After over a year of local tasting panels and regional heats leading up to the finals, CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has crowned Timothy Taylor’s Boltmaker the ‘Best Beer’ in Britain at the Great British Beer Festival, Olympia, London. The West Yorkshire brewed real ale was judged the Supreme Champion over a host of other finalists in 7 different beer categories … [Read more...]
Meantime Brewing’s busy summer
Meantime Brewing is having a busy summer: from its Brewfest, to new Blippar app, to its BeerBox pop-up bar – all delivering interest and value to customers old and new. Check these initiatives out below. Brewfest returns due to popular demand Brewfest returns this August celebrating modern craft beer and brewing and taking place over three days - from Saturday August 23rd … [Read more...]
TROOPER scoops its first award
Premium British Beer TROOPER, created by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson and handcrafted at Robinsons Brewery in Cheshire, has won gold in the British Bottlers’ Institute Competition 2014 (BBI). Rocker-cum-brewer, Bruce Dickinson, has every music accolade under his belt worth having, but this is his first in the brewing industry and the fact that it was awarded in a … [Read more...]
Silk & Grain’s inventive twists on classics
Stunning new cocktail bar and restaurant Silk & Grain is now setting t he City’s drinking and dining scene alight w it h pioneering, barrel-aged tipples and sizzling steaks from t heir Josper grill. Located on Cornhill, a stone’s throw from Bank St at ion, expect t he best of British produce from t he first floor restaurant and a t rail blazing drinks menu w it h never seen … [Read more...]
A pint with Tom Jones?
Legendary music legend Tom Jones has pipped Robbie Williams by just one vote in a new poll to find which British Pop / Rock star people would most like to have a pint with at the Great British Beer Festival. But who would be your choice? The survey, commissioned by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), followed recent news that Katy Perry greeted crowds on tour with a pint of … [Read more...]