In December 2012 The Nook Brewhouse launched Rescue Red, a deep red ale that is subtly hopped, with the promise of 10p from every pint sold being donated to the Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team.

In December 2013 and after 5600 pints being supped by drinkers in Holmfirth and beyond Ian Roberts was delighted to present a cheque to the HVMRT for £560.

A big thank you to everyone who has supped a pint of Rescue Red in the past year and we hope you will continue to enjoy this special beer so we can continue supporting HVMRT and the fantastic work that they do.

We are pleased as punch today as our Out Stout was awarded a bronze in the porters, stouts, old ales and strong milds category at this years SIBA North East regional beer competition held at the The Knavesmire, York.

Brewhouse Partner Sheila Sutton said “We are delighted that our Oat Stout has been recognised by the 60 judges for it’s flavour and character amongst the 25 other porters,stouts and dark ales from around Yorkshire and the North East that were in this years category”.

Oat Stout is a full-flavoured well-bodied stout brewed with oatmeal for depth of body and flavour which includes roasted malt and liquorice overtones.  Is available all year as part of our core cask and bottled ranges. if you would like to stock Oat Stoat please contact the Nook Brewhouse office on 01484682373 or email office@thenookbrewhouse.co.uk.

To Celebrate 150 years of Yorkshire county cricket… we’ll be showcasing 50+ cask ales and ciders from across Yorkshire. Live Music and Barbecue Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Please click on the link below to see the full line up of fantastic beers and ciders on offer as well as information about the bands who will be performing over the weekend

Summer Beer Fest 2013 beer list

The latest addition to our ale collection is ‘Rescue Red’ 3.8% ABV, brewed to support the Holme Valley Mountain Rescue.  It’s less malty than our regular Red, with a subtle hoppy aftertaste complimenting the flowery aroma. (more…)

The Nook has long nurtured and supported budding artists through open exhibitions, live music and open mic nights. The Holmfirth Arts Festival 2012 is no exception with live music throughout the festivals weekends; and a unique project in Th’owd Towser, Holmfirth’s oldest building, which combines artists’ books and zines, a temporary dry stone bar, and special ales being brewed to commemorate the 200^th anniversary of the Luddite movement.

The family run Nook Brewhouse will be brewing two Luddite themed brews, one a dark malty brown, “Sedition”, named aptly after the act of inciting rebellion and the lighter – “Twisted In”, after the secret oath Yorkshire Luddites paid to represent the many twisted fibres making up a strong yarn… in this case the many twisted hops making up a good ale!

 ‘Twisting In’ and ‘Sedition’ will be available throughout the Arts Festival (14^th June- 24^th June) at the Nook Pub, The Carniceria and at ‘Th’owd Towser’.

The Towser houses a project called Towser Bothy; upstairs will be a specially curated library of artists’ publications and zines, hand-printed and designed, on all sorts of subjects. Displayed on a bookstand designed by local artist Bob Milner, these will all be available to borrow and read. And what better place to read them than downstairs at the Towser, where local dry stone wallers Luke Powell and Tom Blaker have created a temporary dry stone wall bar out of reclaimed stone, staffed and managed by The Nook Brewhouse. Take your book or zine, get yourself a Festival Ale, and relax under a silken canopy created by artist Bob Clayden.

Towser Bothy will be open Friday, Saturdays and Sundays during the festival, through the afternoon and closing 9pm Friday and Saturday, and 7pm Sundays.

Complementing the seasonal brews, The Nook pub will be playing host to live music throughout the Art Festivals weekends; Saturday 16^th June 9.30pm: Troy Faid; Sunday 17^th June 4pm: Owen Phillips Experimental Folk; Saturday 23^rd June 9.30pm: The Old Ribble Rousers; Sunday 24^th June 4pm: Urban Giraffe.

The Holmfirth Festival of Folk is urgently seeking local support to ensure its continued success.

The Festival, now in its 7th year, regularly brings a large number of visitors to the town.

The event is a big date on the Holmfirth calendar, and many local businesses rely on the lively atmosphere and out-of-town visitors it brings to add a welcome boost to trade.

However, in recent years cutbacks in available grants have put a damper on the amount of money coming in to support the festival.

Nick Mason, of the Nook Brewhouse outlines the problems facing Festival organisers: “This year we urgently need to find at least another £200 to help towards the cost of traffic management for the Saturday parade.

“The parade is a spectacular highlight of the Festival, bringing large crowds onto the streets of Holmfirth. It would be a real shame for us to lose this focal point of the Festival’s timetable.”

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J Brindon Addy Butchers, of Hade Edge, Holmfirth, has won two gold awards in a national product evaluation event.

One fell to Addy’s Nookie Pie, a steak and ale pie made with locally brewed Nook Oat Stout from The Nook Brewhouse, based at The Rose & Crown pub in Holmfirth, the second for the shop’s home-made sausage rolls.

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From the 29th March to 1st April was the first ‘Madchester Beer Festival’! The spring beer festival had its own theme with over 40 cellar cooled real ales from around the Manchester and Lancashire area, including, of course, a full range of our own very fine brews.There was live music on Friday, Saturday and Sunday night, and the event was a huge success!

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