Yorkshire Coast brewery celebrates White Rose shortlist success
Wold Top Brewery has reached the shortlist in the Taste of Yorkshire category of the Welcome to Yorkshire White Rose Awards.
The farm based brewery is one of six finalists and faces tough competition from fellow East Yorkshire businessVanessa Delicatessen, Butchery & Caféin Beverley andWadsley Hall Farm Kitchen Ltd (Tipple Tails),Rounton Coffee,Lottie Shaw's Bakery,Yorkshire Heart Vineyard & BreweryandYummy Yorkshire.
The Taste of Yorkshire award aims to reward tourism bosses who produce a quality end product or uses local produce and contributes to the long term sustainability of the local community. The winners will be announced at the White Rose ceremony later in the year.
Of the shortlist, Gill Mellor said: "It's been a great year for Yorkshire and we're delighted to have reached the final of this competition that celebrates all things Yorkshire."
The brewery's shortlist success comes on the back of the brewery's recent award for Emerging Exporter at theInsider MediaInternational Trade Awards and a shortlist in the national FDF (Food and Drink Federation) awards.
Farm based Wold Top Brewery is part of the Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) scheme for environmental initiatives and is also working closely with the RSPB to promote its birdlife. Its range of award winning ales is also available through the website, independent and multiple retailers, farm shops, delis, hotels, pubs and off licences.
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For more information or to arrange an interview with Gill Mellor from Wold Top Brewery, please contact Tracey Baty at three60 marketing on
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For more information about Wold Top Brewery, please visitwww.woldtopbrewery.co.uk
For more information about the White Rose awards, please visithttp://wra.yorkshire.com/
The Mellor family have farmed 600 acres high on the Wolds for generations and the farm diversification brewery project began in 2003 when they required another form of income from the farm.
The Wold Top Brewery range includes Wold Top Beer, Wold Gold blonde beer, Headland Red, Anglers Reward, Scarborough Fair IPA, Wold Top Against the Grain and Scarborough Fair gluten free beer. More information on the range of beers can be found herehttp://www.woldtopbrewery.co.uk/beers/
Please call the brewery on 01723 892222 for an up-to-date list of retailers.