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 […]
A Dartmoor farmer is helping Dartmoor Brewery boost the provenance of its Dartmoor IPA, one of the Brewery’s most popular beers. Cereal farmer, Tim Cox is supplying the Princetown based brewery with the first ever malting barley grown in the National Park, and in so doing, improving the Brewery’s green credentials by reducing its beer […]
A former sixties Chelsea football legend is celebrating after 20 years running the same Everards pub – with plans to go into extra time with a few more years behind the bar. Bert Murray, a winger who made 160 appearances for Chelsea in the early 1960s, has hit another long service milestone by clocking up […]
View film: www.beerandpub.com/filmpreview A new film highlighting the importance of a beer tax freeze in the March Budget was released by the British Beer & Pub Association today. The film ‘The Beer Story – Calling Time on Duty’ highlights the vital role the brewing and pub industry plays in the economic and social life of […]
Corvus, the new 30 litre keg stout from brewers Wadworth in Devizes, Wiltshire, came out on top in recent research which included a blind tasting, with 65% of drinkers choosing Corvus over Guinness. The independent research was carried out by the Oxford School of Hospitality Management which is the No 1 in Europe for Hospitality […]
Oakham Ales, the innovative, award-winning Brewery based in Peterborough, has acquired Bellwether Wines. The Peterborough based wine company specialises in supplying to the licensed on-trade within a thirty-five mile radius of Peterborough. The Bellwether Wines name has been retained to become the wine division of Oakham Ales. Warren Ball, who has over twenty years’ experience […]
British hop growers and brewers gathered at Stocks Farm in Worcestershire for the unveiling of the results of the Institute of Brewing and Distilling’s annual British Hop Competition for the 2012 crop. The competition dates back to 1944 and is judged by a panel of Master Brewers who draw on their personal experience as Head […]
For some time now, at the various trade shows in Europe, there have been exhibition stands promoting Chinese equipment. Possibly some of the reasons for the lack of European bottlers taking the plunge were the logistical problems associated with after sales and service due to the distance between Europe and China and the general feeling […]
A unique opportunity for brewers to meet Sainsbury’s customers face to face Today sees the launch of the third annual Sainsbury’s Great British Beer Hunt, which aims to bring new and interesting beers from all around the U.K. to the shopping aisles for Sainsbury’s customers. With four regional and two national listings at stake, Britain’s […]
Notts and England cricketer, Graeme Swann joined customers and staff at the Larwood and Voce pub under the stand at Trent Bridge cricket ground to serve the first pint of ‘Harold Larwood’, Castle Rock Brewery’s eponymous real ale honouring the celebrated fast bowler. Graham Swann describes the 40 barrel brew as ‘his baby’ having previously […]