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We're delighted to share the news that Scarborough Fair IPA took the accolade for the United Kingdom’s best English Style IPA at the 16th annual World Beer Awards following judging in London recently. A panel of renowned international judges blind-tasted and scored the beers over two rounds to decide the best beers in each style. Scarborough Fair IPA, 6.0% ABV, is a strong, triple-hopped beer with a pale, Wold-grown malt base. This gluten-free beer also won a silver medal in the 2022 Free From Food Awards. Brewery manager Alex Balchin said: “It’s wonderful to see our Yorkshire beer achieving success on...

July and August for us here at Wold Top mean harvest and currently that entails checking the crops daily to see how they are ripening and constantly monitoring the weather forecast! It’s been one of the wettest Julys we’ve seen (as we’re sure you’ve experienced too!) so we managed to get our winter barley harvested between showers last weekend but the wheat is still waiting and the spring barley fields are a way off being ready yet. For the barley harvest, (both spring and winter), what we are looking for are ears of corn with lots of tightly packed grains....

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...