I am a native of Cumbria, but I left home aged 16 to take up an apprenticeship with GEC Telecoms in Coventry. It was the start of 30 years in an exciting industry. I rose from telecoms engineer to teaching people from all over the world at the Liverpool training school in the late eighties. Finally I […]
WharfeBank Brewery, the award winning producer of hand crafted ales situated on the banks of the River Wharfe in the heart of Yorkshire, is to supply beer to the 2013 Barcelona Beer Festival (BBF) and more than 20 bars across Catalonia. As part of its expansion into the European beer market, WharfeBank Brewery will supply […]
The West Yorkshire town of Otley is staking its claim as one of Britain’s premier pub places with the launch of an ale trail leaflet that’s set to help further boost to its growing tourism trade. The Historic Otley Ale Trail features a map of the town showing all of its 18 hostelries along with […]
A BEER brewed by Burnley firm Moorhouse’s has been named as one of the world’s best real ales. The Burnley brewer’s popular dark mild style beer Black Cat took the bronze medal for cask-conditioned beers of 2.9 to 3.8 per cent strength at the International Brewing Awards. And ‘lucky’ Black Cat was the only cask […]
Yorkshire’s Saltaire Brewery has just added another International Brewing Awards Gold Medal to its haul of more than 50 national and international awards, with its first kegged ale, Saltaire Gold 4.0% – judged to be the world’s best keg ale under 4.4% ABV. The Brewery only launched Saltaire Gold last November, and it is its […]
At Leeds’ oldest real ale house, Whitelock’s, Yorkshire’s multi-award winning Ilkley Brewery last night (Wednesday 6 February) launched The Mayan, the latest beer in its Origins range. Taking inspiration from an ancient Mayan recipe, this 5.3% chocolate Chipotle stout is velvety smooth and bittersweet with subtle smoky tones. Created in collaboration with food and drink […]
WharfeBank Brewery has won a long term contract to brew, bottle, sell and distribute beer created from the hops harvested from the grounds of Harewood House. The stately home’s ales will complement WharfeBank’s core product range as the brewery expands its operation into multiple retailers, bottling and export markets. The award winning brewery, situated close […]
A photograph taken in one of Bradford’s most historic pubs has been named as the winner of a pub photography competition organised by one of Yorkshire’s leading craft breweries. The image – featuring Yorkshire musicians The 309s – was taken in The New Beehive in central Bradford by amateur photographer and real ale fan Rob […]
Yorkshire’s award-winning brew house, Ilkley Brewery, has upped its numbers to 12 with the appointment of three new female members of staff. Harriet Marks becomes the brewery’s first ever brewster (female brewer); Alexa Jennings takes the role of office manager; and Claire Dunne joins the business as credit controller. All three appointments reflect the brewery’s […]
Burnley brewery Moorhouse’s has hailed a record-breaking Christmas with sales hitting almost 600,000 festive pints. The Accrington Road firm’s sales were up nine per cent on figures from December 2011, thanks in part to a host of national pub chains snapping up its Pendle witch-themed ales. The December sales success followed similar growth during November […]