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A Yorkshire coast brewery?s massive charity drive in memory of the son of its cellarman was given a great start this week. Dan Bayes was just 25 when he lost his battle to cancer earlier this year and Wold Top Brewery has launched an appeal to raise money for the charity that helped him and his family throughout his 13 year illness. The brewery team aims to raise ?10,000 for the Candlelighters children?s cancer charity by brewing a limited edition ale and through sponsorship for the brewery team doing the Great North Run (20th September). The ale, called?Candlelight, was launched...

Warwick University Theatre Group 'No Soup Productions' hit on a winning formula to attract customers to its production, Wondering' at the Edinburgh Festival - they gave away a bottle of?Wolds Way to every member of the audience.? Organiser Rosie Bristow from Beverley said; "It was a real talking point and everybody loved it."

Wold Newton based Wold Top Brewery will be one of a number of Yorkshire businesses showcasing the best of Yorkshire?s food and drink at the annual Michaelmas Fair at?Burton Agnes Hall later this month. The fair takes place in the grounds of the stately home of the Cunliffe- Lister family between 11am and 5pm on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th October and will feature a street fair with a countryside food and drink theme to celebrate the traditional feast of St Michael that marks the end of the farming year and the nights drawing in.? Wold Top Brewery will be...

Hunmanby micro-brewery Wold Top Brewery has been invited to a Meet the Brewer evening at Scarborough?s Glass House Bistro next week. During the evening, one in a series of themed events that include jazz, wine tasting and murder mystery nights, Wold Top Brewery?s head brewer, Tony O-Rourke-Kilburn will talk to the guests about how beer is brewed and will have a selection of the micro-brewery?s award-winning real ales for them to try. Tony, who has been with the brewery since its launch in 2003, is looking forward to the event; ?The Glass House?s themed evenings are really popular and we...

A Yorkshire Coast brewery?s massive charity drive in memory of a Hunmanby youngster is on track to hit its target by the end of the year. Wold Top Brewery embarked on an ambitious campaign to raise ?10,000 for?Candlelighters after Dan Bayes, son of the Wold Newton brewery?s cellarman Geoff lost his battle to a rare form of aggressive bone cancer, osteosarcoma, in April this year, aged just 25. Brewery staff, suppliers, friends, family and customers have already helped to raise over ?6,000 through sales of the limited edition ale, Candlelight and by sponsoring a Wold Top team that included Dan?s...