RealAleNews

Brewery prepares to grow capacity to produce

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:02:00 +0000

Yorkshire Post
ILKLEY Brewery has plans to install a sixth fermentation vessel this spring, which would increase its production capacity to 40000 pints per week. The current capacity of the Ilkley-based brewery, which was set up in 2009, is 32000 pints a week.
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PUBS BOSS RALPH HAS THE RIGHT PEDIGREE

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:12:00 +0000

Express.co.uk
Hand-in-hand with this came the return of traditional cask ales, growing as the rest of the market endures precipitous declines. “We saw the return of cask ales coming five or six years ago,” said Findlay. “There was an increased consumer interest in ...

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All hands to the pump at the Wrexham pub named best in Britain

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:54:00 +0000

The Leader - Wrexham & Flintshire news
The Bridge End Inn, Ruabon, has become the first Welsh pub to scoop the prestigious national title of Best Pub in Britain by CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale. It marks a rapid rise to success for Peter McGivern and his family, who acquired the building ...

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Micro- Brewery hopes to open in Bourne

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:28:00 +0000

Rutland and Stamford Mercury
Business partners Michael Thurlby and Simon Raines want to open the Stamford and Bourne Brewing Company in Bourne and have submitted an application to South Kesteven District Council. They had looked at opening the brewery in a former tyre and exhaust ...

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A taste of Norwich's City of Ale festival for beer writers

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:47:00 +0000

Norwich Evening News
Beer writers are given a tour of Norwich's pubs ahead of this year's City of Ale festival 2012. They gather outside City Hall, with Norwich landlords and landladies, for a trip on the City of Ale bus. Beer writers from across the country have raised a ...

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Marston's raises a glass to milder weather

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:32:00 +0000

ShareCast
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Marston's said its pubs had a good Christmas and New Year while the brewer's cask ales saw increased sales and outperformed the market. In the group's managed pubs estate, where the landlords are Marston's employees, ...

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Why small is beautiful in the brewing world

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:21:00 +0000

This is Kent
IT MAY seem odd that, at a time when we are being told pubs up and down the country are closing at an alarming rate due to disappearing customers, the number of independent breweries opening up is rising. In Kent alone microbreweries have doubled over ...

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Appy times for beer lovers

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:55:00 +0000

Bromsgrove Standard
By Tristan Harris 26/01 Updated: 26/01 14:18 BEER LOVERS and real ale connisseurs now have a more high-tech way of seeking out beer festivals, pubs and even places which sell their favourite tipple, thanks to smart phone applications.

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120125 - round up

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:18:00 +0000

Continued Success for Local Craft Brewery

2011 was a great year for The Backyard Brewhouse. Our production for 2011 against 2010 was up 35%. A fantastic result against the current economic climate, and a trend we have maintained for the last 3 years. This increase can, we believe, be put down in no small part to the consistent high quality of [...]

Give Tax Breaks To Pubs Which Help The Community, Urge Campaigners

Pubs which improve community life should be given tax breaks to help them survive, according to a report by a leading think-tank. With 16 pubs currently believed to be closing each week, the report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) recommends a 50% business rate relief for those that can prove they act as [...]

SA Brain ales range gets new look

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:46:00 +0000

Drinks Business Review
Previously, Blue Marlin also redesigned the on-trade presence of SA Brain's cask ale portfolio. The move sees a fresh new update for SA, SA Gold and Dark Ales, which will not only feature on the new bottles but also in its on-trade presence on bar ...

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Box Brewery steams into its new home

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:55:00 +0000

This Is Wiltshire
By Craig Jones » Box Steam Brewery has moved to new premises in Holt and is planning a series of events to introduce itself to its new neighbours. The company, which was established in 2004 and employs 12, moved to its new brewery in The Midlands, ...

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Pub to be run by four rival brewers after being bought by mystery London banker

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:42:00 +0000

WalesOnline
A PUB in an historic Welsh town has been rescued by a mystery London banker – who has asked four rival breweries to run it. The Albion, in the medieval walled town of Conwy, is thought to be the first tavern in Britain to be managed by four local ...

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Slideshow: Festival pints the way for younger ale fans

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:01:00 +0000

Cambridge News
The event, which features 103 cask ales, 20 foreign beers and 14 ciders, is organised by the area's branch of Campaign for Real Ale (Camra). Nicola Evans-Bailey, who organised the festival this year for the first time, has been helping her parents at ...

