may be aware that at the recent Beer X event in Sheffield, Supplier Associate Members were encouraged to become more actively involved in SIBA’s Regional Meetings so that members could take more value away from them. As a Supplier Associate Member, we have been asked to present at the upcoming North East Region Meeting […]
LOVERS of real ale are being called to the bar to judge a new beer inspired by an ancient ecclesiastical court. Masham-based Theakstons have created the brew in honour of 24 local men who, since the 12th-century, have sat in judgment in the town’s Court of the Peculier, created and overseen by the Church. Known […]
WharfeBank Brewery is launching the Master Cellar Club (MCC) a unique loyalty scheme designed to build long term relationships with Yorkshire publicans and to celebrate the brewery is creating its 500th brew –‘D’ (roman numerals for 500) a 6.6% ABV American IPA style beer. In 2008 the Wharfebank brewing team started out in a Leeds […]
Sonnet 43 Brew House will have the honour of their ‘Insular Art’ beer officially representing the Lindisfarne Gospels Durham exhibition this Summer. The new micro-brewery’s ale triumphed after it won over both the public and a judging panel, featuring celebrity chefs The Fabulous Baker Brothers, in a battle of the beers competition at the Bishop […]