Brewing
Steel City brewer scoops top title
Jim Rangeley, Lead Brewer at Abbeydale, the City’s oldest brewery was recently named as Brewer of the Year at the 2024 Brewers Choice Awards. Jim was...
Coming up for air
The arrival of Fuller’s Vintage Ale is a cause for celebration, the beer lovers’ equivalent of the latest Bordeaux wine from France. Vintage Ale is li...
Hogs Back celebrates hop harvest
Hogs Back brewery has celebrated its 10th hop harvest with a record 4,200 fans flocking to the brewery over three days. The celebrations followed two...
Walking the hop walk
It’s no secret, I’m excited about British hops. Being invited to one of the Charles Faram hop walks to get up close and personal with the farms at har...
Who will be our next champ?
CAMRA has begun its search for the next winner of its Champion Beer of Britain award by opening nominations to members. The Champion Beer of Britain (...
Watch out for Greene King’s new cask and bonkers brews
Greene King Brewery (GK) is set to launch two seasonal brews for September as the industry gets set to celebrate Cask Ale Week later in the month. GK...
Restoring Burton’s pride
Expansion is underway at Burton Bridge brewery. New brewing kit is waiting to be assembled to replace vessels that are leaking and no longer fit for p...
Union exclusive for St Albans fest
An exclusive tasting of the new Thornbridge Union IPA will be held at CAMRA’s St Albans beer festival on Friday 27 February when Roger Protz (above ri...
CAMRA urges bottle tax rethink
A new green levy on beer and cider bottles could adversely affect smaller producers. Commenting on the government’s recently published fee estimates a...
Happy as a pig in... spent malt
Gloucestershire’s Stroud brewery is making local pigs happy as it is supplying spent malt to a nearby community club to feed its porkers (above). The...
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