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120119 - round up

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:36:00 +0000

Craft Brewers Conference 2012 – San Diego – Discount for SIBA

SIBA discount is available until 29th March 2012. May 2-5, 2012 Town and Country Resort San Diego, CA www.CraftBrewersConference.com The 2011 Craft Brewers Conference was a great success, with 3,900 members of the craft brewing community gathered in San Francisco. Mark your calendars now to attend the brewing industry’s best conference in 2012. Join thousands of brewing professionals in [...]

Ilkley Brewery Crowned One Of Yorkshire’s ‘Most Promising Young Companies’

Just three years old this month, Ilkley Brewery is one of three Yorkshire companies to win the Government-backed Local Business Accelerators campaign to find the region’s most promising young companies. The spa town brewery, along with Leeds-based Liquid Voice and Huddersfield’s Proper Maid, wins a substantial amount of free advertising in the Yorkshire Post and mentoring [...]

Marston’s singular hop ambition

British regional to brew monthly single varietals in '12

UK’s first beer sommeliers named

Beer Academy graduates first of possibly many

120118 - round up

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:06:00 +0000

2012 Beer Bloggers Conference

2012 Beer Bloggers Conference, July 12 –15, 2012 in Indianapolis, IN. 120 to 140 Beer Bloggers and Beer Industry Representatives will be attending this third annual event http://www.BeerBloggersConference.org/ This is a unique opportunity for you to share your beer and build relationships with the people who are behind the “new media” of beer. Specific opportunities are [...]

Craft Brewers Conference 2012 – San Diego – Discount for SIBA

Ilkley Brewery Crowned One Of Yorkshire’s ‘Most Promising Young Companies’

New directors line up at Castle Rock Brewery

Castle Rock, the Nottingham based brewer and regional pub operator, has announced the retirement of its founder and principal shareholder, Chris Holmes. Colin Wilde, the firm’s current commercial director, takes the post of managing director, and director, Geoff Newton, becomes non executive chairman. Chris Holmes retains a place on the board alongside the existing operations [...]

Timothy Taylor joins SIBA

Yorkshire-based family brewer Timothy Taylor has joined the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), in a move that reflects growing recognition of the organisation’s pivotal role as champions of the UK’s quality brewing industry. SIBA has more than 500 brewing members, on whose behalf it lobbies on issues relating to local brewing. It has consistently argued for [...]

Tickets now available for Brewing Ingredients Seminar

What makes the perfect beer? Come and find out from some of the leading experts in barley, hops, beer and brewing at the British Guild of Beer Writers’ Brewing Ingredients Symposium. Date: Tuesday 28th February Time: 9.00 am – 4.00 pm Venue: National Brewery Centre, Burton-upon-Trent This event is for brewers, suppliers to brewers and anyone with an interest [...]

The Great British Home Brew Challenge 2011

Paul Carruthers visits Thornbridge’s Hall Brewery to plan for the brewing of Frank As Apollo In September 2011 Thornbridge Brewery, Nicholson’s Pubs and BrewUK launched a quest to find the best home brewed beer in the UK. Over 120 entries were submitted for the competition and after judging by some of the [...]

BFBi Chief Executive Awarded MBE in New Year Honours List

Ruth Evans, Chief Executive of BFBi (Brewing, Food & Beverage Industry Suppliers’ Association) has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours List for her service to export. Ruth joined BFBi in January 2000, becoming Chief Executive in 2003, and has taken a particular interest in developing export opportunities for UK companies within the food [...]

English brewer uses 2,012 varieties

Work of Wye Hops research used imaginatively

Innis & Gunn doubles team

Sales growth necessitates recruitment

One brewer, one hop: Baby Belma

Oakham Ales only brewer with commercial quantities

Marston’s singular hop ambition

British regional to brew monthly single varietals in '12

UK’s first beer sommeliers named

Beer Academy graduates first of possibly many

Draft House launches competition for beer-lovers to create their own cask ale

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:14:00 +0000

CatererSearch
London-based pub company the Draft House has launched a competition for beer-lovers to design, brew, and name their own cask ale. The winner will see 50 firkins (3600 pints) of their dream beer created, brewed and named by them. The beer will be brewed ...

