11th August 2010

Also this week, the latest copy of Westside magazine is now available, grab a copy to read all about our personalised labels! 

We recently supplied our popular Swift Nick to a wedding in Bamford and we are pleased to report that it went down treat, so much so we even received some photographs of the lucky guests enjoying a pint or two! 

We send our congratulations to the happy couple!

26th July 2010

A couple of weeks back we had two lovely people from Westside magazine come and have a chat with us for a feature in their August edition of the magazine! Don't forget to grab a copy when it comes out!!

July 13th 2010

This weekend saw the end of the 2010 World Cup, seeing Spain win the tournament!! Between the local pubs and ourselves, those who ordered casks of our special "Pen-ALE-ty" got a World Cup team flag, the idea in mind was whoever had the winning teams flag, receives a free cask!!

Congratulations to the Whitworth Park Hotel in Darley Dale who held the winning flag! They will now receive a free cask on their next order!! 

Whitworth Park Hotel.

June 21st 2010

This week we are getting ready for plenty of trips away from the office! We will be at Chatsworth Farm Shop on Wednesday the 30th June and also Friday 2nd July, for their annual Food Fair, why don't you come along and sample some of our goodies and plenty of other local produce!

We will also be at the Chatsworth Food and Drink Festival on the 3rd and 4th of July, where we will be joining lots of other local producers, come along and check out all we have to offer, i'm sure that there will be something for everyone! With free admission and only a £2 parking fee what excuse have you got!

June 7th 2010.

Its the arrival of our World Cup special brew this week and orders are flying in! "Pen-ALE-ty" is a 4%, light summer blonde ale. We've all tried our fair share at the brewery and think its fantastic, perfect for a few pints while watching the World Cup, all that's left now is the finishing touches, leaving Thom to complete the pump clip this afternoon!

So far you can sample our Pen-ALE-ty at the following:

The Peacock at Bakewell; George & Dragon at Holmesfield; Cliff Inn at Crich; Whitworth Hotel at Darley Dale; The Lathkil Hotel at Over Haddon; Okeover Arms at Mappleton; Highwayman at Eastmoor and The Midland at Matlock Bath.

Also this week, we have helped sponsor The Lathkil Hotel's annual Halfgallothon, all for charity! Which is taking place on Saturday the 12th from 3pm - Hope to see you there!! 

May 21st 2010.

Yesterday, with such lovely weather the brewers decided it was too good an opportunity to miss, so out they got their chairs, filled up their pint glasses, and sat in the sun. 

Its such a hard life! 

May 11th 2010.

This morning, I followed the guys as they brewed our award winning Bakewell Best Bitter - granted I didn't get up at half past five to meet them at the brewery at six! I just followed them from around from about half past nine. 

When I arrived with the camera ( which was really Mitch's phone ) they had already mashed most of the malt and they had started getting ready do dig out.

 - Mitch watching the very last bits coming out of the Mash Tun - going through the Underback - and into the Copper ( kettle ).

The leftover Wort after the running off. -  

 - Stuart rinsing the Sparge Arm.

The mash tun - ready for digging out! - 

 - Stuart and Mitch emptying the Underback.

The steam from the hot Underback. - 

 - Preparing the bags ready to fill with used malt grain.

 Filling the bags with used malt grain. - 

 -The leftover malt in the mash tun.

 Leftover malt grains ready for the farmer to collect for his cows - 

 - Stuart rinsing out the Underback this will also be cleaned using TC86.

 The copper reaching boiling point - 

 - Checking the copper ( kettle ) to see how much has evaporated

The hops that were added to give bitterness - .

 - Mitch digging out the hops from the copper.

The beer has now been transferred into our fermenter's and after the yeast is added it will stay there for 3-5 days having regular beer checks. :) 

May 10th 2010

We are currently getting ready to brew our World Cup 2010 Special Brew and we still haven't found a name for it! We need your help! If you have any ideas please suggest it in the comments page - it will reach us that way!

We also have this on our Facebook page and we have had some great ideas - lets keep them coming, you never know the name your thinking of might just be what people order at the bar this World Cup!

1966- When England won the World Cup!

April 27th 2010

Following the success of our St Patrick's day celebrations, we went on to do the same with St. Georges day, Friday 16th April. Instead of using shamrocks ( that would just be silly! ) we had envelopes containing dragons, all but one, containing St. George himself, and what would you know, the lucky winner won a free barrel of beer! So me and our driver Barry set out for the day, handing out a fan of envelopes each time, some people picking and opening their envelope of choice, others choosing to leave us in suspense! It was only when we pulled into the brewery yard around 6pm we found out who had won, 'The Highwayman' at Eastmoor! The very first place we delivered to that day! Congratulations!! 

The Highwayman at Eastmoor.

April 26th 2010

On St. Patrick's Day in March we decided to have a little fun, for every order our locals made that week they had the chance to win a free 9 Gallon cask! We had a selection of envelopes to choose from, each envelope contained a Shamrock, BUT only one envelope contained a lucky four leaf shamrock! The lucky participant to pick this won!

It was getting very close to the end of our deliveries and so far nobody had picked the four leaf clover! We were starting to panic!! As we pulled up outside the Cressbrook Club and rolled their weekly order of half a barrel of Swift Nick down the steps, we were beginning to think we'd have no winner, holding out the remaining envelopes to a very messy member of the Cressbook Club committee ( we had interrupted them refurbishing the bar! ) he picked the winner straight out, easy as 1, 2 , 3! Congratulations Cressbrook Club who had their free cask this week! We hope you enjoy every drop!

Malcolm at The Cressbrook Club.

April 8th 2010

The perfect gift for your perfect someone!

Simply contact us at the brewery with any further questions! A great idea for Birthdays, Weddings, or any other occasion where you would like a one of a kind gift!

April 7th, 2010

We celebrated our 5th Birthday!!.

We Celebrated being 5 years old on Good Friday at The Peacock in Bakewell, Thank-you very much to all that came and enjoyed our award winning ales and congratulations to those who won prizes, we hope you enjoy them! Keep popping back to our site to find out when and where we will next be celebrating our 5th year throughout 2010!

Thank-you to The Peacock!

May 13th, 2008