4BEER & FOOD NEWS

New chefs join Copper Dragon bistro

New faces: Rob Weaks and Mo Potte

October 29, 2009: The Copper Dragon brewery bistro, in Skipton, Yorkshire, is proving a real recipe for success with the recent appointment of two new chefs with an outstanding pedigree. More

Special ingredient makes a medal winner

October 9, 2009: A steak and ale pie made with beer from the Black Isle Brewery has won a top prize in the Scottish Butchers Traditional Steak Pie Competition. John M Munro Ltd, of Ord and Dingwalll, received a gold medal for best speciality entry.

Puddings and beer tested at Brown's Hotel

l Belgian-style American wheat beer with steamed orange pudding

August 8, 2009: Chablis with oysters, Champagne with strawberries, and Lapsang Souchong with afternoon tea. Traditional pairings, but could beer step in as an alternative accompaniment? More

Roast puts Batemans beer on the drinks menu

July 2, 2009: Lincolnshire brewer Batemans is to supply the restaurant Roast, in London's SE1, with its full-flavoured, aromatic, bottled Victory Ale this summer. More

Chill out with Thwaites Original ice cream

June 19, 2009: An enterprising Ribble Valley licensee has devised a winning recipe to beat the credit crunch and keep his customers refreshingly cool through the summer months. More

Innis & Gunn sausages for Father's Day

June 12, 2009: Crombies Innis and Gunn Pork Sausages are already an Edinburgh favourite, but as a special treat for Father’s Day, the famous butcher is giving away a complimentary bottle of Innis and Gunn Oak Aged Beer (6.6% ABV) with every purchase of four of the sausages on June 19 and 20. More

Real ale sausages a hit at Cornish pub

April 16, 2009: Sausages made with St Austell Brewery beers went down so well with regulars and visitors at a Cornish pub that they have become a permanent addition to the menu. More

Beer in bangers

April 13, 2009: Beer from the 1648 Brewery, near Lewes, in East Sussex, is being used as an ingredient in a local butcher's sausages. 1648 Beer Bangers are available from Turners Butchers, at The Broyle, Ringmer, East Sussex.

Old Speckled Hen gives pancakes a new twist

February 24, 2009: To celebrate Pancake Day with a twist today, Greene King, the makers of Old Speckled Hen, have come up with a unique batter to create the perfect seasonal treat for pancake and beer lovers alike. More

Batemans XXXB in new M&S chicken dish

January 16, 2008: Batemans XXXB, the award-winning flagship ale of the independent Lincolnshire family brewer, has once again been selected in the development of a Cook! range product supplied exclusively to Marks & Spencer. More

Beers on show at BBC Good Food event

October 16, 2008: After many years taking a back seat to wine, beer is being recognised as a great accompaniment to meals at this year BBC Good Food Show, being staged at the NEC, Birmingham, from November 26 to 30. More

Black Sheep ales work well with cheese

October 3, 2008: To mark National Cheese Week, Black Sheep Brewery has been promoting two of its ales that work particularly well with the dairy product. More

New recipe site caters for beer enthusiasts

August 31, 2008: A UK version of a popular United States cookery website has been launched, and it includes some beer recipes. More

Pumpkin Ale soup recipe

August 23, 2008: A Badger Pumpkin Ale recipe for Pumpkin Ale soup. More

Budget conscious cooks turn to Manns

August 14, 2008: Manns Original Brown Ale, the oldest continuously-brewed British bottled beer, is seeing a surge in sales, up by 11% over a two-year period. More

Marston's to focus on fish

June 28, 2008: Marston’s Pub Company has announced plans to support this year’s Seafood Fortnight, which runs from September 5 to 21. More

Zatec proves top match for sushi

May 27, 2008: The Royal Garden Hotel, London, matched 11 beers to 11 sushis to try to discover which brew went best with the traditional Japanese dish. More

Brewery's food offerings are hot stuff

February 14, 2008: Witney-based Shaken Oak Products, a leading manufacturer of hand-made mustards and member of Heart of England Fine Foods, has joined forces with the Chiltern Brewery, near Aylesbury, to produce two exclusive speciality mustards for sale in the brewery’s shop. More

Marston's updates pubs' seafood offer

November 24, 2007: A campaign launched by Marston’s Pub Company to encourage licensees to focus on seafood has resulted in a whole host of new dishes with modern twists. More

Curry guide reviewer keeps coming back

October 8, 2007: The Journeyman Restaurant, at Mellingey Mill, near St Issey, Cornwall, is celebrating its inclusion in the 2007 Cobra Good Curry Guide. More

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Lighter beers do
well in oyster challenge

October 4, 2007: In celebration of the start of the native oyster season, Green’s Champagne and Oyster Bar hosted its first ever Beer and Oyster Challenge. More

Manns lends a hand in the kitchen

September 28, 2007: Sales of Manns Brown Ale have, in recent years, surged in the Christmas period as home cooks discover what their forbears already knew: that cooking with beer adds complexity and texture to foods. More

A pint and a bite with Harviestoun

August 19, 2007: Harviestoun Brewery is paying particularly attention to the food-matching opportunities for its award-winning beers. More

Beers work well with smoked fish, panel agrees

July 20, 2007: Smoked fish descended in shoals on Green’s Champagne and Oyster Bar in a concerted attempt to rewrite their drinking habits. Smoked salmon, smoked cod’s roe, smoked trout and smoked eel have often been the historic preserve of Chablis, Sauvignon Blanc and Champagne, but would they also provide happy seabed fellows for beer, and if so which styles? More

Skinner's beer for Sainsbury pasties

May 2, 2007: One of Cornwall’s oldest companies has teamed up with one of its youngest to supply a new best-of-Cornish product to customers across Britain. More

Beginners' guide to German beers and food

April 19, 2007: The CMA — the Central Marketing Organisation of German Agricultural Industries — has set up a Taste of Germany website, showcasing the country's food and drink. More

Speciality beers prove a perfect match

March 19, 2007: Specialist beer importer James Clay & Sons, of Leeds, which supplies more than 200 imported speciality beers to wholesalers throughout Britain, held the first of a series of press tastings at the White Horse, in London's Parsons Green. More

How to make beer and food 'dance'!

February 23, 2007: Making Beer and Food Dance may out one in mind of an Andrew Lloyd-Webber musical, but it is, in fact, new, half-day beer and food matching course being introduced by the Beer Academy. More

Flemish beef stew — with Bathams' ale

February 11, 2007: French chef Cecile Loubaud visited the Community Learning Centre at Pendeford, near Wolverhampton, where he demonstrated how to cook a Flemish Beef Stew. More

Apple cake is named Dorset's national dish

February 11, 2007: Badger’s search for the national Dish of Dorset — a recipe to take its place alongside the Cornish Pasty, Yorkshire Pudding and Lancashire Hotpot as the signature dish of its county — discovered eight mouth-watering creations that all feature in the new Badger recipe card set. More

Matching beer and curry at Cotleigh

January 20, 2007: Cotleigh Brewery, in Somerset, is teaming up with Indian food specialists Saffron Kitchen to host a beer and curry night at the brewery next Saturday (January 27). More

More to Burns Night than whisky and haggis

January 10, 2006: With Burns Night coming up (on January 25), Innis & Gunn’s Original Oak Aged Beer (6.6%) makes an ideal accompaniment to some fine Scottish foods. More

Batemans recipes online

January 7, 2006: Batemans have a number of recipes on their website that utilise their products. More

Fine festive food deserves fine beers

December 14, 2006: As you carve the turkey and tuck into the Christmas pud this festive season, what will you be washing them down with? Sparkling wine? Shame on you. More