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We're very excited to learn that we have reached the final of another award! This time, it's Welcome to Yorkshire's super prestigious White Rose Awards and we've been shortlisted in the Taste of Yorkshire category. We're one of six finalists and face tough competition from Cannon Hall Farm, Barnsley; Cedar Barn Farm Shop, Pickering; Fodder, Harrogate; Miller's Fish and Chips, York and The Firebox Café, Hawes. The Taste of Yorkshire award aims to reward tourism bosses who produce a quality end product or uses local produce and contributes to the long term sustainability of the local community.  The winners will be...

We're delighted to report that the Wold Top Warriors team of oarsmen stormed into first place when they competed in the Rotary Club of Scarborough Cavaliers’ dragon boat race at Wykeham Lakes recently. The sixteen-strong team, comprising staff, family and friends of the brewery, was one of 26 teams entering the races that took place on Sunday June 11. Teams were divided into the gold and silver races according to their results in the first two qualifying races and the Wold Top Warriors won the gold final. Alex Balchin, brewery manager and dragon boat team member, said: “We had quite a...

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When I say washing I am not referring to the type that involves either dirty plates or t-shirts. I am in fact referring to the production of a sugary solution from malted barley that yeast will ferment. There are two well known industries that use the fermentable sugars of barley to make alcohol, brewing and distilling. Our job until recently was exclusively to make this sugary solution (brewers call it wort) to feed our yeast which in turn makes beer. As with most breweries we would normally boil the wort and add some hops, cool it and then let it...