Brewery's countdown to Christmas with new gifts
Specially-created Christmas gifts for beer enthusiasts are now on sale from a Yorkshire Coast microbrewery.
Shepherd's Watch, produced by Wold Newton-based Wold Top Brewery, will be available in a special edition 750ml bottle, along with a branded hat and t-shirt to get everyone into the Christmas spirit.
The award-winning brewery's winter ale, made from roasted barley, pale chocolate malt and a hop combination of Progress, Styrian Goldings and Cascade, retains a 'perfectly balanced' bitterness with a soft spicy, yet fruity edge.
Export Manager Kate Balchin said: "These presents are something a bit different from a standard beer gift. They are designed to be fun and practical, the beanie should come in handy for keeping warm in winter and the larger bottles are great for ale fans.
"Shepherd's Watchhas a nice, underlying malty tone and a fruitiness which makes it a popular Christmas beer, ideal with fruit cake and mince pies!"
Wold Top Brewery 'Perfectly Balanced' T-shirts are on sale at £11.50 each, 750ml bottles of Shepherd's Watch are priced at £5 and the Wold Top Brewery Beanie Hat is on sale at £9. The Beanie and 750 ml Bottle are available together for £13.50 and the T-shirt and 750ml bottle pair are priced at £15.
The gifts are on sale direct from the brewery and at events including the Farmer's Cart Tasting Event, York on December 12 and the Driffield Farmers' Market on December 22.
Shepherd's Watch is available online, in pubs and at retailers from October to February only.
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Photo: Oliver Pratley and Kate Mellor modelling the new hat and T shirt
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Notes to editors
Wold Top Brewery was founded in 2003 out of a need to diversify from farming. For more information about the brewery, please visitwww.woldtopbrewery.co.uk. In 2003 production was 100 gallons per week with no paid staff and in 2013, production was up to 4300 gallons with a paid staff of 15
The brewery's unique selling points include home grown barley and the farm's own source of chalk filtered water.
For more information on the Christmas gifts please call the brewery on 01723 892222.
For more information on Shepherd's Watch, please visithttp://www.woldtopbrewery.co.uk/beers/shepherds-watch
Wold Top Brewery's cask and bottled ales can be found in pubs, independent, family owned retailers, farm shops, delis, hotels, and off licences throughout Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and online. Please call the brewery on 01723 892222 for an up-to-date list.
Wold Top Brewery's seasonal beer is 5 Wold Rings and for more details on how to purchase bottles, polypins and casks of the seasonal beer please call the brewery on 01723 892222 and for more information, please see the brewing calendarhttp://www.woldtopbrewery.co.uk/about-us/brewing-calendar/
In November 2014, Wold Top Brewery were awarded overall Business of the Year and the Best Small Business Award at the York Press Business Awards; the Best Small Business Award at the Hull Daily Mail Business Awards and the Best Green Business Award at the inaugural Scarborough News Business Awards. For more information please seehttp://www.woldtopbrewery.co.uk/news/