First Verdant Small Batch is a single-hop red IPA

First Verdant Small Batch is a single-hop red IPA

Verdant Brewing Co has launched a new series of beers under the Small Batch Project (SBP) label, and first out of the blocks is a single-hop red IPA. As part of the New Zealand Bract Brewing Programme, Verdant has access to a number of experimental hops. Among these...

Blessing of the Barley Queen to be revived

A Norfolk brewery is set to revive an ancient East Anglian folk tradition as it looks to grow and malt its own barley. Grain Brewery owner Phil Halls (left) with farmer Richard Bond. Photograph: Arthur Cragmore-Smyth Grain Brewery, based in Alburgh, is nestled in the...
Shakespeare is returning to Sheps pubs this summer

Shakespeare is returning to Sheps pubs this summer

Shepherd Neame is joining forces with Kent theatre company Changeling for a second year, to stage open-air theatre at two of its pubs this summer. Shakespeare With Sheps will see the Maidstone-based players perform Shakespeare’s Henry V during an outdoor summer tour...
Zoe brings a fresh outlook to the Clock Tower

Zoe brings a fresh outlook to the Clock Tower

Joseph Holt has recruited its youngest ever landlady. Twenty-five-year-old Zoe Carnan has taken on the Clock Tower, in Northwich. Zoe Carnan outside The Clock Tower, in Northwich Already, Zoe has brought a burst of energy to the Cheshire pub with the launch of free...