What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Our brewery, the Lerwick Brewery, is so called as we are based just outside Lerwick in Shetland. What is your brewery capacity? Our current brew length is 2000 litres or 12 barrels, with the ability to hold 22000 litres of beer at different stages […]
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What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Hopcraft / Pixie Spring, it was bought as scrap from Iceni in Norfolk; it was in a terrible state and it took us 6 months to get it running again. What is your brewery capacity? Not easy to answer! the copper is 35 barrels, […]
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What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? ShinDigger. We started brewing a couple of years ago when we were around 21. We were shocked by how many people our age were put off ale because of a perceived ‘old man’ image. We wanted to challenge this perception by building our company […]
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Beer lovers in Northallerton will soon be able to quench their thirst at Truefitt’s Tap. Due to open for the second bank holiday in May Truefitt’s first bar will serve cask, keg and bottled beers. The beers will of course include the range from Truefitt Brewing Co as well as showcasing beers from other breweries. […]
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I’m a big fan of Adnams they are certainly in my favourite breweries, they do some really cracking beers, like the recent Fat Sprat and the always excellent Innovation, what’s more they are really consistent so you know that when you buy their beer it will be the same as the last time you bought […]
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I first met Matt from Truefitt when he was working at Captain Cooks Brewery in Stokesley, he’s since become a good friend and client (we do his branding, labels and pump clips). As a result I’ve never really written that much about his beers on here, apart from the odd mention in my Golden Pints, […]
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What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Tavernale. It’s ale brewed in a tavern. It’s also the name of our house beer brewed for us by Wylam brewery. What is your brewery capacity? 9 HTL a week. What is different about your brewery? It’s brewed in the bar which is pretty […]
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2013 has been an interesting year for beer, there’s been a lot of really good beer and an awful lot of inconsistent beer, beer that’s been lauded to death and I’ve not enjoyed there’s been some great discussions and some utterly bonkers ones and there’s been a fair bit of bandwagon jumping and circle jerking […]
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What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Kirkby Lonsdale Brewery, It is the town in which we are based. It translates as church on a hill by the lune. What is your brewery capacity? 30 bbrl per week What is different about your brewery? We are a small family run brewery producing […]
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What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Our name is the Adventure Brewery. The name came from the idea of going on a adventure round the world with different ingredients, as well as an adventure for ourselves with starting the brewery, and then more simply was a great play on where […]
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