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A Wold Newton brewery is celebrating after recording its best Christmas sales ever despite the inclement weather. Wold Top Brewery, based 110 metres above sea level at the top of the Yorkshire Wolds, battled against extreme weather conditions to reach its hundreds of customers throughout East, West and North Yorkshire in the run up to Christmas. Commenting on the challenges that the weather posed, Mark Skinn, who is responsible for delivering Wold Top Brewery's award winning ales, said; "They were some of the worst driving conditions that I have ever known in all of my years delivering, but thanks to...

Tom Mellor, co-founder and owner of Yorkshire?s Wold Top Brewery, has been elected as a council member for SIBA (Society of Independent Brewers) North. Tom is delighted with the appointment and is looking forward to helping other independent breweries; ?SIBA does an amazing job helping breweries like ours to prosper by providing advice and guidance and by representing us in government and regulatory matters.? Formed in 1980 as the Small Independent Brewers? Association, SIBA?s mission is to campaign on behalf of independent brewers to ensure that they have the best possible opportunity to bring their goods to market.

Against the Grain, Britain?s first and favourite gluten free beer, has been? awarded the gold medal in the speciality bottled beer category at the?Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) Northern awards. Brewed by Yorkshire?s Wold Top Brewery, Against the Grain is a premium, full flavoured bitter beer with a good head, refreshing bitterness and a citrus hop after taste. It has an ABV of 4.5% and its gluten content is certified to be well below the Codex standard of 20ppm. Tom Mellor, who owns the brewery with his wife, Gill, says ?Against the Grain is brewed using pure, chalk-filtered water from...

Wold Top Brewery will be mixing with the stars at an inaugural food festival next week. Wold Newton based Wold Top Brewery is one of several Yorkshire businesses that have been invited to take part in the first?Hull Truck Theatre Food Festival that will feature cookery demonstrations by Yorkshire celebrity chef,?James Martin. The festival, designed to showcase the best of local produce, will feature demonstrations from James and Radio Humberside?s resident celebrity chef Nigel Brown and will be supported by host of local suppliers including Elliott Eggs, the White Rabbit Chocolate Company and Gold from the Wold cold pressed rapeseed...

An East Yorkshire brewery is urging people to support local pubs to celebrate Britain?s national drink during?Cask Ale Week (29 March to 5 April). Wold Newton based Wold Top Brewery supplies its award winning cask ales to over 400 pubs, hotels and restaurants throughout Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and is backing the?Cask-Marque,?CAMRA,?SIBA and?IFBB supported initiative to encourage more people to taste the delights of locally brewed beer.? In particular, National Cask Ale Week is appealing for female drinkers to swap their regular tipple for a taste of real ale as latest stats reveal that the number of female real ale drinkers...