Liberation Group will once again be flying the flag for the Channel Islands, at the oldest brewing competition in the world. The company has been awarded two medals at this year’s International Brewing Awards held at the National Brewery Centre at Burton on Trent, picking up a Bronze for its Liberation 140 Ale and Gold, […]
Muntons malsters has made two new appointments in recognition of the rapidly growing market for regional craft beers. The Stowmarket firm has appointed Sam Hoad and Stuart Robson as sale executives. Mr Hoad will be responsible for Munton’s craft brewery sales in the North of England and Scotland while Mr Robson will be in charge […]
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Real ale drinkers, supping alongside fellow judges Lilian Greenwood MP, Robin Hood aka Tim Pollard, and Mark Dennison from BBC Radio Nottingham have chosen the winner in the first Nottingham CAMRA champion beer of Nottingham competition. The event, hosted by Yvette Storey and her staff at Castle Rock’s Canalhouse pub, had 26 different real ales […]
Early one cold morning in January about a dozen members of the local CAMRA branch joined James and I to brew a beer in memory of our good friend Philip Roberts. As well as being our BLO, Philip was a good friend and I have accompanied him on his forays on the canals many times; […]
Ninety-six medals were today (15 February) presented to brewers and cider makers in The International Brewing Awards 2013, after a three-day judging session at the National Brewery Centre in Burton-upon-Trent. This year’s competition attracted almost 1,000 entries – a significant increase on the field in 2011, when the bi-annual event was last held. Beers and […]
A couple who met, dated and got married, all while regulars at the same pub, have won Everards’ new Valentines ‘Love in a Pub’ competition. For Steve and Dawn Hinks love did truly blossom in the pub after the couple were first introduced to each other in 2007 by friends at the Barley Mow pub […]
The first poll of Beer Academy Sommeliers has identified the perfect beer for Valentine’s Day. Dark beers won with 28% of their votes, closely followed with Belgian ales with hoppy lagers taking the third place. Commenting on the survey, Beer Academy Director, Simon Jackson said “All the Sommeliers said that their top priority was sharing; […]
The WSTA advise new claims by researchers in Canada that increasing the cost of alcohol would save lives are misleading and inaccurate. Official statistics – available on the researchers own website – show the number of deaths actually rose during the period they studied. The study used estimates of the number of deaths rather than […]
Much has been written about matching food with wine. But what about our national tipple, beer? Despite the growing trend to match beer with food, you’d be hard pushed to find a beer which has actually been brewed to go expressly with food… until now! Highly acclaimed celebrity chef and restaurateur Simon Rimmer has teamed […]