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Northumberland Brewery
North Blyth Brewery was a small brewery which was located in Blyth, in Northumberland, England. It produced cask ale. It operated between 1996 and 2021. History The brewery opened in Bomarsund, Northumberland in 1996 under the name Northumberland Brewery with a selection of five beers, ''Northumberland Castles'' (3.8% abv), ''Northumberland County'' (4.2%), ''Northumberland Best'' (4.2%) and ''Duke of Northumberland Premium'' (5.0%). It served nearly 60 cask ales. The names of most of the beer produced at the brewery were named after local people and places, such as ''Mackem's Shovel Ale'' and ''Holy Island Ale'', after Sunderland A.F.C. supporters and the island of Holy Island respectively. The brewery also named a few of its beers after political issues, such as ''Talivan'' (after speed camera vans - a play on the Taliban), ''Highway Robbery'' (also after speed cameras) and ''hung parliament'', with a pump clip showing members of parliament with nooses around their necks. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blyth, Northumberland
Blyth () is a town and civil parish in southeast Northumberland, England. It lies on the coast, to the south of the River Blyth and is approximately northeast of Newcastle upon Tyne. It has a population of about 37,000, as of 2011. The port of Blyth dates from the 12th century, but the development of the modern town only began in the first quarter of the 18th century. The main industries which helped the town prosper were coal mining and shipbuilding, with the salt trade, fishing and the railways also playing an important role. These industries have largely vanished, but the port still thrives, receiving paper and pulp from Scandinavia for the newspaper industries of England and Scotland. The town was seriously affected when its principal industries went into decline, and it has undergone much regeneration since the early 1990s. The Keel Row Shopping Centre, opened in 1991, brought major high street retailers to Blyth, and helped to revitalise the town centre. The market place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
