Interview with Mike Cowbourne, Okells.
Tell us a bit about your brewery. Founded in 1850 by Dr William Okell, who pioneered ‘steam brewing’. Okells moved to its present site in 1994 with a brew length of 60 brls but capable of doing a 20...
View ArticleInterview with Russ Taylor, XT Brewing
Tell us a bit about your brewery. XT started in 2011 to make eXTremely tasty beers with a modern twist. How long have you been brewing for? I have been brewing at XT since 2011, I was very lucky to...
View ArticleInterview with Chris Ives, Ilkley Brewery
Tell us a bit about your brewery. Ilkley Brewery was founded in 2009 with an aim be Deceptively Different: to combine traditional English brewing techniques with inspiration from across the world. The...
View ArticleGreat Orme Brewery, NACOA and the 1p Campaign
In light of the recent 1p duty cut, one brewery has opted to make a difference rather than pocket the difference. Jonathan Hughes of Great Orme Brewery, North Wales, has decided that instead of seeing...
View ArticleInterview with Paul Alderson, Ringway Brewery Limited
Tell us a bit about your brewery. We are a micro set up in 2012 with the aim of producing classic session beers all below 5% with the focus on championing English hops. We are never going to be pushing...
View Article2013 CAMRA Great British Beer Festival Winners
CAMRA’s 2013 Great British Beer Festival took place earlier this month at London’s Olympia and one of the highlights of the festival was the 2013 Champion Beer of Britain award, as well as the awards...
View ArticleInterview with Dan Casaru, Moorhouses
How long have you been brewing for? I have been brewing for about twelve years. How did you get into brewing? Did you homebrew? I have a passion for beer and I decided to study for this at the Heriot...
View ArticleEasy, tiger! Everards U-turn in Elixir IP Bullying PR Piss-Up.
Earlier today I was shocked to read this article in which it was made clear that Leicester brewery Everards was on the verge of driving a small independent Scottish brewery out of business over the...
View ArticleMoorhouse’s to launch ‘Black Cat Reserve’ for Halloween
Moorhouse’s, the Lancashire-based independent brewer is to launch a bewitching special edition of it’s ‘Black Cat’ dark ale (3.4%), a former winner of the coveted CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain....
View ArticleWentwell Brewery turns to crowdfunding to upgrade their kit.
Successful Derby-based Wentwell Brewery have launched a crowd-funding campaign to finance upgrades to their existing equipment. Set up in 2010 and having already self-financed a move from a 0.5 BBL kit...
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