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Job Opportunity: Production Line Manager Start date: January/February 2020 Who are we? We are Agricola Bottling Ltd, a packaging and bottling company who process, bottle and package beer for Wold Top Brewery (our sister company) and other UK brewers. Wold Top Brewery is a small, family run, independent brewery based on the Yorkshire Coast. In 2007 we installed our own in-house packaging line and in 2010 Agricola Bottling Ltd was created enabling us to offer contract packaging to other breweries. As we expand the business and increase our production capability, we are looking for someone with previous production line knowledge...

If you don’t subscribe to our newsletter*, you may not be aware that we have bolstered the team at the brewery lately with the appointment of three lovely ladies. First to join us, back in July, was Julie Hayes who swapped a career as an editor in Dubai for the opportunity to follow her passion for beer with a role in our brew team.  When she’s not working, assistant brewer, Julie enjoys home brewing and tasting a wide variety of beers. She also loves exploring, hiking and watching birds and other wildlife. Second to join the growing team at Hunmanby...

Our second limited edition cask special this month is Alto. It's a pale beer with a full body and big notes of floral lemon, citrus and soft fruits. Altocumulus clouds are small, mid-level layers or patches of clouds, called cloudlets, which most commonly exist in the shape of rounded clumps. Look out for it in your local whilst stocks last.

Our first limited edition cask ale for November is Big Sky. The Yorkshire Wolds are often referred to as Big Sky Country for the amazing skyscapes over the gently rolling countryside of the wolds and the coast. This is a tawny coloured ale with a clean hoppy finish, from the Hallertau Northern Brewer hops and a balanced maltiness from the home grown malts in the brew .- check it out in your local whilst stocks last! 

If you don't subscribe to our monthly newsletter*, you will have missed the great article that directors Kate and Alex wrote about the malting process. What is Malting? Malting is a controlled germination that converts raw grain into malt. Malt is mainly used for brewing or whisky making, but can also be used to make malt vinegar or malt extract.  Various grains are used for malting; the most common are barley, sorghum, wheat and rye. Process: The grain is received at the maltings from the farmer. It is taken in from the field and cleaned (dressed) and dried if necessary to ensure...