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A Yorkshire micro brewery has welcomed a scientific report that concludes that moderate beer drinking may benefit your health. Scientists at the?Medical Research Council Collaborative Centre for Human Nutrition Research (HNR) in Cambridge have identified that silicon promotes both bone and connective tissue health and that beer is a naturally rich source of the key nutrient. Dr Jonathan Powell, Head of the Biomineral Research Section at HNR, said; ?We have shown that silicon appears to have a beneficial effect in increasing bone mineral density. Epidemiological work has identified a positive association between drinking beer in moderation (2 units per day)...

An East Yorkshire brewery is celebrating after its gluten free beer was highly commended in a national competition for gluten free foods. Judges at the?Foods Matter Free From Food Awards considered Wold Newton based Wold Top Brewery?s Against the Grain to have a? ?Floral aroma, nice hoppy palette?, and concluded that it was ?dry and delicate.? Brewed with maize, not wheat, Against the Grain is a full flavoured bitter beer with a good head, refreshing bitterness and a citrus hop after taste. It has an ABV of 4.5% and its gluten content is certified to be well below the Codex...

An East Yorkshire brewery is celebrating after raising over ?11,500 for a Yorkshire children?s cancer charity. Wold Newton based Wold Top Brewery started the fundraising campaign for the?Candlelighters charity that supports children with life limiting illnesses after Dan Bayes, the son of the brewery?s cellar man,?lost his battle to cancer aged just 25. The brewery raised the impressive amount in just four months by producing a limited edition beer called Candlelight, by entering a team in the Great North Run and from generous donations, including ?1000 from?Haven Holidays. The money was handed over to Dr Ian Lewis, a consultant from...

Wold Top Brewery is taking its award winning gluten free beer to the Gluten Free Food Fayre in York this weekend. Organised by the Hull and East Riding branch of Coeliac UK, the fayre takes place on 8th May at the Bar Convent on Blossom Street between 10.30 and 2.30 and will feature a host of stalls and information for people with coeliac disease.? It is expected that over 1500 people from all over the North of England will attend the event in a 17th Century working convent. Wold Top Brewery?s Against the Grain, is brewed with maize, not wheat...

Award-winning Wold Top Brewery will be one of a number of Yorkshire businesses to support the Malton Food Lovers Festival this month. The local food producers market is an integral part of the annual Food Lovers Festival and takes place in the town?s historic market place between 8am and 4pm on Saturday 22nd May. Wold Top Brewery will be offering tasting samples of its new summer beers Golden Summer and Summer Holiday plus some of its award winning beers including Wold Gold, Mars Magic, Wold Top Bitter and gluten free beer Against the Grain. Brewed to celebrate the brewery?s 7th...