by Darren | Saturday, October 19, 2019 | Beer News, Cornwall News
Pictured, left to right, are: Piers Thompson, external relations director at St Austell Brewery; Carolyn Cadman, chief executive, Cornwall Wildlife Trust; Tony Wilson, competition winner to name Wild Coast; and Rob Orton, brewing and bottling manager, St Austell...
by Darren | Saturday, October 12, 2019 | Beer News, Business News, Cornwall News
Sharp’s Brewery saw turnover fall 8.7% to £38.2m for the year ending December 31, 2018. Pre-tax profit was up 70.2% to £1.3m. According to files registered at Companies House, the company saw beer volumes down 5.5% year on year, although there was £890,000 of...
by Darren | Thursday, October 3, 2019 | Beer News, Cornwall News
Sharp’s Brewery is working with Nick Mulvey to make music that will protect British coastlines from plastic pollution and help reduce single plastic usage. The Cornish brewery and Mercury Music Prize nominee have released the first track pressed onto a...
by Darren | Wednesday, October 2, 2019 | Beer News, Cornwall News
St Austell Brewery’s Cornish pale ale, Tribute, was chosen by Spaceport Cornwall as its beer of choice for the UK Space Conference 2019. Visitors to Spaceport Cornwall’s stand were served a complimentary pint of the Cornish beer in a one-off cosmic Tribute glass, to...
by Darren | Tuesday, October 1, 2019 | Beer News, Cornwall News
A hardy annual in Skinner’s Brewery’s Aleblazers range of limited edition beers is back, with Green Hop pale ale on bars now. Freshly-picked hops are driven down from Worcestershire to Truro overnight and then brewing commences. The brewer says:...
by Darren | Wednesday, September 25, 2019 | Beer News, Cornwall News, Events
Nineties trip-hop band Morcheeba (pictured) brought their live beats to Sharp’s Brewery’s exclusive Doom Bar Session at the weekend. The intimate VIP gig took place aboard the Jubilee Queen, transporting music and beer fans from Padstow harbour, across the Doom Bar...
by Darren | Wednesday, September 25, 2019 | Beer News, Cornwall News
Left to right, Two Thirsty Gardeners Richard Hook and Nick Moyle, with St Austell Brewery’s Rob Orton St Austell Brewery has collaborated with bloggers, the Two Thirsty Gardeners, on an upcoming Small Batch brew. The limited-edition pale ale is brewed with...
by Darren | Thursday, September 19, 2019 | Cornwall News, Pubs and Bars
Peter and Anne-Marie Chomiak (pictured) have taken on the management of the Hawkins Arms, Probus, and are overseeing a short refurbishment project before hosting an opening night for locals on Friday, September 20. The first record of a pub on the site of the Hawkins...
by Darren | Wednesday, September 18, 2019 | Cornwall News, Pubs and Bars
An artist’s impression of how the completed project will look St Austell Brewery has secured a long-term lease for the Harbour Light, in Paignton. It will become part of the brewer’s managed pub restaurant estate. The company has plans to significantly invest in...
by Darren | Friday, September 13, 2019 | Beer News, Cornwall News, Events
St Austell Brewery beers will be included in the line-up for pub chain Nicholson’s Autumn Cask Ale Festival. The festival, which will roll out across Nicholson’s 77-strong nationwide estate from September 16 to October 27, will feature more than 30 limited-edition...
by Darren | Thursday, September 12, 2019 | Beer News, Cornwall News, Events
To coincide with this month’s Cask Ale Week (September 19-29), Sharp’s Brewery is launching new brewery tours and beer tasting experiences. The tours have a limited capacity for an intimate experience, with only six adults per session. The tasting...
by Darren | Wednesday, September 11, 2019 | Beer News, Cornwall News
Black Square Russian Imperial Stout, the brainchild of St Austell Brewery’s brewing director Roger Ryman (pictured), has been named best stout at the 2019 International Beer Challenge. A 60-strong panel of experts gathered in London to give their verdicts. The panel...
