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CAMRA Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2014

The winning beer is described as a classic old-style English porter; creamy, full-bodied and packed with flavour. It is the second year a porter has won the overall Champion Winter Beer of Britain. Dunham Massey owner John Costello, had this to say on the win: “We’re...

Marston’s Cask Ale Report 2013

This report from Marston’s Brewery offers an overview of the cask ale market, including key trends and drinker insights. It will help retailers to develop their cask ale offer and continue category growth. The report concludes that continuing to recruit new to...

Sales increase for managed pubs

Coffer Peach Business Tracker has reported that managed pub and restaurant groups are enjoying a strong start to 2014 with collective like-for-like sales up 4.4% in April against the same month last year. This follows a 4.6% increase in March and 13 months of like for...

Beer sales fall in Q1 2014

The late Easter and the extreme weather at the start of the year hit quarterly beer sales say the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA). The latest figures, released in the BBPA Quarterly Beer Barometer, show sales falling by 3.1 per cent in the first quarter of...

Alcohol consumption falls in 2013

UK alcohol consumption per head fell again in 2013, new figures show. This is the seventh year in the past nine that there has been a fall. Consumption per head is now 18 per cent lower than it was in 2004, when the current trend began, says the British Beer & Pub...
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