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We're happy to share the news that the Big Sky Beer Festival has been shortlisted in the Rural Event of the Year category in the seventh Yorkshire Post Rural Awards.  “The tours and events side of our business is going from strength to strength so we’re very pleased that our beer festival has been shortlisted for this prestigious award,” said brewery director, Kate Balchin. We face competition from Yorkshire Agricultural Machinery Show, The Barn That Rocks and Rudolph’s Run. We will learn whether we have been successful at an awards ceremony at The Pavilions in Harrogate on Thursday, 28th September. Wish us luck! 

Wow, where have the last six months gone?! Ahead of a busy summer, we thought now was a great time to do a quick recap of the last six months and look forward to the remaining half of the year! We kicked off the year with our first live music night in February, and then followed that with another raucous night of Singo Bingo in March. April saw a charity quiz night, where we raised over £500 for our charity of the year, Saint Catherine’s Hospice. May gave us the return of the sunshine with lots of brewery tours and...

  After supporting Bridlington Road Runners’ half marathon event for many years, we've decided it's time to host our own event.  The Wold Top 10k run takes place at the brewery on 16th September and also features a children’s 1k fun run, a hog roast and an option to camp at the brewery. Brewery director and keen runner, Alex Balchin is looking forward to the event: “Starting from the brewery, you'll run an all-terrain 10k race around the Wold Top farm, finishing back at the brewery bar for a well-deserved pint and some food! "We are blessed with amazing scenery...

Our first Oktoberfest was such a success last year that we're doing it all again this year! Join us here at the brewery on 30th September for a great night that promises the return of our specially brewed Oktoberfest beer, Field Day, German food with a Yorkshire twist and an Oompah Band.  Our new events co-ordinator, Michelle Savage can't wait: “We had such good feedback from last year’s event and our brewers were excited to have another opportunity to brew Field Day, so we’re repeating our German beer festival with a Yorkshire twist. We’re all really excited and it should...

There's nothing like an anniversary to start you reminiscing, so here is some information about the history of Wold Top and Hunmanby Grange Farm: The Mellor family, current owners of Hunmanby Grange Farm, the location of Wold Top Brewery, will have been farming and working the land here for 78 years this year.The family moved here in 1945, after the war ended for a new start and new lifestyle. But we’ve always stayed true to our origins, as we will explain now….. The original Mellors (our lineage anyway) were publicans and blacksmiths, in a village called Triangle (near Halifax) on...