Bollington Brewing News
| Item: | New branding our now |
| Bottles, Presentation Packs and Boxes | |
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| Description: | All our new branding is now available from both pubs and available to buy. We even have t-shirts!! |
| Item: | Independent Retailer of the Year 2011 |
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| Description: | We are very proud to announce that we recently won the Macclesfield and Wilmslow Business Awards - Independent Retailer of the Year 2011. |
| Well done to all our staff at the Vale Inn, Park Tavern and the Brewery. | |
| Click the link below for the full story from the Macclesfield Express. | |
| Link: | tinyurl.com |
| Item: | Please ‘Like’ our new Bollington Brewing Facebook page |
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| Link: | www.facebook.com |
| Item: | BOLLINGTON SERVE THE BEST |
| A National CAMRA Award | |
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| Description: | The Bollington Brewing Co. have another prize on their pumps after winning Bronze for their ‘Bollington Best’ at The Great British Beer Festival 2011 |
| On Tuesday 2nd August CAMRA announced that The Bollington Brewing Co. had won Bronze in the national ‘Best Bitter’ category at this year’s Great British Beer Festival at Earl’s Court in London. | |
| Item: | Light Nancy |
| 3.4% | |
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| Description: | A low ABV pale beer with good body and grapefruit and lemon hop flavours. |
| Item: | Summer Nights |
| 3.7 % | |
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| Description: | Another beer in our nights series. This one is a bit different in that it’s a pale beer with new hops to create a citrusy fresh flavour and finishes with a bit of a bite!! |
| And despite the great flavour its only 3.7%. | |
| Now on the bar at the Vale. | |
| Location: | The Vale Inn |
| Item: | Bollington Three Peaks Fell Race 2011 |
| All the results from the last 3 years | |
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| Description: | All the previous years results are now on the Vale website. |
| Click below to jump to the Fell Race news item. | |
| Location: | Bollington Brewing Co. |
| Link: | www.valeinn.co.uk |
| Item: | Park Life |
| 4.1% | |
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| Description: | An addition to our permenant range this beer has been brewed for our new pub the Park Tavern in Macclesfield. |
| This new recipoe is light golden bitter with a slightly spicy aroma and great hop after taste. | |
| Location: | The Park Tavern |
| Item: | Winter Reserve |
| 4.5% | |
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| Description: | Golden brown with winter fruit flavours, a warming smooth bitter |
| Location: | The Vale Inn |
| Item: | Night Porter |
| Now available at the Vale Inn | |
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| Description: | A dark winter beer brewed with a varied selection of malts and hops to achieve a full bodied taste. An addition of a secret blend of spices completes this warming spicy porter. |
| Location: | The Vale Inn |
| Item: | Route Beer |
| 4 % | |
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| Description: | A new beer for the Autumn, this is a red traditional drinking bitter with loads of body and taste. |
| Brewed to celebrate the first Bollington Walking Festival - 15th to 31st October 2010 | |
| Location: | The Vale inn |
| Item: | Gritstone Ale |
| 3.8 % | |
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| Description: | A crystal clear golden ale, with hints of fruitiness and malt. |
| The wonderful Gritstone Trail runs from Disley to Kidsgrove through Bollington, with some fine ridge walks and stunning views over the Cheshire Plain | |
| Location: | The Vale Inn |
| Item: | FestiVale 2010 |
| New Zealand Hops | |
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| Description: | This years FestiVale beer has been crafted with Green Bullet a New Zealand hop with bags of flavour and caharcter. |
| It’s a lager style, pale bitter with a fresh interesting taste. | |
| A official supplier of real ale to the Bollington Festival we aim to brew a new and different beer every year until the next festival in 2014. | |
| Item: | It’s a Cheshire Life!! |