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Raise glass to Camra's winter ale trail around Norfolk

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:58:00 +0000

Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
The Norwich and Norfolk branch of Camra, the Campaign for Real Ale, has put together a winter ale trail as its encourages ale fans to support their local pubs and breweries. The Winter LocAle Trail 2012 includes 31 pubs in the area with drinkers ...

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Cheers! Redditch Winter Ale Festival takes place next month

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:56:00 +0000

Redditch Advertiser
THERE will be plenty of �cheers� after the date for the sixth annual Redditch Winter Ale Festival was announced. The event, being organised by the Redditch and Bromsgrove branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) will take place on Friday and ...

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Oxfordshire loses 35 pubs in 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:51:00 +0000

BBC News
Thirty-five pubs closed in Oxfordshire last year, including 11 which will never reopen, the Campaign for Real Ale has said. The British Beer and Pub Association said nationally 14 pubs closed every week, down from 52 a week in 2009. ...

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Holy Trinity church to host Hull's real ale festival

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:49:00 +0000

Hull Daily Mail
Revered Dr Neal Barnes, the vicar of Holy Trinity, said: �We are thrilled to be hosting the Hull Real Ale And Cider Festival. �I'm sure those attending will find it a magnificent setting. �I'm partial to a glass of real ale myself, so I'm looking ...

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Ten Robust Real Ales To Blow Away The January Blues

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:40:00 +0000

Sabotage Times
This selection of real ales is the perfect tonic to the January blues. After the hustle and bustle of the festive season there'll be a fair few of us wanting a little bit of a pick me up as the January blues kick in. Those of you who have dismissed the ...

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Rolling out the barrel for anniversary beer festival

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:36:00 +0000

The Star
Rolling out the barrel, Bluebell Wood launch their Baa's of Steel Real Ale and Music Festival at their shop on Wellgate, Rotherham. From left, David Wadkin, Anna Gott, Becky Mirfin, Katie Cartwright and Steve Burns ORGANISERS of one of South ...

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Flying the flag for the Diamond Jubilee

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:25:00 +0000

You’ll know when the Windsor & Eton Brewery is brewing its special Diamond Jubilee beers – because their flag will be flying, just as the Royal Standard is flown when the Queen is at home. The brewery will launch three distinctive beers for the Jubilee year – each created from selected ingredients from across the Commonwealth.

The first beer, Treetops, will be launched in pubs on 6th February - the anniversary of Princess Elizabeth’s accession to the throne - when she and the Duke of Edinburgh were staying at the Treetops safari lodge in Kenya. It will be a deep, rich Africa Export Stout brewed from a blend of British and African ingredients. The second beer, Kohinoor, named after the central diamond in the Queen’s coronation crown, will be brewed for the Jubilee Pageants in Windsor and London in May and June. It will be an Indies Pale Ale – using exotic ingredients from Asia. Details of the third beer to be launched in the autumn will be announced later but will have a New World theme.

Partner Will Calvert explained “As Royal Windsor’s brewery, we wanted to brew something extra special for the Jubilee. While attention is focused on the June holiday, we see the Jubilee as a year-long celebration. It’s only the second time in our history that a monarch has reigned for 60 years so when we brew one of the commemorative beers, we’ll raise the brewery flag to tell everybody.”

Master brewer Paddy Johnson is passionate about the quality of these special beers. “The Queen’s passion and support for the Commonwealth is well known so each will take inspiration and ingredients from across the world. We’ll brew all three Commonwealth Jubilee Ales in cask and bottles.”

Notts County brew special 'Pie Eyed' ale to celebrate 150th birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:53:00 +0000

Metro Supporters of Notts County, the world's oldest football club, have more reasons to cheer after a real ale called Pie Eyed 150 was brewed to mark the club's 150th birthday. Fans of Notts County, known as the Magpies, are enjoying Pie Eyed 150, ... ...for the full story click on the title of this post.

Hydes to close its historic brewery in £2m shake-up

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Garrard) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:37:00 +0000

Manchester Evening News Brewer and pubs operator Hydes has today announced that it will be investing £2m on new premises after deciding to close its Grade 11 listed Queens Brewery. The Manchester brewer, which employs 50 staff at its site in Moss Side, said the move to ... ...for the full story click on the title of this post.