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News from the brewery
2009
January | February | May | July
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October
The Autumn Line Up!
Keystone Porter, winner of last years Salisbury and South West Winterfest is back and popular as ever. At 4.5% this rich smoky dark porter with its subtle blackcurrant flavour is a substantial winter beer.
Also back for the Autumn is our Cornerstone. At 4.8% this traditional strong ale has plenty of English hops to balance the rich malty flavours.
For the hard and fast VPA fans don’t panic, we are going to continue to brew this sharp hoppy pale ale into the autumn.
Other news
Gold Spice notched up another award with a Silver at the Weymouth and district Octoberfest. Keystone Brewery has been recommended for the SIBA (Society of Independent Brewers) Business awards, we’ll keep you posted. Also see us in the Spectator SCOF pages and our very own Valley News.
Events
We’ve had an amazing summer events season with our beer attending many beer festivals. We’ve been at the Anonymous Traveling Markets as well as various shows, markets and fairs culminating in this month's Cranborne Wood Fair.
July
New Beer - Keystone ‘Very Pale Ale’ (VPA)
VPA 4.6% Light in colour with subtle malt flavours and medium bitterness leading to crisp hop flavours and aromas from Goldings and Bodecea Hops.
‘Unfeasibly Refreshing’!
Jonathan Goodall from the Weekend section of the Telegraph described our Gold Spice ginger infused beer as ‘unfeasibly refreshing’ last Saturday.
All Keystone beers are made with locally grown and malted barley, water from our own borehole, English hops, and are brewed using the twelve solar panels on the brewery roof – Truly local and sustainable!
We’re not the only ones who love Keystone bottled beer. Bottled Keystone Gold Spice is now available on the CAMRA Beer Club Of Great Britain web site. www.beerclubofbritain.co.uk.
Events
The Summer event season is well under way, look out for us at:
The Big Green Gathering the worlds premier green festival, The Cranborne Wood Fair. The Nadder Valley Fun Dog Show, the Anonymous Traveling Market, Two Brewers Beer Festival, the Plough at Manston Beer festival, the Walnut Tree Beer Festival, East Knoyle Fun Day and Hindon Crayfish fair.
May
CAMRA love it!
We’re not the only ones who love Keystone bottled beer. Next month bottled Keystone Gold Spice will be available on the CAMRA Beer Club Of Great Britain web site.
Keystone Large One, Porter and Gold Spice bottled beers won a whopping FIVE stars at the 2008 Guild of Fine Food's Great Taste Awards.
Check out our top 10 Pubs including the 2009 Good Pub Guide Rural pub of the year – The Royal Oak at Fritham and the Town Pub of the year – The Old Green Tree in Bath as well as many other award winning and fine pubs throughout the region.
January
Truly Local – local barley makes local beer
Having been malted in Warminster the barley grown in the fields around the brewery is now being used to brew Keystone beer, truly local and sustainable.
‘Cheer Up’ – the days are getting longer
‘Cheer Up’ is once again available, to mark the return of the sun after mid-winter. At 4.6 % ‘Cheer Up’ is a tawny beer with late hopped Fuggles hops.
