by Darren | Friday, August 17, 2018 | BEER NEWS, EVENTS
Best of cask and keg: Saltaire Brewery’s Charlie Killeen, Alice Phillips and Ricky Ball are getting ready for the annual beer festival Saltaire Brewery’s annual beer festival returns this September, promising two days of the industry’s top cask and keg...
by Darren | Thursday, August 16, 2018 | BEER NEWS, EVENTS
Good Beer Hunting is to host a tasting of ‘wild beers’ at the Beer Merchants Tap, London, featuring New Belgium Brewing and selected friends. The event, on September 5, will celebrate all things fermentation based, with a wide selection of beer, cider,...
by Darren | Thursday, August 16, 2018 | BEER NEWS, EVENTS
Current young beer writer of the year, James Beeson, is hosting a laid-back afternoon of tacos and beer, as part of Tunbridge Wells Beer Weekend. The event will be taking place on September 15 at The Royal Oak pub, in Tunbridge Wells. Tickets are priced at £15 and...
by Darren | Monday, August 13, 2018 | BEER NEWS, EVENTS
The Tate is staging two more of its popular tap takeovers on August 30 — one at Tate Modern, in London, and one in St Ives, Cornwall. At Tate Modern, Burnt Mill, winner of this year’s Raise the Bar competition, will be pouring its beer. Contest judges described...
by Darren | Monday, August 13, 2018 | EVENTS, PUBS AND BARS
Durham community pub, The Woodman Inn, is inviting locals to its first ever Caribbean-themed rum festival on Saturday (August 18). Rum is rapidly gaining popularity as a spirit for summer, and licensees Sean and Jean Quilty are encouraging guests to dress for the...
by Darren | Friday, August 10, 2018 | BEER NEWS, EVENTS
Norwich and Norfolk CAMRA members have started preparing for the city’s annual beer festival, which will take place in St Andrews and Blackfriars halls from October 22 to 27. With real ales, bottled beers, ciders, perries and wines, the event will this year...
by Darren | Wednesday, August 8, 2018 | BEER NEWS, EVENTS, PUBS AND BARS
From Siren Blonde Ale, of Memphis, to Modern Times, San Diego, and Pick Axe Porter, from Anchorage, a new pop-up pub serving 230 US craft beers is landing in London on Friday (August 10). Celebrating the rise in popularity of craft beer, Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air...
by Darren | Wednesday, August 8, 2018 | BEER NEWS, EVENTS
Brooklyn Brewery will be coming to Leeds this August as part of the Brooklyn On Tour event. The award-winning American brewery has scoured the city to unearth the best up-and-coming street food chefs, DJs and artists, and will be collaborating with Leeds...
by Darren | Monday, August 6, 2018 | BEER NEWS, EVENTS
Spanish influence: left to right are Lindsay Castling, UK market manager for Estrella Galicia, Nieves Barragán, chef director of Sabor, and Leo Rivera, head chef at Brindisa Spanish brewer Estrella Galicia is teaming up with a line-up of the UK’s best Spanish chefs...
by Darren | Saturday, August 4, 2018 | BEER NEWS, EVENTS
Greene King is to bring its rarely seen 5X beer to next week’s Great British Beer Festival, at Olympia in London. The two-year-old oak-aged beer is never usually sold, instead forming the basis of two of Greene King’s well-known brands — Old Crafty Hen and...
by Darren | Friday, August 3, 2018 | BEER NEWS, EVENTS
By Bob Pease, chief executive, Brewers Association With just days to go until the start of the Great British Beer Festival, held annually in Olympia, London, the Brewers Association is once again proud to sponsor the Transatlantic Bar 09, as we have done for the...
by Darren | Friday, August 3, 2018 | BEER NEWS, CORNWALL NEWS, EVENTS
Norman Jay MBE. Photograph: Dean Chalkey Sharp’s Brewery has announced and launched tickets for the first of an epic Doom Bar Sessions series, featuring DJ Norman Jay. The event will offer a unique music experience aboard Padstow’s Jubilee Queen boat — an...
