Surrey-based Hogs Back Brewery welcomed 200 guests to an official blessing of its hop garden in Tongham by local vicar Rev. Claire Holt, held on Ascension Day. Blessing of crops is a tradition dating back centuries in rural communities, as a way of encouraging...
CAMRA has released its pub closure statistics for 2021 and is calling for intervention from government to protect the great British pub. The figures released today show that across Great Britain last year 290 pubs were demolished or converted to another use –...
There’s a poignant reason for the Norwich City of Ale to be raising funds for Norfolk & Waveney Mind this year. Money is being raised in memory of well-loved Norwich publican Carl Newell, who lost his life to depression at the beginning of the first...
Actor Anna Maxwell Martin has launched a new limited edition beer brewed for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee weekend. Line of Duty and Motherland actor Anna Maxwell Martin poured the first pint of Thank Brew along with lead Thank Brew brewer Fergus Fitzpatrick at...
The award-winning beer writer and founder of Youtube’s popular Craft Beer Channel, Jonny Garrett, has created two new and informative video guides explaining key issues impacting brewers and pubs and what we as drinkers can do to support them. The guides have...
This week, St Austell Brewery is launching a new cask brand into its portfolio – Anthem, an all-British Pale Ale brewed at 3.8%. The brewery’s new pale ale is made with 100% British ingredients, including Maris Otter barley grown in Cornwall and East...
