Thwaites brewery has raised a glass to Baxenden-based pie-makers, Hollands.

The Blackburn brewery will supply Thwaites Best Mild for Hollands' new beef-in-ale pies, part of the Betty Turpin-inspired "Betty's Kitchen" range.

Thwaites marketing manager Mike Law said: "Thwaites beers are known throughout the country as a taste of Lancashire.

"It is fitting that we should join forces with Lancashire's best-known pie-makers and, of course, the world's best known-soap opera, Coronation Street."

Hollands' marketing manager Dilys Day added: "We tried a number of beers but, once we tasted Thwaites, we decided that was the magic ingredient."

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