| Check out our article in the July Issue | |
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| Description: | Click the link below to read a great article about the Vale Inn and Bollington Brewing in the July edition of Cheshire Life. |
| Location: | Cheshire |
| Link: | cheshire.greatbritishlife.co.uk |
| Item: | Beer Boxes and Casks |
| In stock and ready for collection | |
| Description: | All the information about ordering Casks and Beer boxes for parties, weddings or a quiet night in is now available on the Beer Box page of the Bollington brewing, click the link below for more information. |
| Ideal for Weddings, parties or a quiet night at home!! | |
| 18 pint boxes are £35, that’s £1.94 a pint | |
| 36 pint boxes are £55 which is only £1.52 a pint | |
| All the above includes VAT at 20% | |
| Boxes in stock at the Vale, or pre orders available, orders can be placed by emailing the address below. | |
| Location: | The Vale Inn |
| Link: | www.bollingtonbrewing.co.uk |
| Email: | orders@beerboxes.co.uk |
| Item: | Bollington Brewing Company |
| Proud Sponsors of Bollington Cricket Club | |
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| Description: | We are proud to sponsor the Bollington Cricket Club for the second season in 2010. |
| Location: | Bollington |
| Item: | SIBA Award for Bollington |
| Two Silvers | |
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| Description: | At the recent Society of Independant Brewers (SIBA) North Region awards Bollington took two more accolades for our old favousites Bollington Best and Oat Mill Stout. Both got Silver awards in their catagories of Best Bitters and Porters, Strong Milds, Old Ales & Stouts respectively. |
| The photo below shows a happy me (Lee) on the right, receiving one of the awards from Andrew Whalley who is head brewer at York Brewery and Chairman of our SIBA regional. | |
| The awards were held at the Scaribrick Hotel in Southport and a great night was had by all!! | |
| Click the link below to see the full results. | |
| Location: | Bollington Brewing Co. |
| Link: | www.siba.co.uk |
| Item: | Award Winning Ales |
| Champion Beer of Cheshire and more …. | |
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| Description: | After 15 months in business we are proud to announce a bumper week of awards in the life of Bollington Brewing Company. |
| At the Champion Beer of Cheshire Competition held recently at the Nantwich Beer Festival not only did we win the top prize of ‘Champion Beer of Cheshire’ with Bollington Best, we also took second place with Oat Mill Stout. | |
| Then a few days later we heard some more good news. At the Sheffield Steel City Beer Festival we won a Gold with White Nancy in the ‘Best Bitter’ category and Gold for Bollington Nights in the ‘Milds’ category. To add to that we also took joint Silver with White Nancy as the overall Champion of the Festival and Bronze with Bollington Nights. | |
| Thanks to everyone for all your support over the last year. | |
| Champion Beer of Cheshire | |
| Gold - Bollington Best | |
| Silver - Oat Mill Stout | |
| Sheffield Steel City Beer Festival | |
| Silver - White Nancy | |
| Bronze - Bollington Nights | |
| Location: | Bollington Brewing Co. |
| Email: | lee@bollingtonbrewing.co.uk |
| Item: | Get our range of Bollington bottled beer |
| Limited edition and tasting great!! | |
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| Description: | We now have a growing selection of bottled beers available from The Vale or other reputable outlets; |
| Bollington Best 4.2% | |
| Happy Valley 4% | |
| Bollington Nights 3.9% | |
| Oat Mill Stout 5% | |
| Chilli Nights 3.9% | |
| White Nancy 4.1% | |
| Long Hop 3.9% | |
| 3 bottle presentation packs £8 | |
| 12 bottle case £25 | |
| Email or ring to reserve your bottles now. | |
| Location: | The Vale Inn |
| Item: | Bollington on its travels |
| Where in the world | |
| Description: | We have so far sent bottles to America and Ireland. |
| As well as that you can find our beer at various festivals and pubs round the country. Recent reports have been from the Camden Beer Festival, Reading Beer Festival and one we went to was the Kro2 Beer festival over Easter Weekend in Manchester. | |
| Let us know where else you’ve had our beer. | |
| Location: | Everywhere |
| Email: | lee@bollingtonbrewing.co.uk |
