by Louise Ashworth | Jan 14, 2019 | Breweries, News
Arthur Skill, a 19 year old Nottinghamian, owned a fish lorry. The year was 1919, and with the early morning rounds completed, Arthur found that more could be made of it carrying people to work – and so began Skills Coaches, the Nottingham based travel company...
by Louise Ashworth | Nov 26, 2018 | Breweries, Cask Ale, News, Real Ale, Uncategorized
Award winning Lancaster-based brewer and regional leisure venue operator, Lancaster Brewery, has filed record pre-tax profits of £667,102 in 2017/2018 – up 88% year on year – and has announced significant investment plans for 2019. Lancaster Brewery, which...
by Louise Ashworth | Sep 27, 2018 | Breweries, Cask Ale, Events, News, Real Ale
Hogs Back Brewery celebrated its fourth annual hop harvest with a party for more than 1000 residents, families, friends and members of the Tongham TEA Club. Despite rainfall on the day, spirits were high among the guests enjoying live music, a Kids Zone, street food,...
by Alastair Macnaught | Aug 3, 2018 | Breweries, Latest, News
Great British Beer Festival’s headline sponsor is set to bring its iconic 5X brew to the festival next week. The two-year-old oak aged beer is never sold in its purity but forms the basis of two of Greene King’s well-known brands Old Crafty Hen and Strong Suffolk. The...
by Natalie Smith | Aug 2, 2018 | Ale Trail, Breweries, Cask Ale, Real Ale
Thursday 24th May 2018 – The day of the much anticipated Cask Marque ale ambassador course had arrived. The reward for scanning 500 pubs on the ‘World’s Biggest Ale Trail’. There was an air of excitement from the committee as we assembled at the famous Marston’s...
