Here’s another quick sweep of items-of-interest from around the Beerblogosphere that have caught my eye in the past week or so:

Congratulations to Stewart Ross and Chris Ives of the Ilkley Brewery Company who, SIBA tells us, have won their first beer award after only six months in business: gold medal in the bitters and pale ales (under 4.0 per cent ABV) category at the Society of Independent Brewers Northern beer competition.

And congrats also to Sam Moss and Michael Brothwell of Leeds Brewery on their Yorkshire Young Achievers Award for Achievement in Management and Enterprise [via Thornbridge Brewers’ Blog they’re showcasing their Christmas 2009 beer and explaining the brewing process as well. No mention of a bottled variant though… here’s hoping the Trackside or Marble Arch will have some in on draught this Yuletide, it sounds like one I’d definitely like to try.

BrewDog have doubled their production capacity with the arrival of their New 40HL Brew-House, presumably an interim step on the road to their brand new, state-of-the-art eco-brewery, once they’ve raised the required £23million from their Equity For Punks scheme?

Incidentally, in amongst all the hoo-hah over Brewdog’s recent Portman Group complaint stunt, did anyone else notice that they’ve also launched their new novelty-labelling service over at www.punkdog.com? Or did no-one really care enough to mention it..? Meanwhile: BrewDog shown in positive light during mainstream media coverage? What’s the world coming to?

Jeff Evans talks up Harviestoun’s expanded range of Ola Dubh expressions over at his Inside Beer blog. All five are available from Harviestoun direct and I’m sorely tempted…

Sounds like Liz and Pete Brown’s Christmas Pud is going to be a bit special this year. And Pete has unearthed some rather interesting hop history as well (sounds like a trip to a National Trust gift shop might be in order at some point).

Over at Barm, Tandleman and Mark Dredge all have interesting things to say about the kerfuffle caused by Oliver Thring‘s CAMRA vs Lager article on the Guardian website.

And finally: things are hotting up on the Beerswap front as Collect+ depots up and down the land frantically shift the millions okay, dozens of lovingly bubble-wrapped four-packs of craft ale in time for folks to drink the stuff and then meet their December 4th write-up deadline. Follow the action on Twitter via #beerswap. The package I sent has been received in good order by Mark Dredge, who posted the evidence to Twitpic.