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Don't miss out on tickets for the fourth Wold Top Oktoberfest that takes place on 20th September, when you can expect a specially brewed Oktoberfest beer, German food with a Yorkshire twist from Nabs Nosh and an Oompah Band. Brewing director Alex Balchin explained the rationale for this year’s German-themed event: “We had such good feedback from last year’s event and our brewers were excited to have another opportunity to brew our Oktoberfest beer, Field Day, so we’re repeating our German beer festival with a Yorkshire twist. We’re all looking forward to it - it should be a fabulous, fun-filled...

As Hello Velo is this month's special edition beer, and we hosted the Sundown 60 again recently, we thought it might be nice to focus on our interest in cycling this month!Hello Velo was our first official cycling-themed beer, launched back in 2014 when the Tour de France Grand Depart came to Yorkshire.  As avid cyclists and cycling enthusiasts, this was an opportunity not to be missed. One, to show our support for the region and two, to showcase and promote our beer to a new audience.  As a family we have always been big fans of all forms of...

We're looking forward to hosting a quiz on 30th May in aid of St. Catherine’s Hospice, our charity of the year. Events coordinator, Sam Smith explained the rationale for the event: “We love a quiz night here at Wold Top, and we also love supporting great local charities that are close to our heart, so we’re combining the two with a charity quiz night. “The team at St. Catherine’s Hospice does amazing work supporting people with cancer and other long-term illnesses across the Yorkshire Coast. They also cared for our founder, Gill, in the last few weeks of her life,...

We're pleased to share the news that our MD Kate has been invited to contribute to a panel session at a sustainable farming event next month. Kate will join the Food Production panel at the Farmers Weekly Transition Live event at the University of Leeds Farm on 8th May. The event aims to help farmers secure sustainable futures for their farms and brings together farmers, policymakers and key industry experts for a day of knowledge-exchange, collaboration and networking. It is a mixture of short TED-style talks and in-depth panel discussions focusing on three key topic areas: Food production, Environment and...

Here at Hunmanby Grange Farm, the home of Wold Top, we are currently under way with one of the most important parts of our farming year – spring drilling.  There are two types of crop plantings available to farmers: winter and spring. Winter barley and winter wheat varieties are sown shortly after harvest, late September through October, whilst spring barley and spring wheat are sown as the weather turns warmer and more ‘springlike’. This can be anywhere from late February to late March/early April. For spring planting we look for soil temperatures to be around 6C and rising to enable...