Sausage, ale and music fest set to be a banger!
Following the successful return of March’s beer festival after two dormant years, The Driftwood Spars has announced dates for its next foray into food and drink festivities on the Cornish coast.
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Beer sales raise over £4,500 to help clean the Cornish coast
A small Cornish brewery has made a big contribution to the ocean clean-up, raising £4,543 (plus gift aid of £429.25) for the charity Fathoms Free and its Clean Cornish Seas campaign. The Driftwood Spars Brewery is located in Trevaunance Cove near St Agnes, where, alongside …
Cornish wine merchant becomes first in the UK to achieve B Corp Certification
A Truro-based wine importer, wholesaler and retailer has become the first merchant in the UK – and only the second globally – to become a registered B Corp.
Spring beer festival returns to the Cornish coast
The Driftwood Spars brewpub and microbrewery in Trevaunance Cove, St Agnes, will host The Dark, The Light & The Saison over three days beginning on Friday 4th March.
Brewery starts the year with new listings success
Skinner’s Brewery has kicked off 2022 with a vengeance, with major new product listings in Sainsbury’s and Punch Taverns. Skinner’s ‘Sunshine IPA’ Lushingtons will be sold at 72 Sainsbury’s stores from mid-January, alongside two pre-existing Skinner’s lines, Porthleven – a premium pale ale, and Betty …
Show of strength for Cornish brewery at Independent Beer Awards
The Driftwood Spars Brewery in St Agnes described themselves as ‘over the moon’ to win a Gold Award at the Society of Independent Brewer’s annual awards for the South West region.
Cornish brewery pushing the boundaries with 14.4% beer
A St Agnes brewery has released what it believes to be the highest ABV beer ever brewed for sale in Cornwall in its latest small batch experiment.
Brewery officially reopens to the public with ‘game changing’ new set-up
Skinner’s Brewery officially welcomes the public back to its riverside HQ in Newham this month, with a weekend of live music, shanty singing, the freshest brews on tap, and a celebratory atmosphere as the brewery once again becomes a lively social hub for the community. …
It’s that time of year again: Swap apples for cider (or learn to make your own?)
Fowey Valley, an artisan cider producer based in Lostwithiel, are inviting local people to bring their excess apples along to add to this years’ pressing, offering to swap fruit from small orchards and gardens for their award-winning apple juice or cider. Owner Barrie Gibson says …
New HQ for premium Cornish cider maker and distiller
Craft cider maker and artisan distiller, Fowey Valley, has opened a new HQ on the Restormel Estate in Lostwithiel, ushering in a new era of expansion for the premium drinks producer. The beautiful cider orchard in Golant on the banks of the river Fowey remains …