Supporting the South West’s craft brewers has been shown to be high on the agenda for Clare Moody MEP following her visit to Exe Valley Brewery in Devon. The MEP for the South West and Gibraltar was shown around the brewery by Guy Sheppard, Chairman of The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), one […]
Over 3,000 people packed the wine cellars and vaults of St Austell Brewery at the weekend for the 17th annual Celtic Beer Festival. With four bars serving from 11am until 11pm, and live music and entertainment throughout the day, revellers were treated to a wide selection of beers, ales, stouts and lagers to sample. Alongside […]
Hawkshead Brewery are launching some very special beers – from 12pm The Beer Hall, the brewery tap, will serve 3 versions of Oat Wine, a collaboration brew with Wild Beer Co (in keg & bottle) plus there’ll be 3 guest beers from Wild Beer Co on the bar too. Hawkshead brewers will be serving and […]
As Falmouth’s hangovers after its annual ale festival, one brewery are still rising high after their third win in as many years. Penryn’s Rebel Brewing Co celebrated this week as their brewery scooped another Supreme Champion Beer award from CAMRA Kernow at the Falmouth Beer Festival. Out of over 200 beers exhibited at the festival, […]
The award-winning St Austell Brewery is expanding its industry-leading staff training to benefit other hospitality businesses across the South West. A refurbished training and development centre called Academy 1851 has opened at St Austell Brewery’s base in Cornwall to offer a range of practical training courses at varying levels for the licensed hospitality industry in […]
The ever popular Celtic Beer Festival, hosted by St Austell Brewery, returns for its 17th year this November with the doors of the Brewery’s ancient cellars opening once more for eager ale lovers. On Saturday 28th November, the basements of the Victorian Brewery will be unlocked for punters from across the country to enjoy the […]
Popular Wiltshire based Flying Monk Brewery have secured Kevin Newbould FBII as their new MD and are busy expanding their exciting range of beers & ciders – with new products including Skorpion, the first ever black cider! Talking about his plans for Flying Monk Brewery in the UK and Export markets, Kevin commented “Having been […]
As Exmoor Ales celebrates its 35th birthday, the iconic Exmoor Gold is also in a mood for a party as CAMRA awards it top prize in the Southwest Regional Champion Beer of Britain Golden Ale category Exmoor Gold is the best Golden Ale in the southwest! The iconic Golden Ale, which was also the first […]
Padstow Brewing Company beat off strong competition from Regional and National brewers to win the highly coveted Champion Beer of 2015 in the prestigious Taste of the West awards. Padstow Brewing Company claims the top prize in this year’s Taste of the West awards, with Padstow Sundowner being awarded Champion Beer of 2015. The small-batch […]
Our Beer Day on Saturday 19th September raised £600 for Headway Devon An informal day of Beer, Barbecue, Music, Brewery Tours and just generally relaxing with friends old and new in the autumn sunshine raised £600 for Headway Devon. It was great to see so many people from the village and much further away come […]