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We've bottled our first lager

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We've bottled our first lager

Further to the successful launch of the keg version last year, and in response to customer demand, we have launched Landmark Lager (4.2% ABV) in a 330ml bottle. The lager, the first that we have produced since the brewery was founded in 2003, is made from home grown and locally malted barley, water from the farm’s borehole and British and European hops. We brewed it in response to feedback from our annual questionnaire, so thank you to everyone who responded - your views really do matter. Brewery Manager Alex said: “For those of you who have asked us to produce a British lager...

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Our family history from publicans to farmers and brewers

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Our family history from publicans to farmers and brewers

For those who don't subscribe to our monthly newsletter, you missed this month's Directors' Diary that tells how the Mellor family went from pulling to brewing pints...Grab a cuppa or a beer and have a read - it's a great story. 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 75 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...

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We've joined forces with Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery to create unique beer

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We've joined forces with Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery to create unique beer

We have teamed up with our sister company, Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery to produce Yorkshire’s first barrel-aged beer. Swell is a limited edition dark beer that has been matured for 11 months in casks that held spirit at Yorkshire’s first single malt whisky distillery. Swell has been brewed specifically for barrel-aging, the recipe developed to hold the flavours from the casks without being overwhelmed. It’s rich, fruity and full of flavour. With an ABV of 12%, it’s a beer to be savoured. When in the cask, the beer picks up flavours from the spirit that’s been in there before, as well as...

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We're delighted with our success in the SIBA beer awards

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We're delighted with our success in the SIBA beer awards

The team here at Hunmanby Grange are celebrating after winning three awards in an industry wide beer competition. Scarborough Fair IPA and Headland Red won gold awards at the SIBA (Society of Independent Brewers) North East Regional Keg awards last week, with Headland Red going on to be awarded bronze in the national SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2020 at BeerX UK in Liverpool. Multi award winning Scarborough Fair IPA, 6% ABV, is a triple hopped gluten free beer whilst Headland Red is a red beer with a mellow, malty flavour and an ABV of 4.3%. Both beers are available in cask...

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We're brewing a special Books by the Beach beer for the seventh time!

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We're brewing a special Books by the Beach beer for the seventh time!

If you don’t subscribe to our newsletter*, you may not be aware of our ongoing association with Books by the Beach that takes place this April. This April, we’re delighted to be working again with Scarborough’s book festival; Books by the Beach. It takes place between the 24th and the 26th April and there’s a feast of celebrity writers, top novelists and some fascinating personal stories. Former Deputy Labour Leader Tom Watson talks about his life changing weight loss & resulting improved health on Saturday 25 April 5pm at Scarborough Library. Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee & editor David Walker comment on...

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