Please accept my apologies, this post is four weeks out of date. Time is my enemy. Time is not my friend.

Anyway the awards just keep on coming! All Gates Brewery is delighted to announce that we had success at the recent SIBA Great Northern Beer Competition with All Black (silver in the Mild category) – thanks to all who supported us!

The whole competition was contested by 80 northern breweries entering 254 cask beers. Judging was by blind tasting.

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The 14th Manchester Food & Drink Festival takes place in Albert Square and across the region from 7th – 17th October 2011.

As part of the Food & Drink Festival for the third year running, the Greater Manchester Ale Festival returns to Albert Square  and the opening session, running from Friday 7th – Wednesday 12th October with FREE ENTRY.

There is also a programme of live entertainment and the festival includes a competition to find ‘The People’s Pint’.

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Another mention for All Gates; this one in The Telegraph; Weekend section of 13th August 2011 in a review of  The Buffet Bar, Stalybridge Station, by Chris Arnot who, “settles on an ambrosial pale ale from All Gates”.

A very good review for our friends at the Buffet Bar also.

Read the full article here .

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Following All Gates Inns’ acquisition of this pub in late March we are in the process of refurbishing the whole building and hope to re-open; flooring contractors permitting, sometime during the week commencing 20^th June 2011.

We will have six brand new Angram hand pulls on the bar dispensing a range of All Gates and guest beers plus a draught Gwynt Y Ddraig Cider and a range of lagers and Guinness etc.

However as a first for All Gates we are going to promote a Bottled Beer Menu comprising a range of 50 or so Belgium, German, U.S.A and other foreign beers. I have been given the task of drawing up the shortlist; or really long list of beers for inclusion on this menu. (more…)

Yesterday I received an Email from Wikio saying that my blog was now in the top 500 Blogs on Wine and Beer; or should that be Beer & Wine, as presently fifteen of the top twenty blogs concern beer; whatever I am 117 in the rankings.

From the rankings I see the BrewDog Blog has overtaken all blogs, to become Britain’s most influential wine or beer Blog, overtaking in recent months the long term incumbent of that position, Pete Brown, who now resides at number three. BrewDog are experts at generating self publicity, and Pete Brown is well, Pete Brown, so no hope of getting near to or overtaking them; my hope therefore for the longer term, is a top ten position. (more…)

Adrian Tierney-Jones talks about beer – Derby Room, Turnpike Centre, Leigh – Thursday 10th March 2011, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm.

Freelance journalist and author of Pubs for Families and The Big Book of Beer and also General Editor for 1001 Beers You Must Try Before You Die,  Adrian is well known to beer lovers everywhere.

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