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Award-winning Hunmanby based Wold Top Brewery is celebrating after new research suggests that beer contains fewer calories than other alcoholic drinks. As people strive to lose the last few pounds prior to the annual summer holiday, research from?CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) has revealed that, not only can they enjoy their favourite tipple without putting on weight, but swapping from wine to beer for just one week could save as many calories as a half-hour jog! * The research, published by CAMRA during the recent annual Great British Beer Festival reveals that around one-third of men and women wrongly believe...

Award-winning Wold Top Brewery will be providing a special Yorkshire brew to celebrate the eighth Scarborough Jazz Festival (24th - 26th September). This year?s Festival Ale is a tawny coloured ale with a malty bitterness and a clean hoppy finish.? It has an ABV of 3.9% and will be on sale at the Scarborough Spa and at several of the pubs and hotels throughout the town throughout the festival period. Tom Mellor who owns Wold Top Brewery with his wife Gill is a keen musician and is delighted to be supporting the festival for the seventh year; ?The festival generates...

The owner of a leading East Yorkshire micro-brewery is celebrating after winning a top prize at the prestigious?IoD (Institute of Directors) awards. Tom Mellor Director of Wold Top BreweryTom Mellor, from Wold Newton?s Wold Top Brewery was awarded SME Director Of The Year at the Institute of Directors Yorkshire Director Of The Year Awards at a black tie ceremony at Leeds Armouries on 9th September. Tom was amongst 21 business leaders from Yorkshire and the Humber who were short-listed for this year's awards in categories including Entrepreneur of the Year, Young Director of the Year, Not for Profit and Voluntary...

The owners of a popular Kelk pub have thrown down the gauntlet to a Wold Newton Brewery in the interests of charity. On the 29th October, the Chestnut Horse will hold a pie eating challenge and has invited Wold Top Brewery and local newspapers to take part. The challenge will be for contestants to eat one of the pub?s legendary 2.2lb steak pies with all the trimmings.? Those who clear their plate will get their meals for free, whilst those who fail will be asked to donate ?5 to Children?s Leukemia. Landlord Jon Allan explained how the quest came about;...

Wold Newton based Wold Top Brewery will be one of a number of Yorkshire businesses showcasing the best of the region?s food and drink at the annual Michaelmas Fair at?Burton Agnes Hall later this month. Wold Top Brewery Sash Haiti CharityThe fair, in celebration of Michaelmas, the traditional feast of St. Michael which falls on the autumnal equinox and marks the end of the farming year and the arrival of dark nights, takes place in the grounds of the stately home of the Cunliffe- Lister family between 11am and 5pm on Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st October. The grounds of...