The National Brewery Archives: Now Live
Historic information and images from Britain’s breweries and pub companies will be accessible online for the first time from today via The National Brewery Centre Archives. The creation of the online National Brewery Centre Archives has been supported by the National Brewery Heritage Trust (NBHT), a charity run by volunteers. The archives give access to…
McColl’s Brewery Launches Taproom Crowdfunder
McColl’s Brewery first opened its taproom back in 2018, and now looks to the future and a Crowdfunder campaign to make the Evenwood-based brewery space even better. Read on for an update from Co-owner and Head Brewer, Danny… The Grand Plan We want to make your time at the taproom better than ever before, and…
Reopening Dates for Pubs, Bars & Breweries in the North East 2020
We’ve been compiling a list of reopening dates for your favourite places to grab a beer in the North East. The list is separated by area and includes dates of opening, plus links if advanced booking is required. If we’ve missed any, please drop us an email. If you’re venturing out to any local businesses…
SIBA Launches Digital Beer Awards
The SIBA ‘Digital Beer Awards’ have been created to showcase the best beers from independent breweries across the UK. Carefully selected beer judges will use BJCP style guides to decide upon the winners. The judging sessions take place live via Zoom, with each judging ‘table’ captained by a trained beer sommelier. The judges shall use internationally recognised guidelines for…
Father’s Day Gift Guide 2020
20 ideas for something to get your dad for Father’s Day this year – all from North East businesses. As you may have noticed, we’re huge advocates of #BuyLocal (check out our directory here for more info). So here’s our round-up of places you can order online from to make sure you’re all set for…
Neptune Brewery releases Birthday Beers
April 2020 marked the 5th birthday of Liverpool-based Neptune Brewery. To celebrate, they collaborated with friends – three breweries from the UK, and one international. The result: four amazing beers! The Beers: TURBULENCE – A collaboration with Manchester-based Marble Brewery. A punchy 7.4% West Coast IPA with big flavours of grapefruit and lemon with light…
Northern Stronghold: Craft Brewers of the North East Unite
‘United We Stand’ is the message from a collection of the North East’s top craft breweries, who are combining forces to create the Northern Stronghold, and are now asking craft beer fans to sign up and support. What is it? The brainchild of Newcastle’s Full Circle Brew Co., the Northern Stronghold has been set up…
Northumberland Breweries Beer Box
The First and Last Brewery, in Elsdon, has created the Northumberland Breweries Beer Box, showcasing some of the region’s best craft beers, to help support the local micro-brewery community right now. Sam Kellie, Co-Owner of First & Last Brewery, alongside brewster, Red, said “We wanted to make the box to raise the profile of Northumberland…
Wylam Brewery adds three new beers to its web store
Wylam Brewery has just released three new beers on its online web store (and one of the trio which might be familiar to North East beer fans!). GEORDIE BEER GEEKOatmeal Stout (7.5% abv.) A collaboration with Scandinavia’s OG Brewing phantom Mikkeller.This beer was due for exclusive release at MBCC20 in Copenhagen next week, but the…
