Oakham Ales, the acclaimed innovative brewery based in Peterborough, has expanded its head office team to forty-four people following several high profile awards for its beers. Planning permission has also recently been granted to expand the Brewery, with a plan in place to double the current annual brewing capacity to 100,000 hectolitres. The head-office team […]
Local brewer Elgood’s, was awarded 7 medals, including two golds at the recent SIBA East (Society of Independent Brewers) Beer Competition which the brewery recently hosted. Elgood’s Belgian style Cherry Wheat Beer was awarded the Gold medal in the Speciality Beers Small Pack (Bottled Beers) category and went on to be nominated the overall winner […]
SIBA East Region Beer Competition 2015 DATE OF JUDGING & ANNOUNCEMENT 23rd September 2015 Overall Champion of the Competition Sponsored by SPAsoft Ltd Brewery Product ABV Gold Grain Brewery IPA 6.5 Silver Tring Brewery Co. Ltd Moongazing 4.2 Bronze Briarbank Brewing Company Briar Cobnut 4.2 Champion Small Pack Beers Sponsored by Beatson Clark Ltd […]
The Teme Valley Brewery team beat all opposition to lift the title of World Champions in the annual hop pocket race in Bromyard, Herefordshire on Saturday 5th September. The race takes place on Bromyard’s main street and is the finale of the Bromyard Hop Festival http://www.bromyardhopfestival.co.uk/world-championship.html Teams of 4 carry the 70 kg hop pocket […]
As of 6th May 2015, the award winning St Peter’s Brewery has announced the appointment of Steve Magnall as its new CEO. Magnall will lead and develop business for the Suffolk based brewery when he takes over from Colin Cordy, who is retiring. Steve Magnall is a highly respected force within the brewing business. Previously […]
Oakham Ales Green Devil IPA has been named Champion Cask Ale at The International Brewing Awards 2015. The Brewery picked up the Champion title in 2013 when it last ran. More than 400 people attended the celebration, among them many of the brewers and cider makers from all over the world who had entered the […]
The fact that Oakham Ales trophy cabinet is bursting at the seams has led to two recent internal promotions to the Brewery team. Stewart Poulter (aged 37), becomes Assistant Brewer and Ed Sharman (aged 26) is promoted to Trainee Brewer. Stewart has been working with Oakham Ales for the past eleven years and now supports […]
East Yorkshire based brewery Great Newsome has come up with a novel idea to launch its new April seasonal beer Ambhas on 1st April by making the first deliveries of the beer by boat across the Humber estuary from which the beer takes its name. The brewery based on the north bank of the Humber […]
Sara Barton of Brewster’s Brewery in Grantham has been celebrating Hophead’s gold medal win at the International Brewing Awards 2015 in Burton on Trent. The awards, which take place every two years, are known as the ‘Oscars’ of the brewing industry. Around 1000 entries from 50 countries are judged by brewers from around the […]
An ale trail designed to encourage people to support local pubs is returning this summer, and a special mobile app has been created to make finding the different pubs even easier for drinkers. To read the full article go to: http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/new_mobile_app_is_created_for_this_year_s_woodforde_s_ale_trail_1_3930631?usurv=skip