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The team at Wold Top is celebrating two of our beers being shortlisted in the Deliciously Yorkshire Taste Awards and reaching the final of the York Press Business Awards. Our award-winning low-alcohol beer, Intuition, has been shortlisted for the Best Beer award, and Scarborough Fair has reached the final in the Best Sustainable Product category in what is referred to as the largest and most respected food and drink awards programme in the region. We're also over the moon to have been shortlisted for the Sustainable Award at the York Press Business iQ Awards.  Brewery director, Alex Balchin, said: “We’re proud of our...

As the 2024 barley harvest is now safely gathered in, we thought it might be nice to share a bit about what will happen to it next. As it goes through the malting process so it can become beer! Firstly let’s look at the actual grain:It’s divided into three parts: 1. Embryo/Germ which will eventually grow into the roots and shoots of the new plants. (stained red for visualisation)2. Endosperm. Which is the food reserve (insoluble starch) to be used by the germ of the grain to grow3. Husk. The grain covering is formed by two overlapping halves which protect...

The teams at the brewery and sister company Spirit of Yorkshire are celebrating after reaching the final in five categories of a prestigious tourism awards competition. We have been shortlisted in the Remarkable Ethical, Responsible and Sustainable Tourism and the Remarkable Local Producer categories of the 14th annual Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism Awards (REYTAs) which celebrate the quality of businesses and individuals working within the tourism industry. Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery has been shortlisted for the Remarkable Cuppa, the Remarkable Local Producer and the Remarkable Taste Awards. Spirit of Yorkshire’s marketing director, Jenni Ashwood, is delighted with the news: “Tourism is an important...

Don't miss out! The third Wold Top Oktoberfest takes place on 28th September and will feature a specially brewed Oktoberfest beer, German food with a Yorkshire twist from award-winning street food company Shoot the Bull and an Oompah Band. Our brewing director Alex Balchin can't wait! He said: “We had such good feedback from last year’s event and our brewers were excited to have another opportunity to brew our Oktoberfest beer, Field Day, so we’re repeating our German beer festival with a Yorkshire twist. We’re all really excited and it should be a fabulous, fun-filled afternoon and evening. Fancy dress...

The teams at the brewery and Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery are celebrating after being shortlisted for a second prestigious farming award.  We have reached the final of the Diversification of the Year (Large) category in the 12th annual British Farming Awards. Co-founder of both businesses, Tom Mellor, said: “We’re proud that Hunmanby Grange farm sustains the two businesses with home-grown barley and provides employment for over 40 local people. We’re naturally delighted to have been shortlisted for a second prestigious farming award.” Both businesses have also been shortlisted for Diversification Farmer of the Year at the Farmers’ Weekly Awards. The winners will be announced...