How do you take nearly 200 years of brewing history and get it ready for the next 200? Robinsons has just had a pretty good go at answering that. After 187 years of brewing in the heart of Stockport, this much-loved family brewery has made one of the biggest moves in its history - literally […]
If you've been drinking cask for a while, there's a good chance Wadworth already means something to you - a familiar pump clip, a favourite pub or perhaps a pint of 6X that brings back a few memories. And if it doesn't? Well, that's what Cask Ale Week is for. Wadworth has been brewing in […]
We've had beer experts and famous faces choosing our Beers of the Day. Today, we've gone for a full-blown superfan. Meet Tim Mackie-Harrison - lifelong cask lover, officially crowned one of Wadworth's “Legends”, and a man whose relationship with 6X started considerably earlier than licensing laws would have preferred. Tim grew up near Wadworth's old […]
There are breweries with traditions - and then there's Okell's, which helped get the rules for good beer written into Manx law. Founded on the Isle of Man by Dr William Okell in 1850, the brewery's story took a wonderfully beer-geek turn in 1874 when its founder championed the Manx Pure Beer Act, restricting Manx […]
Imagine you've never tried cask ale before. You're on a historic pub tour around Shoreditch and you ask your guide: “So... what should I order?” Today's judge, Charo Havermans, knows exactly what she'd say. Charo is a public historian and tour guide specialising in pubs, particularly the often-overlooked role women have played in brewing and […]
If you like your pint with a real sense of where it comes from, Wye Valley Brewery is one to look out for. It started life in 1985 when former Guinness brewer Peter Amor set up a tiny brewery behind a Herefordshire pub. Forty-one years later, it's still independent and family-owned, but those humble beginnings […]