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An East Yorkshire brewery is celebrating after winning a silver award at the biggest ever?Great Northern Beer Festival last weekend. Wold Top Brewery Wolds Gold beerOrganised by?SIBA (Society of Independent Brewers) North Region in conjunction with?CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale), the three day festival began on Thursday 28th October when 100 judges faced the daunting task of blind tasting 282 cask and 120 bottled beers between them. After three rounds of judging, Wold Top Brewery?s blonde beer,?Wold Gold was awarded a silver in the Premium Beers (4.6 to 5% ABV) category. ?Wold Gold (4.8% ABV) is a summer beer with...

Gill and Tom Mellor from Wold Top BreweryAn East Yorkshire micro brewery is celebrating after winning the award for the?Business that has done something special for Bridlington and the Wolds at the Bridlington and Wolds Business Awards 2010. Wold Top Brewery directors Tom and Gill Mellor were delighted to receive the award at a glittering ceremony at Bridlington Spa on 19th November. In its nomination, the brewery highlighted the second successful Moonbeams Wold Top Folk Music Festival weekend that attracted headline act Ade Edmondson and the Bad Shepherds and over 500 people to Bridlington and Filey together with the annual...

Beiderbecke's Hotel & Brasserie is adding more live music to its entertainment programme for 2011. The hotel is to promote a series of Sunday lunch and entertainment events, beginning on the 23rd January with the Yorkshire Wolds Versatile Brass performing for the delight of the dining guests. "We will be serving our wonderful Sunday roast, while our guests will be entertained by some of the region's most accomplished musicians," says Jean-Yves Cottard, general manager of Beiderbecke's. "These Sunday events are ideal for anyone celebrating a family event, or just looking for something a little different. Combining our wonderful food with...

A Yorkshire micro brewery is urging people to dig deep this Christmas to support a Scarborough based charity. Wold Top Brewery responded to an appeal by former employees Will Brown and Melanie Coull to raise vital funds for?SASH (Sustainable Aid Supporting Haiti) by brewing a limited edition beer. Will and Melanie set up SASH with a team of volunteers to help people in the rural areas of Haiti who are still badly affected by the aftermath of the 12th January earthquake and the more recent Hurricane Tomas.? The brewery will donate 50p from the sale of each bottle of?SASH Aid...

A Yorkshire Coast brewery has been invited to play a part in the history of a popular Howardian Hills village by attending its monthly village market. The Hovingham Village Market re-opened in October after an absence of 156 years to bring a wide range of local produce and crafts to the community that lent its support for a regular market selling locally sourced, seasonal food and drink and crafts. Wold Top Brewery was one of a number of popular Yorkshire businesses that was invited to participate in the market and will be sampling and selling its award-winning range of real...