Leading Cornish lager lands exclusive UK deal with Browns

Amongst our well know ales that are brewed here at St Austell Brewery is perfectly brewed and increasingly popular Cornish Lager

In an exclusive deal from June, Browns restaurants across the UK will be offering Korev in their iconic brasseries. The 4.8% beer will be the only English lager sold on draught in Brown’s 27 upmarket locations, which stretch from Bristol to Edinburgh and include seven London eateries.

Somerset rugby teams celebrate at Tribute awards

When a rugby team achieves promotion to the highest level in their 77 year history they surely deserve a tribute. Somerset’s Midsomer Norton RFC have done just and on Friday 2nd June were deserved winners of the coveted ‘You’ve Earned It’ trophy at the Tribute league awards.

Rugby teams from across Somerset came together to celebrate the end of another season at the event at Gordano Rugby Club, which also marked the sixth season of the brewery’s award winning Tribute Ale sponsoring grass roots rugby in the South West.

Club representatives were joined by Somerset County RFU’s President John Hole and Marc Bishop of St Austell Brewery to celebrate the success of the winners and present them with their Tribute league trophies.

In the words of Neil Denning, Chairman of Midsomer Norton RFC “It’s been an incredible season for us – this was our third attempt at promotion and we’ll now be playing rugby at a higher level than ever before in the club’s history. Winning the Tribute ‘You’ve Earned It’ cup is a testament to the hard work and dedication of all of the players, coaches and supporters and we’re very proud to accept it.”

The other winners this season are:

Somerset One – St Bernadettes Old Boys RFC

Somerset Two North – Hornets 2^nd XV

Somerset Three North – Nailsea & Backwell 2^nd XV

Somerset Three South – Hornets 3^rd XV

South West One West – Old Redcliffians RFC

Western Counties North – Hornets RFC

Newquay ‘Fort Fest’ launches in aid of Macmillan Cancer

It must be festival time as the Fort Inn, Newquay, will this month hold the first ever Fort Fest – three days of great bands, tasty food and real ales from all over the South West.

Fort Fest will take place on June 21, 22 & 23 and will raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. It will be set in the Fort Inn’s large garden and fantastic balcony which overlooks Newquay bay and harbour. The pub is the perfect location for the first of what is hoped will be many yearly events. And with indoor and outdoor children’s play areas the festival will be a truly family event.

Over the three days you can expect ten bands with music suitable for everybody mixed in with local talent acts. If you fancy taking part why not bring along your instrument and get involved! Naturally, ale fans will be well catered for with 18 carefully selected guest beers flowing throughout the festival, a great range of award-winning St Austell draughts and a hearty hog roast.

Music will start at 12pm and go through until 10pm on the Friday and Saturday and 8pm on the Sunday.

The lineup is as follows, with more acts set to be announced:

Friday 21st:
Johanna Graham Ensemble – Jazz
Ten Bob Notes – Ska
The Dirty Living Rhythm Band – Rock
Adam Parfitt – Acoustic

Saturday 22nd
Sinpusher – Rock
Four Minds Combined – Hip Hop Fusion

Sunday 23^rd
Out of Context – Acoustic
Taylor Made – Acoustic
The Cuts – Blues/Rock/Folk Acoustic

Gloucestershire players invite fans to The Albion Inn for beer tasting evening

Fancy getting more acquainted with beer in the company of some of the region’s very own cricket stars at a landmark Bristol pub?

In June St Austell Brewery pub The Albion in Clifton Village, Bristol, is hosting a fun beer tasting evening from 7pm – 9pm on Tuesday, June 18^th in association with Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.

St Austell Brewery and Eden Project team up with new beer and bar at the Biomes

When two of Cornwall’s best-known companies, St Austell Brewery and the Eden Project get together to create an ale you know it’s going to be something distinctive. A new craft beer that celebrates this new partnership agreement is just that.

Eden Pale Ale, a 4.8% Cornish, golden draught  beer will be spiced with a hint of saffron and alecost,  a natural herb that was used to flavour beers in the 16th Century and which is grown at Eden by the side of the world-famous Biomes.

The three-year sponsorship deal means that St Austell Brewery will have exclusive pouring rights on the Eden site at Bodelva. The companies are also developing joint marketing plans across a wide-range of activities.

Customers will have the first chance to taste a test brew of Eden Pale Ale at this year’s Royal Cornwall Show where it will be on sale at the St Austell Brewery Bar.

Eden Pale Ale will be brewed with a blend of British malts plus continental and new world hops and will be the first of a portfolio of Eden-inspired beers to be developed.

James Staughton, Managing Director of St Austell Brewery said: “We are delighted to be working with Eden on this exciting collaboration. It seems a very natural partnership between such close neighbours.

“Eden Pale Ale will be an excellent addition to our range in the exciting new craft beer market and we look forward to developing a selection of Eden-inspired beers using ingredients grown just down the road at the famous attraction. There is a growing interest in craft beers at the moment and having recently won a national award for Admiral’s Ale we hope that Eden Pale Ale will also go down well.”

Gaynor Coley, Executive Director of the Eden Project, said: “Eden and St Austell Brewery are raising a glass to what feels like a partnership that has been waiting to happen for a long time.

“The brewery is steeped in tradition, providing great beers and pubs at the heart of the community for more than 160 years, while we are the new kids on the block with just 12 years under our belt but over a million potential customers every year.  One of our herbs is going into the first beer recipe to mark this collaboration and it promises to be a great taste of the productive future ahead.

“This will not only be to our mutual benefit, we will also be exploring a whole host of joint marketing activities and ways of working for the benefit of the wider business community.”

The first brew of Eden Pale Ale beer will be jointly launched by St Austell Brewery and the Eden Project at the Royal Cornwall Show on Friday June 7 at 11:30am, and will also be sold at the Eden Project Café in St Austell town centre.

Eden Pale Ale will be craft brewed in the style of an American west coast pale ale using Saaz and Nelson Sauvin hops from New Zealand, saffron spice as well as some of Eden’s homegrown alecost. The flavour is dry and crisp with clean bitterness and a zesty hop character.

Alecost (also known as costmary) was introduced to Britain from the Orient in the 16th century and was once a popular herb with gardeners and brewers, who used it to flavour beer prior to the use of hops. Also once widely prized for its medicinal properties, alecost is a sweet smelling, aromatic herb and its combination with the fruity hops will give the new beer a crisp, refreshing character.

The news comes after another of St Austell Brewery’s craft beers, Admiral’s Ale, scooped gold in the SIBA National Craft Beer in Keg category at the prestigious National SIBA BeerX 2013 competition.

To celebrate the relationship with the Eden Project, St Austell Brewery will be running a competition at the Show where visitors will have a chance to win a Brewery Tours, visits to the Eden Project plus tickets to this year’s Eden Sessions.

An Ale any Admiral would be proud of

If there’s one thing we love more than an ale that is full of flavour and aroma it’s and ale that is full of flavour and aroma and steeped in tradition. So anyone looking for just those qualities can’t go far wrong if they consider Admiral’s Ale as their favourite tipple.

It was at St Austell Brewery’s Blue Anchor Inn that King George the Third’s messenger, carrying news of victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, first stopped for refreshment on his long journey from Cornwall to London.

A big drop for bright beer

Last weekend saw some extended activity onsite at the Brewery, so much so that for a time the main access road had to be closed, certainly an occasion to write home about since this meant something big was happening.