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Win amazing Abbot Ale polo shirt in Cask Ale Week
Abbot Ale has a brand new look, and to celebrate the team at Greene King is giving away free polo shirts during Cask Ale Week. Abbot has had a smart new rebrand to help the beer stand out in the bar. As part of this new Abbot Ale promotion, the team at Greene...
St Austell’s Harlequin is back for Cask Ale Week
St Austell Brewery has brought back one of its most popular limited-edition beers for Cask Ale Week (September 23rd - October 3rd). Harlequin, a golden English IPA, is available exclusively at select St Austell Brewery managed houses and pubs across the West Country....
BII announces Semi-Finalists for LOYA 2021 award
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has announced their Semi-Finalists for this year’s Licensee of the Year competition. Sponsored by Sky, the Licensee of the Year competition is widely regarded as the most rigorous and hard-fought award for individual...
CaskFinder app records one million scans
The CaskFinder app allows consumers to discover new pubs by joining the World’s Biggest Ale Trail. Participants simply scan the QR code on the Cask Marque certificate in the pub to record their visit. To date 10,000 participants, known as 'ale trailers', have...
Pubs hope to serve 18 million pints on National Hospitality Day
The BBPA, the leading trade association representing brewers and pubs, has today revealed it hopes pubs will serve 18 million pints this Saturday on National Hospitality Day. National Hospitality Day has been organised by sector charities to support hospitality...
Wadworth pubs are the latest to join the Ale Trail
The latest Cask Marque ale trail is in the South West of England at some of the finest Wadworth pubs. Ale trails are a fun way for beer lovers to enjoy cask ale in a range of pubs and win prizes by scanning QR codes in participating outlets. Wadworth is well known...
Cask Marque sponsors CAMRA’s 2022 Good Beer Guide
Cask Marque, and its sister company, Stay In A Pub are pleased to announce their sponsorship of the latest Good Beer Guide. Paul Nunny, founder of both companies said “CAMRA identify some of the best pubs in the UK and those pubs in the guide who are in Cask Marque...
Sign up to Cask Ale Week today
“If ever there were a time for breweries and pubs to promote cask beer, it is now,” says industry expert Paul Nunny. “And if ever there were a timely opportunity, it is Cask Ale Week, which starts 23rd September. “Everyone in the sector is warmly invited to get...
Metalhead win Gold at SIBA North East Independent Beer Awards
Nanobrewery ‘Metalhead' in North Shields have taken home the Overall Champion Cask Beer Award at their inaugural SIBA North East Independent Beer Awards 2021. Having been founded a year and a half ago and joining the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) in May...
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