The award-winning St Austell Brewery is expanding its industry-leading staff training to benefit other hospitality businesses across the South West. A refurbished training and development centre called Academy 1851 has opened at St Austell Brewery’s base in Cornwall to offer a range of practical training courses at varying levels for the licensed hospitality industry in […]
The ever popular Celtic Beer Festival, hosted by St Austell Brewery, returns for its 17th year this November with the doors of the Brewery’s ancient cellars opening once more for eager ale lovers. On Saturday 28th November, the basements of the Victorian Brewery will be unlocked for punters from across the country to enjoy the […]
Popular Wiltshire based Flying Monk Brewery have secured Kevin Newbould FBII as their new MD and are busy expanding their exciting range of beers & ciders – with new products including Skorpion, the first ever black cider! Talking about his plans for Flying Monk Brewery in the UK and Export markets, Kevin commented “Having been […]
As Exmoor Ales celebrates its 35th birthday, the iconic Exmoor Gold is also in a mood for a party as CAMRA awards it top prize in the Southwest Regional Champion Beer of Britain Golden Ale category Exmoor Gold is the best Golden Ale in the southwest! The iconic Golden Ale, which was also the first […]
Padstow Brewing Company beat off strong competition from Regional and National brewers to win the highly coveted Champion Beer of 2015 in the prestigious Taste of the West awards. Padstow Brewing Company claims the top prize in this year’s Taste of the West awards, with Padstow Sundowner being awarded Champion Beer of 2015. The small-batch […]
Our Beer Day on Saturday 19th September raised £600 for Headway Devon An informal day of Beer, Barbecue, Music, Brewery Tours and just generally relaxing with friends old and new in the autumn sunshine raised £600 for Headway Devon. It was great to see so many people from the village and much further away come […]
It has been announced that Chris Welham is to become the new Chief Executive Officer at Wadworth & Co Ltd. Chris joins Wadworth from his recent role as Managing Director of Spirit Leased at Sprit Pub Company and brings years of experience in the pub and licensed hospitality sector to the regional brewer and pub […]
In a celebration of all things Dartmoor, Princetown-based Dartmoor Brewery launched a special limited edition beer, Old Wag, with the help of Tony Beard, aka the ‘Wag Of Widecombe’ on 8th September at the Widecombe Fair. Old Wag is a special bottle conditioned 9% ale produced to celebrate the contribution Tony Beard has made over […]
Devizes-based brewer Wadworth is celebrating after two of its most popular ales, Bishops Tipple and Old Timer were awarded a Silver Tasting Medal in the 2015 International Beer Challenge. Rewarding quality and celebrating excellence, the annual International Beer Challenge receives entries from more than 30 countries worldwide, boasting some of the shrewdest beer judges in […]
A SKINNER’S brew is the only golden ale from the South West shortlisted for a major national award. Porthleven, a golden ale brewed in Truro, was one of 12 golden ales from around the UK shortlisted for the Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) top annual award, Champion Golden Ale, and was the only one selected […]