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Paignton Zoo and Bays Brewery Orangutan Ale

Great apes, great beer!

Authored by Paigntonzoo
Posted: Mon, 03/04/2019 - 1:23pm

Bays Brewery are brewing a special orangutan-themed beer for Paignton Zoo. The guest beer, simply called Orangutan Amber Ale, is a new recipe with a handsome tawny colour to match its name and the species.

Orangutan Ale is being launched on Monday 4th March and will be available as a draught beer in selected local pubs until the end of May. The Paignton microbrewery is donating 10p for every pint sold.

Pete Salmon from Bays said: “We are delighted to continue our relationship with Paignton Zoo. Since 2013, our partnership has raised nearly £20,000, with beers themed around...

Trunk in charge!

Authored by Paigntonzoo
Posted: Mon, 10/01/2018 - 8:25am

A charity beer has raised an elephantine sum for wildlife conservation. Bays Brewery helped generate £3,282 by selling a special beer – Trunk Ale - on behalf of wildlife charity Paignton Zoo Environmental Park.

Paignton Zoo supports environmental education in the Omo Forest of south-western Nigeria, where the elusive forest elephant still survives. The Zoo has been funding work there since 2008.

The Paignton micro-brewery is a long-time supporter of Paignton Zoo and its conservation projects. Pete Salmon, from Bays, said: “Since 2013, our partnership with Paignton Zoo has...

Trunk call!

Authored by Paigntonzoo
Posted: Thu, 03/22/2018 - 12:05pm

A local business is boosting the cause of conservation by doing what it does best – selling great beer. Bays Brewery has launched a special beer – Trunk Ale - on behalf of wildlife charity Paignton Zoo Environmental Park.

Trunk Ale has been brewed using traditional methods but with exciting new hops, resulting in a well-balanced deep amber ale of 4.5%.

Paignton Zoo supports environmental education in the forests of south-western Nigeria, where the elusive forest elephant still survives. The Zoo has been funding work in the Omo Forest since 2008.

The Paignton micro-...

Real Ale & Cider Festival

Event Date: 
14/07/2017 - 6:30pm
Venue: 
Sandy Park

Come to Sandy Park for an evening of live music with a range of real ales and ciders to sample.

Music will be provided by 'Not The Cowboys', described as the second best boyband in the South West (behind The Wurzels) and a selection of local real ales and ciders will be on offer.

Tickets for this event are available for just £7, which includes a commemorative half-pint cup and 3 half pints, and are on sale at http://www.sandypark.co.uk

The real ale and cider festival will also be running all day on Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th July alongside the Mitsubishi Motors...

Yeofest - Yeoford Community Beer Festival

Event Date: 
18/03/2017 - 11:30am to 8:30pm
Venue: 
Yeoford Community Hall, Yeoford EX17 5HY

Unbelievably, this will be our 10th annual beer festival and it gets bigger and better every year.

This year we've got 22 real ales on offer (as well as a couple of ciders and a ginger beer), a fantastic line-up of live music all day and of course some tasty hot and cold food to soak it all up. Yeoford is on the Exeter-Barnstaple train line ((only 20 mins from St. David's), so there's no need for anyone to drive and everyone can join in the fun.

It's only £3 entry, which includes a souvenir glass and all proceeds go towards the Yeoford Community Association.

Double silver for Otter Brewery

Silver anniversary celebrations continue for Otter Brewery with silver at the South West’s largest beer festival.

Otter Head has won Silver in the 'Strong Bitters & Pale Ales' class at SIBA's 23rd South West Beer Competition.

Brewed by Otter Brewery in the Blackdown Hills near Honiton, the beer was entered for judging as part of the 2015 beer festival – an event that takes place at Tuckers Maltings in Newton Abbot each year.

Otter Head is the strongest of the five core beers produced by the brewery, all of which are made using natural ingredients and their own...

Storm anniversary marked by brewery donation

Authored by Gill Vosper
Posted: Tue, 02/10/2015 - 10:12am

A year on from the devastating storm that hit the Dawlish railway line on 5th February 2014, Dartmoor Brewery revisits the popular seaside town with donations for two local charities at the heart of the Dawlish community.

Dartmoor Brewery raised the donation by the sale of their special edition ‘On Track’ charity beer launched with the support of CAMRA. The donation totaling over £200 was split equally between The Snooky Trust, helping 18- 40 year olds with physical illness in Dawlish and Devon, and Assist Teignbridge that promotes, volunteers and offers information, advice, help...

New restaurant opens on Exeter Quay

Brand new pub-restaurant the Samuel Jones created by St Austell Brewery, one of the South West’s leading breweries, has opened on Exeter’s quayside.

The brewery has invested £1.5 million in transforming a derelict 19th century former bonded warehouse in Commercial Road on The Quay into a barbecue and smokehouse-inspired venue which now boasts the most extensive range of craft beers in the Westcountry.

St Austell Brewery delegates celebrated the new venue at a launch event (4 Nov) alongside special guest Denise Chantrey, the great grand-daughter of Samuel Jones himself, who...

Name that ale!

Authored by Paigntonzoo
Posted: Tue, 10/21/2014 - 10:10am

What do you call an ale that’s been brewed for giraffes? That’s the challenge being set by two major local names.

Paignton Zoo and Bays Brewery have teamed up to launch a brand new ale to help raise money for conservation. And they’re inviting people to enter an online competition to give it a name.

Pete Salmon of Bays Brewery explained: “We produced a special ale for The Great Gorillas Project in 2013 and a rhino ale this summer. They were both successful, so now we’re doing another – and this time the theme is giraffes.”

Kat Sobey of Paignton Zoo added: “You can...

Scrumpstock Festival

Event Date: 
24/05/2014 - 12:00pm to 25/05/2014 - 10:00pm
Venue: 
Bicton College

Scrumpstock, a festival celebrating cider, scrumpy,ale and music, is coming to Bicton College over the weekend of 24-25th May.

The festival, previously held in Somerset, promises to deliver 'food, music, drink and good company'.

It will begin on Saturday 24th May and end on Sunday 25th May.

Those who attend can chose to camp on the grounds of Bicton College for an additional cost.

Full information and ticket prices can be found at http://www.scrumpstock.co.uk/

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