Wolds brewery celebrates ‘remarkable’ achievement
A Yorkshire Wolds micro brewery is celebrating after winning a prestigious tourism award.
Wold Newton based Wold Top Brewery was shortlisted in the Remarkable Fayre category of the REYTAs (Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism Awards) and was delighted to beat stiff competition from Mr Moo’s, Drewton’s, White Rabbit Chocolate Company, Manor Farm Beef and Three Little Pigs to take the title at a glittering ceremony at Hessle’s Country Park Inn last week.
Of the win, brewery owner Gill Mellor said; “Thanks to VHEY and David Hockney, East Yorkshire’s profile has been raised significantly and we’re very proud to have won this award in such an important year for the Yorkshire Wolds.”
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Generous brewery helps Echoes Foundation
An East Yorkshire micro brewery has helped a Hull charity to realise its dream of becoming self sufficient.
Wold Newton based Wold Top Brewery donated free opening stock and a £100 cheque towards the licence to celebrate the re-opening of the Wassand Arms by the Echoes Foundation that raises valuable funds for Hull and East Yorkshire children with special and additional needs.
Commenting on the generous donation, charity founder Claire Stockton said; “Thanks to businesses like Wold Top Brewery and Sue Perkins, who owns the Wassand Arms, we have been able to reopen this magnificent pub and hope to provide a sustainable income for the Echoes Foundation charity whilst providing a family friendly pub venue.”
The Echoes Foundation was established in 2008 by Claire when her son Finley was born with a born with a genetic brain condition and Claire experienced the need for additional services. Claire continued; “When I found out that Finley was poorly I firstly wanted to speak to other parents who knew what I was going through and secondly I wanted to know what was wrong with my son, so I set up the Echoes Foundation”. By 2009 the charity had been so successful that it was able to offer practical and emotional support, a sensory room, an alternative therapy room, parental support room and a parent resource room for 84 local families.
Claire’s dream that the charity would eventually be self sustaining became closer to reality when she gave a talk at Beverley Tickton Grange and local entrepreneur Sue Perkins was in the audience. Owner of pubs including the Olde White Hart and the Whittington and Cat, Sue also owned the Wassand Arms where the bar had been empty for several years. Inspired by Claire’s vision, Sue saw the opportunity to help the charity whilst breathing new life into the Hessle Road pub and offered it free of charge to the Echoes Foundation.
Claire, together with the Echoes Foundation’s team of volunteers and local businesses who generously donated time and materials to the project, worked tirelessly to get the Wassand Arms ready for the press launch on 8th March that was presided over by patron of the charity, the Rt. Hon. Alan Johnson MP.
Hockney demand secures second order for Wolds brewery
A Yorkshire Wolds micro brewery is delighted that the appeal of the Hockney exhibition at the Royal Academy in London has resulted in a second order from the prestigious catering company Peyton & Byrne.
Wold Newton based Wold Top Brewery has been supplying its Wold Top Bitter, Wold Gold, Wolds Way and gluten free beer Wold Top Against the Grain to the Restaurant at the Royal Academy on Piccadilly since the Hockney exhibition began in January as a result of a ‘Meet the Chefs’ day at Beverley Tickton Grange last September.
Commenting on the latest order, brewery owner Tom Mellor said; “We are delighted that the public not only shares our enthusiasm about Hockney’s work and the Yorkshire Wolds, but they appear to like our Wolds beer too!”
Established in 2003, farm based Wold Top Brewery brews traditional real ale from home and Wolds grown malting barley, the finest hops and pure, chalk-filtered Wolds water. In addition to the Restaurant at the Royal Academy in Burlington House, its range of award winning ales is available through the website www.woldtopbrewery.co.uk, independent, family owned retailers, farm shops, delis, hotels, pubs and off licences throughout Yorkshire and further afield.
Peyton & Byrne operate a number of quality food outlets. They are passionate about quality British ingredients and source all their meat, fish, dairy and vegetables directly from artisan producers. They make everything in their own kitchens from scratch using only fresh, sustainable, environmentally friendly ingredients.
NGS garden and brewery open day in the heart of Hockney Country
Visitors to the popular Yellow Book garden Hunmanby Grange on the Yorkshire Wolds will get extra value for money on the Diamond Jubilee holiday weekend of 2nd and 3rd June when the opening of the garden coincides with the annual open day for award winning East Yorkshire micro-brewery, Wold Top Brewery.
For just £3.50 visitors will be able to tour the beautiful and interesting garden that Gill Mellor has created despite its exposure to the elements and a challenging soil. Gill will share her stories about how the garden has evolved over a quarter of a century into a series of gardens that have been developed depending on shelter, aspect, views and need. There will also be plants on sale.
Visitors to the micro-brewery will see where and how the award-winning ales are made and will be able to talk to the brewery team about what makes Wold Top’s ales so special. There will also be special offers on bottled beers and refreshments will be available.
The gardens and the brewery will be open between 11am and 5pm on both days and proceeds from the entry money will go via the NGS to charity. St. Cuthbert’s church in Burton Fleming will benefit from the proceeds from the refreshments.
NGS gardens across England and Wales welcome over 750,000 visitors a year to 3,700 gardens of quality, character and interest and raise over £2.5 million each year for nursing, caring and gardening charities. For more information, please visit www.ngs.org.uk. Last year the garden’s open day raised over £1800 for NGS charities.