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27-Aug-2010
UK HOPS FLOURISH IN AUGUST SHOWERS Master brewers at Shepherd Neame, Britain's oldest brewer, are hoping for more sunshine and showers to ensure a high-quality hop harvest for 2010.
12-Aug-2010
DISCOVER SHEPHERD NEAME'S HAUNTED PAST Visitors to Shepherd Neame in Faversham, Kent, will need to keep their wits about them this Halloween as ghostly figures recount strange goings-on at Britain's oldest brewer.
4-Aug-2010
PUB WILL BE RUN WITH MILITARY EFFICIENCY A former tank commander plans to use skills learned in the Army to make a success of the Plough and Horses, in the village of Cove, Hampshire.
CELEBRATING FAVERSHAM'S HOP-PICKING HISTORY More than 20,000 people are expected to descend on Faversham to celebrate the annual Hop Festival on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 September.
29-Jul-2010
BREWERY HOSTS LEAGUE OF CHEFS IN COOK-OFF CHALLENGE Chefs from the House of Lords and London's Caledonian Club were invited to Shepherd Neame brewery for a final cook-off in the prestigious League of Club Chefs annual competition.
KENT BEER DRINKERS GO DUTCH The Kent brewer which makes Oranjeboom says drinkers are switching to the Dutch lager as disillusioned England fans get behind the Netherlands in the FIFA World Cup.
9-Jul-2010
GARDENING STAR BACKS ALLOTMENT SCHEME Channel 4's 'Landscape Man' Matthew Wilson has given his blessing to an innovative new allotment scheme in his native Knockholt.
9-Jul-2010
SIX OF THE BEST: SHEPHERD NEAME BOTTLED BEERS WIN AWARDS Six bottled beers brewed by Shepherd Neame have won awards from the British Bottlers' Institute in its annual competition to judge the nation's finest ales, lagers and ciders in bottles and cans.