Thursday, 23rd September to Sunday, 3rd October 2021 Industry bodies are making a call to pubs, bars, pubcos and breweries for this year’s Cask Ale Week, to be part of their comeback strategy. “It’s not enough for pubs to be…
Moonwake Beer, based in Leith, Edinburgh, has announced their 4.2% Pale Ale will be pouring at selected sites across the Scottish capital as the warm weather continues this weekend. The brewery, over a year in the making, was held back…
by Robin Cowlyn Once upon a time, there was really only Urquell or Jever and that was only in bottles in small independent bottleshops, like the one round the corner from where we lived for a while in Mosely in…
Hops & Dots Brew Co. in County Durham have smashed their original target to raise £4,000 to bring more accessibility to the craft beer industry. The Crowdfunder campaign ends at 10.01 am on Tuesday 1st June, and has raised £6,333 already, thanks…
by Andrew Mitchell I’ve been pretty much obsessed with beer for about twenty years, ever since I invested the best part of my student loan into the coffers of Rehill’s and The Head of Steam when they started selling Sierra…
James Clay and Sons will continue a three-decade-long partnership with the Schneider brewing family that has seen the company exclusively import from Schneider Weisse Brewery to now include beers from the new Schneider’s Landbrauerei brewery, starting with Schneider’s Bayrisch Hell,…
West Yorkshire beer distributor James Clay and Sons has partnered with Westmalle Trappist Brewery to bring Westmalle Extra to the UK for the very first time. The brewery Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle, (a.k.a. Westmalle Brewery), is a Trappist Brewery…
Redundancy is something a lot of people in the brewing industry have become familiar with during the past few months, none more so than former employees of Hawkshead Brewery. At the beginning of the first lockdown restrictions last year, four…
As we did last year, we’ve been compiling a list of reopening dates for pubs, breweries, and your other favourite places to grab a beer in Newcastle and the rest of the North East. The list includes places opening their…
Buy local this Valentine’s Day – whether it’s for your other half, or to celebrate friendship, here’s our round-up of the Top 5 North East goodies to put a smile on someones face! 1. Tasty Treats from The French Quarter…