| Item: | Bollington Best |
| 4.2% | |
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| Description: | Formerly First Brew this is our first ale and still the most popular. |
| A delightfully hoppy bitter. Clean & crisp with a very light golden colour and a refreshing bitter aftertaste. | |
| Location: | Bollington Brewing Co. |
| Item: | Bollington Nights |
| 3.9% | |
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| Description: | A very dark beer, but not too heavy, just what we like at the Vale. |
| This is a smooth traditional dark ale with a light flavour and aroma, but a definite bitterness. | |
| Location: | Bollington Brewing Co. |
| Item: | Dinner Ale |
| 4.3% | |
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| Description: | Deep copper coloured beer with a fresh slightly fruity nose, a traditional style bitter with a dry hoppy finish. |
| The name comes from a beer formerly brewed by Heaver Brothers the last brewery before us 80 years ago in Bollington. | |
| Location: | Bollington Brewing Co. |
| Item: | Oat Mill Stout |
| 5.0% | |
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| Description: | An Oatmeal Stout with a twist. A hoppy bitter taste keeps the sweetness in check and allows for a great dark beer. |
| Bollington is know for it’s Mills and Oat Mill Stout has a great ring to it! | |
| Item: | White Nancy |
| 4.1% | |
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| Description: | Very pale light bitter with a good hoppiness and light body. |
| White Nancy is the famous folly on top of the Kerridge Ridge which overlooks Bollington. | |
| Item: | CARLELSBERG |
| Congratulations | |
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| Description: | On the 8th of August 2009 our friends Carl & Eleanor got married in Suffolk. They asked us to bring some beer and create a special pump clip for them. This was the result. |
| It was a fantastic day and the beer went down well. | |
| Congratulations to them both. | |
| Location: | Suffolk |
| Item: | Beer Naming Competition |
| And the winner is ………. | |
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| Description: | As you can probably see from the pump clip the winning name is “Long Hop”. This is a cricketing term used to describe a short delivery which is not especially fast, making it easy for the batsman to hit because he has plenty of time to observe the speed and direction of the ball after the bounce and choose his shot accordingly. |
| We also liked the association with the beer, and the hops we use in this beer are Goldings and Cascade. | |
| We had 204 entries to the competition and 12 people suggested Long Hop so we will draw two names out of the hat and both will get a voucher for a free 18 pint beer box. | |
| Thank you so everyone who entered and we hope you’ll come down and try the beer. It will be on the bar this evening. | |
| Location: | The Vale Inn |
| Item: | Three Peaks |
| Fell Racing Bitter | |
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| Description: | Three Peaks is our new beer brewed to celebrate our annual Fell Race. Britains only Fell Race starting and finishing in a brewery!! |
| Thanks to everyone who came down to support the day, run the race and try the beer. | |
| Results will be published shortly. | |
| As for the beer it a light golden beer with a good bitter hoppiness but a smooth refreshing finish. | |
| Location: | Bollington Brewing Co. |
| Email: | lee@valeinn.co.uk |
| Item: | Made in Cheshire |
| And proud of it!! | |
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| Description: | We are delighted to be able to use the official Made in Cheshire logo on all our products. |
| Location: | Cheshire |
| Item: | FSB Brewery Tour |
| Federation of Small Businesses | |
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| Description: | We recently ran a brewery tour for the Federation of Small Businesses. We had 63 people for the evening and after a couple of hours in the brewery drinking free beer and taking the tour they headed back to the pub for a two course meal by the fire. |
| If you would like more information about the FSB click the link below. | |
| For more information about brewery tours ring us on 01625 575380 or email kirsten@bollingtonbrewing.co.uk. | |
| Location: | Bollington Brewing Company |
| Link: | www.fsb.org.uk |