Leeds Brewery News

Brewery Sponsor Headingley Cricket Club

Leeds Brewery are delighted to announce that they have signed a sponsorship agreement with Headingley Cricket Club for the 2012 season.

Head Brewer Venkatesh Iyer is a regular member of the Headingley team, and the sponsorship will see the brewery logo appear on the stumps used for home games and the bats of various team members.

Mark Stelfox, club captain of Headingley CC said; ‘We are delighted to have teamed up with Leeds Brewery for this season. We hope that this is the begining of a long association as the club continues to go from strength to strength’.

To find out more about Headingley CC visit their website at: http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/headingleycricketclub/

Leeds Best Bottles Available at ASDA

Bottles of Leeds Best are now available in selected ASDA stores across Yorkshire.

The brewery’s classic Yorkshire bitter is 4.3% and uses entirely British ingredients to create a full flavoured beer with a great hoppy finish. It can be found on the shelves of Leeds stores including Adel and Pudsey, as well as in other local ASDA stores including York, Harrogate, Wakefield, and Huddersfield.

‘It’s great to have Leeds Best available in bottles’, said Head Brewer Venkatesh Iyer. ‘It has always been very popular in cask and we are extremly pleased with the final result and flavour characteristics of the bottles, it’s a really good match with the draught product’.

The listing marks a return to bottling for Leeds Brewery following further expansion at the Holbeck based site leading to increased capacity and the ability to add bottled products to its range of cask beers and lager.

Leodis Lager Launched

Leeds Brewery has released its new lager Leodis.

Leodis, the Roman name for Leeds, is a crisp, dry, refreshing lager which has been traditionally brewed using bottom fermentation before being conditioned for four weeks and kegged.

The beer is 4.6% ABV and uses German grown Hallertauer Mittlefrauh and Slovenian grown Celeia hops which give it a delicate floral aroma and flavour.

Leodis is currently available in all Leeds Brewey pubs and makes the brewery one of only a handful of independent producers in the country to brew a genuine kegged lager product.

Brewery Shortlisted for The Publican Awards

Leeds Brewery has been shortlisted for the 2012 Publican Awards.

The brewery has made it into the final four in the category ‘Best Pub Operating Microbrewer’ and will now be subject to judging by some of the industry’s top experts.

Beer writer Pete Brown is heading up the judging panel and will be visiting the brewery and its pubs before members of staff are interviewed by a further panel of judges in London during February.

Brewery director Michael Brothwell expressed his delight saying; ‘to have made it to the final four in a national competition like the Publican Awards is tremendous. It highlights the huge amount of hard work done by all of our staff and is well deserved recognition for their efforts’.

The awards will be presented in London during March at a ceremony hosted by comedian Jimmy Carr. 

Leeds Brewery link up with Hunslet Hawks

Leeds Brewery have signed a deal to sponsor local rugby league team Hunslet Hawks for the 2012 season.

The sponsorship kicked off with the ‘Leeds Brewery Lazenby Cup’ pre season fixture between the Hawks and Leeds Rhinos at the South Leeds Stadium and will also see the brewery logo appear on both home and away shirts during the up coming campaign.

Brewery director Sam Moss commented; ‘It is great to be able to get involved with an historic local team at the heart of the Hunslet community. Hopefully this is the beginning of a long and succesful partnership’.

The sponsorship deal will also see a closer tie between the Hawks and Leeds Brewery’s Grade II* listed Hunslet pub The Garden Gate, which was saved from closure when the brewery purchased it in 2010.

Photo shows Leeds Brewery director Sam Moss presenting the ‘Leeds Brewery Lazenby Cup’ to the captain of the Leeds Rhinos following their 22-20 victory. 

Watch our appearance on Jamie’s Great Britain

Watch our recent appearance on Jamie Oliver’s latest Channel 4 Programme Jamie’s Great Britain, by clicking on the link below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-z6ETpvvYs

Evan Davis visits Leeds Brewery

Evan Davis visited Leeds Brewery to speak to director Sam Moss about the challenges of running a growing business for BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.

The host of Radio 4’s flagship news programme, and presenter of Dragon’s Den, was spending two days in Leeds looking at how the current economic climate is affecting regional businesses.

You can listen to Evan speaking to Sam here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9650000/9650600.stm

Hellfire Launched in Bottles

Leeds Brewery’s Hellfire has been released in bottles.

The fiery pale bitter is 5.2% and uses First Gold, Centennial and Willamette hops to create a fruity flavour with a lasting bitterness.

The beer is in 330ml bottles and has been designed to be served chilled.

It is available in all Leeds Brewery pubs, local beer retailers and in cases direct form the brewery.