Silver Tankard Award

I see in the Hereford Times that Pete Amor, of Wye Valley Brewery, has been awarded a Silver Tankard Award by SIBA, the Society of Independent Brewers, for his contributions to British brewing over the past 48 years.
Most of the local pubs have a handpump dedicated to Wye Valley Brewery, even if they don't sell much other real ale. It's a reliably good pint (I particularly like the Butty Bach, which means 'little friend' in Welsh). Wye Valley also brew Dorothy Goodbodys, which is often available in bottled form. I was lucky enough to be at the CAMRA meeting in the Barrels, in Hereford, where Dorothy Goodbody was unleashed onto an unsuspecting world - we all thought very highly of it, and there are now several different varieties on the market. In those days, Pete Amor had the brewery in the outbuildings of the pub, and you could sit out there on fine days and soak up the smell of malt from the next batch. These days, he needs bigger premises, though he is still the licensee of the Barrels. The brewery owns six more pubs, too.
A few years ago, Pete Amor decided that he wanted to give something back to British brewing, so he collaborated with Pete Brown the beer blogger on a series of video blogs, visiting different breweries around the country and beer festivals, and generally talking about good British beer. Sadly, when I went looking for them again, they seem to have been deleted from vimeo, but take my word - they were very enjoyable!