« Purity appoints new chairman to its board of directors « Simon Brown joins the team as of 01 January 2013 Warwickshire-based Purity Brewing Co recently appointed a new chairman to its board of directors. Simon Brown joined the company on 01 January, bringing with him a wealth of industry expertise. The timing of the […]
Hawkshead Brewery in the Lake District reports a 17.5% increase in production in 2012, comprehensively bucking the economic trend. Production rose to 5,250 barrels (190,000 gallons or 1.5 million pints). This level of growth was made possible by the brewery’s second major investment in plant and equipment in its ten year life. Hawkshead’s Alex Brodie […]
Sapporo Breweries-backed study shows that beer contains chemicals that could counter colds As the majority of us continue to trudge through the cold, virus-heavy winter months, sniffling and sneezing, a warm ray of hope shines out from Japan. Sapporo Breweries, one of the country’s oldest beer makers, funded a study that has discovered that hops […]
MEMBERS ONLY Venue: The Westward Arms, Unit 1, Latitude 51, Westward Ho! Bideford, EX39 1GW Time: 12 Noon
MEMBERS ONLY South West Regional Meeting Venue :The Knight’s Rest (formally The Drawing Room), Castle Green, Taunton,TA1 4AD Arrival: 12pm Lunch: 12:30pm Meeting: 1pm
MEMBERS ONLY Two Bridges Hotel, Nr Princetown, Devon, PL20 6 SW Full details / directions at http://www.twobridges.co.uk/hotel/dartmoor-devon on Friday 7th June 2013 12 noon lunch at 12.30pm, the meeting will start at 1.00pm prompt This is being hosted by Dartmoor Brewery who are also very happy to show anyone around their brewery (about a mile […]
REAL ale is recognised as the only growing market in the struggling pubs and beer industry and drinkers in East Lancashire are blessed with a myriad of brewers. But sticking out among a wide range of micro-breweries and craft brewers are the long-established Thwaites and Moorhouse’s. Both have only recently concentrated more efforts into bottling […]
* British companies exporting food and drink to the United States need to quickly re-register with the US Government after it overhauled its licensing rules. * The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said that every foreign and domestic food company must sign up again by 31 January otherwise they will temporarily lose access […]
MEMBERS ONLY Venue: The Queen’s Head, 30 Lower Anchor Street, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 0AS 11.00am Start
The International Brewing Awards has extended its closing date to 18 January, giving brewers and cider makers extra time to enter the competition, which takes place in February in Burton-on-Trent. Entries have exceeded the level received for the last competition, held in 2011. However, as two new categories have been introduced for 2013 – ciders […]