East Yorkshire brewery wins listings for its gluten free beer in family store

The team at an East Yorkshire brewery is celebrating after winning a contract to supply the third of its gluten free beers to Booths stores.

Wold Newton based Wold Top Brewery has secured the listings for its multi award winning gluten free beer, Marmalade Porter in all 28 branches of the family owned supermarket, dubbed the Waitrose of the north.

Marmalade Porter, 5% ABV, is a rich, dark, sweet, malty beer and joins the other Wold Top beers, Wold Gold, Angler's Reward and gluten free beers Scarborough Fair IPA and Against the Grain that enjoy a full complement of listings.

Of the new business, brewery manager Alex Balchin said: "We're delighted that the third of our best-selling gluten free beers is now available in all Booths stores and is selling very well.

"We have seen big growth in sales of our gluten free beers as the number of people avoiding gluten for dietary or medical reasons has risen. That said, our gluten free beers have won many awards in non speciality beer categories and are enjoyed by all."

Booths is a family owned and run chain of medium sized supermarkets located throughout the North of England.

Wold Top Brewery was founded by in 2003 and is located on the Mellor family farm at Hunmanby Grange. The brew team uses home grown barley and water from the farm's borehole to produce a range of award-winning beers that are also available from independent and multiple retailers throughout Yorkshire.

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1. Wold Top Brewery's Marmalade Porter Marmalade Porter is now listed in Booths

2. Wold Top Brewery Directors Kate and Alex Balchin behind the bar at Wold Top Brewery Alex and Kate Balchin at Wold Top Brewery

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Notes to editors

1. For more information about Wold Top Brewery, please visit www.woldtopbrewery.co.uk
2. For more information about Booths, please visit https://www.booths.co.uk/
3. Please call the brewery on 01723 892222 for an up-to-date list of stockists.
4.        Marmalade Porter's recent awards include
   1. Two star award in the Guild of Fine Foods Great Taste Awards 2018
   2. Bronze award at the SIBA regional keg awards in the Keg Porters, Stouts, Old Ales, Strong Milds & Strong Brown Ales category 2018
   3. Third place in the World Gluten Free Beers 2018 in the below 5.5% ABV category
   4. UK Winner in the Porters category of the World Beer Awards, 2017
5. Wold Gold has recently won gold in the SIBA national awards, whilst Scarborough Fair IPA won silver in the SIBA regional awards and Against the Grain won gold in the Reduced Gluten category at the International Brewing and Cider awards.