Blog & News

Nov 7

LATEST TOUR NEWS: NEW NORTHERN TOURS - FEATURING A COAST-TO-COAST BEER ODYSSEY

BEER JOURNEYS TO REMEMBER ACROSS YORKSHIRE AND LAKELAND For 2025 we are rolling out opportunities for exciting fresh beer tours for...

Jun 5

COURT SHOWDOWN SET FOR PUB SURVIVAL FIGHT IN MANCHESTER

This is an article from the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) What's Brewing news website re the historic Britons Protection, a pub much...

May 14

ICONIC BREWING KIT SAVED FROM OBLIVION - THANKS TO THORNBRIDGE

Pioneering Thornbridge Brewery has worked with Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company (CMBC) to save a much revered Burton Union set -...

Apr 23

PINTS WITH TIMES PAST; PONDERING WELSH HISTORY WITH A BEER OR TWO

Let's go to North-East Wales for some fine ales and pubs with some history thrown,

Dec 14, 2023

A LIVERPOOL BEER ADVENTURE

Our last big outing of the year is in a city that veritably oozes with cracking beer and magical pubs; all sprinkled with the added spice...

Sep 19, 2023

PHOTO SPECIAL: A BIG WELCOMING BEER HUG FROM BEARTOWN

Beartown Brewery has been around for almost 30 years since Ian Burns kicked off with his bear themed brews in Congleton, East Cheshire....

Jul 12, 2023

BIG HAND CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY

With many small brewers badly beleaguered by the shadow of Covid 19, plus staggering rises in energy bills and raw materials combined...

Feb 23, 2023

'TAKE US TO A BEER HEAVEN' THEY SAID...OK THEN, WE'LL NIP DOWN TO LUDLOW ...

Special photo file report from south Shropshire OUR whole reason for being is to hunt down cracking independent brewers and smashing cask...

Oct 12, 2021

ISLE OF MAN TOUR FOR NOVEMBER

ISLE OF MAN - November 2-4 2021 For our post COVID world we have linked with an established Isle of Man tour operator to bring the first...