New E-learning platform for hospitality workers launched
Hospitality trade body UKHospitality and learning and development provider CPL Learning have launched an online training platform for hospitality team members.
UKH Pathway is free to use while hospitality businesses remain closed due to the...
Day in the Life: A Cask Marque Assessor
Tasting beer for a living has to be one of Britain’s best jobs. Getting paid to sample and test beer really fits the ‘living the dream’ stereotype.
I was recently lucky enough to follow in the...
Hydes tops Scores on the Cellar Doors
Pubs owned and managed by Manchester brewer and pub operator Hydes are currently topping the table in terms of beer quality and cellar management.
Cask Marque, the national independent award for pubs serving great quality...
Wetherspoons adopts SIBA’s quality standard
National pub chain J D Wetherspoons have introduced a new minimum quality control standard for all of their cask ‘real ale’ across the UK in an effort to ensure punters get the perfect pint every...
Allergens; not just in food. Check your beers!
Written by Nigel Sadler, @NigelSommelier - Ex-brewer. Beer & Brewing Educator, IBD Qualified: Malting, Brewing & Distilling. International Beer Judge, UK Beer Sommelier of the Year (2012) & Cask Marque...
What Ails Cask Ale? (Part Two)
(Reproduced courtesy of Pete Brown. Follow him here.)
After talking last week about some general attitudes and behaviours around cask ale, this week I’m focusing in on the sense I got from...