ITV Wales Food Show

New series of the ITV Wales Food Show will be showing on sundays. Join Hywel James as he samples the best of Welsh food and drink as well as visiting the Great British Beer Festival in Earl's Court earlier this year.

From Brew Wales

Champion Beer of Britain

Alton's Pride brewed by the Triple fff brewery in Hampshire has been chosen as the Champion Beer of Britain at the 2008 Great British Beer Festival. Mark Phillips spoke to Graham Trott, the head brewer moments after the winner was announced.

Whilst CNN covered the Festival as well.


As well as British Satellite News


And Steven Goodwin from the Beer Crate with his video podcast

Thousands Flock to Beer Festival

Thousands flocked to the Great British Beer Festival this week at Earls Court but there was still plenty of room to move around the huge hall and plenty of real ales, ciders, perries are still available. festival Ends saturday night so head off their if you're in the city tomorrow.

Cains Brewery

Famous Liverpool Brewer's ‘last stand' at the Great British Beer Festival

CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has responded to the news that Cains Beer Company has been placed in administration with a pledge to support a buyer who will keep the historic Liverpool brewery in production.

The brewer has a stand at the Great British Beer Festival, where its beers, including IPA, Raisin Beer and 2008 Culture Beer, brewed to celebrate Liverpool as the European City of Culture, are proving popular with Festival visitors.

Mike Benner, Chief Executive, said, “Beer drinkers in Liverpool should not lose out because of the credit crunch and we will support any company that puts forward a rescue plan for the ailing brewer to ensure great beer continues to be brewed at the Stanhope Street Brewery. We hope that the Cains stand at the Great British Beer Festival won't be the ‘last stand' for Cains' beers.”

ENDS

For more information

Press office - 020 7244 3925
Mike Benner, Chief Executive - 07971 591224
Iain Loe - 07801 706607

The Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court, London, 5th-9th August 2008

Podcasting @ the Great British Beer Festival

The GBBF Beercast Podcasts

Get all the flavour of the Great British Beer Festival in our handy, free audio podcasts.

Beercast presenter Mark Phillips will be going behind the scenes and talking to the people that make the festival happen, and (he hopes!) tasting all sorts of beer, cider and perry too.

One reviewer said "Brings so much of the spirit of beer festivals to podcasting. You could almost be there. Great interviewing style brings out some of those funny stories from the volunteer workers that make the event happen."

You don't need an ipod to listen to the beercasts. Just go to www.beercast.btpodshow.com to listen on line, or just type "beercast" into the iTunes store and you can subscribe for free.

You can listen to the beercast archive from the 2007 GBBF, and new shows will be added before and during the 2008 festival.

Great British Beer Festival 2008 - Wednesday

Wednesday saw ITV Wales turn up in the form of the Food Programme with presenter Hywel James. The programme will be broadcast in the autumn and will be available online from the ITV Local website after broadcasting.


The above image shows Hywel interviewing Italian Beer Supremo Lorenzo Dabove and tasting some of the 26 different Italian Beers at the Great British Beer Festival this weekend.


Whilst later in the day, Justin "Buster" Grant, Brewer at Breconshire Brewery and Bar Manager of the Welsh and Scottish Bars takes time out from his mallet dancing practise (don't ask) to answer some questions for the Food Show.

Alastair Darling Beer Protest

Tuesday at the Great British beer festival saw CAMRA members protesting over Badger Darling's increase in Beer Duty.