SPBW event in Skipton on Yorkshire Day

SPBW aka the Society for the Preservation of Beer in the Wood (York Branch) have been talking to brewers ahead of Yorkshire Day 1st August. For our part we are teaming up with or friends at The Boathouse in Skipton for a mini Tap TakeOver.

Velvet Gloss Stout 5% Smooth drinking and roasty. Unfined and Vegan

Beat Herder 3.9% Sesh IPA brewed with and for the team at Beat Herder Festival, hopped with Mosaic. Hallertau Blanc and Cascade. Unfined, Hazy and Vegan

Chinook Blonde 3.4% single hopped with American Chinook, very refreshing for that Canal-side sunshine. Fined and Clear.

Indigo Warbler 3.7% Session Bitter with a Maris Otter malt base and hopped with British Challenger hops. Fined and Clear.

Other pubs in Skipton are also serving some beers from the wood, so be sure to check out The Beer Engine, The Yorkshireman, The Speakeasy, Hustle and Swadford Tap who will also have beer in the wood.

Sounds like a pretty sweet day for some seriously traditional cask beer serving/drinking. Cheers

Our wooden Casks were made by Euan Findlay up at the Theakstons Brewery, a top lad that really knows his craft. The wood used comes from American Bourbon barrels which are repurposed and reshaped to make Pub-size casks, just like Theakstons sell their Old Perculier in, with new Oak wood ends.

The thing with wood is you have to treat it with lots of TLC, no chemicals are used to clean only hot water and sometimes a hot salt soak, the beer can age and takes on a little of the character of the wood though mostly you’ll recognise the beers just like you would like any others served from a regular metal or plastic beer cask.

Tradition meets the Modern

Set the Date, Friday 1st August 2025

*If anyone else in our delivery areas fancies a 4x Cask Wood TTO please email info@wishbonebrewery.co.uk you would have to keep our casks safe so they don’t get stolen and adhere to our care sheet.

Cheers