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Festival of flavours

A pint of 1212, brewed as part of the York800 celebrations

11:26am Saturday 26th May 2012

GAVIN AITCHISON finds York has lots to celebrate this summer.

Enthusiasts recruited to take part in York’s first “beer census”

8:10am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

BEER enthusiasts are set to embark on a mammoth pub crawl to try to declare York the real-ale capital of Britain.

Festival fame for East Yorkshire brewer

9:43am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

A BREWER from Pocklington who set up his own business has now won the Dame Brittan’s Festival Choice award at the Dales Festival of Food and Drink in North Yorkshire.

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Hop and glory at the Studio

12:12pm Saturday 19th May 2012

GAVIN AITCHISON checks out the first beers from Yorkshire’s newest brewery.

Ham & Cheese - and very good beer

12:49pm Saturday 12th May 2012

GAVIN AITCHISON finds a resurgent pub with a quirky history.

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Dominoes, dinners and duplication galore

7:57am Saturday 5th May 2012

GAVIN AITCHISON encounters domino rage and Christmas pudding, before finally finding what he is after.

Chefs brew up exclusive beer for Malton festival

7:48am Friday 4th May 2012

TWO of the region’s most distinguished chefs have helped brew an exclusive beer for the Malton Beer and Cider Festival.

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New brewery launched in York

2:50pm Thursday 3rd May 2012

AFTER 20 years working in IT for local government, Dave Shaw has swapped computers for beer barrels after launching his own brewery near York.

Beer festival to sing praises of York City

8:32am Tuesday 1st May 2012

A SPECIAL beer brewed to celebrate York City’s bid for glory at Wembley and 80 years at Bootham Crescent will be launched at the club’s beer festival.

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Could it be magic?

10:23am Saturday 28th April 2012

GAVIN AITCHISON rounds up this week’s news from the pub scene.

Village pub reopens but without alcohol

1:40pm Wednesday 25th April 2012

A VILLAGE pub has reopened – but without the beer on tap.

Cathedral to host holiday beer event

8:27am Wednesday 25th April 2012

THIS year’s Ripon Cathedral Beer Festival takes place on May Day, May 7, in the cathedral grounds.

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Wetherspoons will create up to 40 jobs in Selby

8:48am Monday 23rd April 2012

PUB giant JD Wetherspoon has been given the go-ahead for a £1 million plan to open its first outlet in Selby.

The Sun rises in the west

11:05am Saturday 21st April 2012

GAVIN AITCHISON visits a classic pub doing a great job in tough times.

Pub events

Tributes to pub landlady

8:29am Saturday 21st April 2012

A MUCH-LOVED landlady of a pub near Selby – said to have pulled millions of pints in her career – has died at the age of 95.

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Ale Mary! - Church hosts beer festival

8:28am Friday 20th April 2012

A FORMER York journalist, now a vicar in Hull, has welcomed real ale lovers into his church for a beer festival, saying he thought it was the kind of event Jesus would have enjoyed.

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Dick Turpin connection for new-look pub

9:44am Thursday 19th April 2012

A PUB in York city centre with possible connections to highwayman Dick Turpin is to reopen with a new name and a new look.

Cellars ready to roll

10:56am Saturday 14th April 2012

Gav takes in a new-look pub, two new beer gardens and a brand new ale in this week's round-up.

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Ryedale pub owners ‘stunned’ by planning decision

7:44am Thursday 12th April 2012

THE owners of a Ryedale pub at the centre of a planning row have been left “flabbergasted” by a decision to reject proposals to turn part of the building into a home.