At Thornbridge we are keen to encourage aspiring brewers to try and make new and exciting beers. With Brew Team 2013 we gave the opportunity to two teams, one from each of the Universities Real Ale Societies, to come up with some exciting new beer recipes. We assigned each team with one of our brewers […]
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 […]
25 years ago Richard Scragg and Helen Teasdale bought the current Springhead Brewery site on Main Street in Laneham from long-term resident, Robin Minnitt. Historically the buildings had been used as the Minnitts family home, a mill, a bakery and a grocery shop. Richard went on to use the main buildings as a mill for […]
Real ale fans have a reason to be ‘merry’ as two new beers with a legendary connection hit the shelves in 75 Lincolnshire Co-operative foodstores. Robin Hood and Maid Marian are both brewed by the Springhead Brewery in Laneham, near Retford. They join the firm’s beers Roaring Meg and The Leveller which are already popular […]
Somerset County Cricket Club has just signed their biggest ever title sponsorship deal with South West company St Austell Brewery who have been brewing in Cornwall since 1851. St Austell Brewery is a family owned brewer, pub company and the South West’s largest wholesale distributor of beers, ciders, wines, spirits and soft drinks. Already heavily […]
Over 160 brewers apply for information on the Competition Sainsbury’s launched its third annual Great British Beer Hunt in late January by writing to brewers of all sizes across the U.K. Designed to bring new and interesting beers to the shopping aisles for Sainsbury’s customers, the initial reaction from brewers and industry bodies has been […]
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 […]
TV chef Simon Rimmer in line up for ‘celebration of British beer’ A diverse line up of speakers including a TV chef, an American craft brewer and leading figures from the Government and Opposition will address BeerX, the celebration of British beer to be staged by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) next month. The […]