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2016.
Yorkshire brewery cheer as Marks & Spencer requests special beer

Yorkshire brewery cheer as Marks & Spencer requests special beer

 

A Yorkshire Wolds Brewery has been selected by Marks & Spencer to brew an exclusive own label beer.

 

Wold Newton based Wold Top Brewery has been chosen by the retailer to brew its own brand Yorkshire Bitter.

 

The 3.8% ABV bitter will be available from 499 of Marks & Spencer's 650 stores in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, including Yorkshire branches in Beverley, Scarborough and York.

 

Yorkshire Bitter is a distinctive, clean and refreshing bitter with a delicate peppery finish that is brewed using Yorkshire spring water, barley malts and British Northdown hops.

 

Brewery Director Gill Mellor said: "It's very encouraging for regional businesses like ours to see the increasing focus that retailers like Marks & Spencer have on locally sourced produce.

 

"Marks & Spencer has shown us a lot of support over the last year, and we're overjoyed at the prospect of creating a beer that is available exclusively on their shelves."

 

Last year, Wold Top Brewery began supplying Marks & Spencer with two of their best-selling beers; Wold Gold and Scarborough Fair IPA.

 

This new deal will see Yorkshire Bitter on sale in counties as far afield as Sussex, Devon, Aberdeenshire, in addition to a presence in London.

 

Marks & Spencer product developerJennyRea said:"We're delighted to be working with Wold Top Brewery. So far, early sales of Yorkshire Bitter have been very encouraging."

 

Wold Top Brewery's award winning beers include Wold Gold, which won the United Kingdom's Best Golden Ale 2016 at the World Beer Awards, and Scarborough Fair IPA which was awarded a bronze medal at the International Beer Challenge recently.

 

 

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Photo:Alex Balchin celebrates the listing in the Wold Top Brewery bar
 
 

For more information or to arrange an interview with Gill Mellor, please contact Tracey Baty at three60 marketing on:

 

Direct line: 01430 871360

Mobile: 07971 961574

E mail:traceybaty@three60marketing.co.uk

Web:www.three60marketing.co.uk

 

Notes to editors

  1. For more information about Wold Top Brewery, please visitwww.woldtopbrewery.co.uk.

  2. For more information about Marks & Spencer, please visithttp://www.marksandspencer.com/

  3. You can also find Wold Top Brewery onFacebook,TwitterandInstagram, and you can keep up to date with the brewery's latest newshere.

  4. Wold Top Brewery was born in 2003 when the Mellor family diversified from farming into beer brewing using the malting barley they produce and the farm's own supply of water.

  5. Twenty-one varieties of beer make up Wold Top Brewery's award-winning range including Wold Top Beer, Headland Red, Anglers Reward and Wold Top Against the Grain gluten free beer. More information on the range of bottled beers can be found atwww.woldtopbrewery.co.uk/beers.

  6. Please call the brewery on 01723 892222 for an up-to-date list of retailers.