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The international award-winning brewer Evan-Evans has launched a new range of beers at the start of a new summer sales campaign. Evan-Evans is widely recognised as being one of the leading brewers in Wales and the UK. The brewery is launching 10 beers to celebrate the very best of Welsh summer. Some of the beers are old favourites; others are new beers which have never been tasted before. Brewer James Buckley said: “Summer is an important time of year for us at Evan-Evans and this year we are launching a series of new beers to celebrate Welsh Summertime. “These include delicious new ‘golden’ beers, using continental hops. “Generally, our summer beers are designed to be drunk slightly cooler and are golden in colour, but this year we are producing some new light amber-coloured beers, which are more hoppy and have a distinct summer feel to them.” Beer lovers can look forward to trying ales from the Evan-Evans family of beers, which includes the Artisan range and the Porter Street Londo...

The awards season has started early for the Evan-Evans Brewery. The brewery finished as runners-up in the Food and Drink Business of the Year in the prestigious and inaugural Carmarthen Journal and Llanelli Star West Wales business awards. And The George Hotel in Brecon (part of the Evan-Evans brewery pub and hotel portfolio) received a runners-up award in a new competition to find the Best Breakfast in Wales. “It’s a lovely start to the year to be recognised for our work,” said Michelle Francis, Operations Manager with the Evan-Evans Brewery. “The brewery was up against stiff competition in the West Wales business awards, with the giant Castell Howell food wholesaler and the popular Sosban restaurant in Llanelli also in the same category.” The award went to Sosban. But a spokesman for the judges said it was a very close run thing with all three businesses showing evidence of providing high quality service and delivering products of the highest standard. Brewer James Buckley, a sixth...

Wales’s leading specialist brewer, the Evan-Evans Group, has appointed Michelle Francis as operations manager for its growing retail pub estate. Michelle, 34, steps into the newly-created role following four years in charge of the Evan-Evans flagship pub, The Cricketers in Cathedral Road, Cardiff. “Michelle has driven one of the great success stories of the Welsh licensed trade,” said Evan-Evans chief executive Simon Buckley. “The Cricketers is widely recognised as the best eating pub in Cardiff and has consistently led from the front. Her appointment was an obvious one. “She is now going to work with me driving our new pub acquisitions and apprenticeship programme, building a team of young managers to take the business on to the next stage of development. “We are determined to grow our own management team from our ranks of talented Welsh men and women - and Michelle will lead the search.” Evan-Evans has five pubs throughout Wales and hopes to add a further five over the next six mon...

The Cricketers pub in Cathedral Road, Cardiff, now has its very own cricket team. Called The Trotters, the team has been set up by pub regulars and is sponsored by The Cricketers. "We are delighted to back the team and hope they do very well this cricket season," said the general manager of The Cricketers, Michelle Francis. Set in a classic Victorian Town House, within a well hit 'six' of the Glamorgan county cricket ground at the Swalec Stadium, The Cricketers offers a great range of quality Welsh real ales, chilled continental lagers and a fine selection of wines, many available by the glass; drinks to suit every taste. The pub also has the sunniest Beer Garden in Cardiff! The food offering is by the star head chef, Dan Henry. Website - http://www.cricketerscardiff.co.uk/index.html