Hand crafted real ale producer, Box Steam Brewery has announced the appointment of David Southway as their new Sales Director. David joins the Brewery to head up the sales team in order to really drive sales forward and to allow the brewery to capitalize on its recent national success with the distribution of its award […]
EVERCREECH’S Wild Beer Co took some of their ales to Brussels at the request of the European Parliamentary Beer Group. The brewers, along with Ashcott’s Ordnance City Brewery, are among a group of brewers from the region who represented the south west at the Members of European Parliament (MEPs) Christmas conference. Holly Frampton, of Ordnance […]
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Butcombe, the South West’s fastest growing brewery, has won the ‘Food and Drink’ category at the recent Made in South West Awards for its off-trade success story. The Brewery has increased its product range of premium bottled ales and was chosen by the judges because of its excellent development story. This includes growing its branded […]
A group of beer-loving Totnesians is reviving what was once one of the town’s largest businesses, the Lion Brewery. The New Lion Brewery will celebrate its launch with a day-long mini beer festival at the Bay Horse Inn on Saturday 23 November. The Lion Brewery, which made “the celebrated Totnes Stout”, once occupied a large […]
Palmers Brewery have set up an Academy Of Beer to give pub tenants and their teams masterclasses in fine ale. The Academy was launched in Palmers’ hometown of Bridport in Dorset with a half-day training course for local licensees and key pub staff. Palmers own 55 pubs across Dorset, Devon and Somerset, and six Academy […]
Bath Ales and Colston Hall have today announced they will be joining forces to create a locally inspired Café Bar and restaurant destination within the South West’s leading concert hall, offering something for locals, foodies and concert goers alike. Independent brewer Bath Ales is known for its distinctive beer range including Gem, Dark Side and […]
This week see the launch of a charity supporting beer from Devon’s leading producer of traditional cask ales. Otter Brewery, based in the Blackdown Hills near Honiton, will be donating a percentage every time a drinker in the South West orders a pint of its specially created ale. The aim is to raise as much […]
Exeter residents, upon seeing two rather overgrown elves rolling a pub-load of beer into Santa’s grotto, could have been forgiven for thinking that Father Christmas had become somewhat disillusioned with the season. In fact, Exe Valley Brewery has this weekend taken advantage of Father Christmas’s absence and turned his usual home into something of a […]
Dartmoor Brewery has unveiled an exciting new brand identity as part of an on-going expansion programme. Famous for its Jail Ale, Legend and Dartmoor IPA beers, the Princetown brewery is introducing a complete design overhaul of its branding, packaging and licensee merchandise to highlight its Dartmoor heritage and communicate to a wider audience. The new […]