by Louise Ashworth | Dec 3, 2018 | Cask Ale, Insight, Latest, News, Stats & Research
Beer sales in the third quarter of 2018 were up 4.4% on the same period in 2017, according to the latest Beer Barometer sales data from the British Beer & Pub Association. Pubs (referred to as the On-Trade) in particular benefited from the much-needed boost,...
by Alastair Macnaught | Aug 3, 2018 | Breweries, Latest, News
Great British Beer Festival’s headline sponsor is set to bring its iconic 5X brew to the festival next week. The two-year-old oak aged beer is never sold in its purity but forms the basis of two of Greene King’s well-known brands Old Crafty Hen and Strong Suffolk. The...
by Alastair Macnaught | Aug 1, 2018 | Events, Festivals, Latest, Real Ale
A ‘beer lover’s paradise’ will arrive in London next week, bringing together a thousand different beers from across the UK and abroad for the Great British Beer Festival. Taking place from 7-11 August at Olympia London, the festival will have 30...
by Alastair Macnaught | Jul 30, 2018 | Insight, Latest, News, Stats & Research
Beer sales in the second quarter of 2018 were up 3.6% on the same period in 2017, according to the latest Beer Barometer sales data from the British Beer & Pub Association. The increase in sales of beer in Q2 2018 was driven by the off-trade (e.g. supermarkets),...
by Alastair Macnaught | Feb 24, 2017 | Latest, News, Regulations & Legislation
Beer sales down in 2016: Beer sales down 1.0 per cent in 2016 (a decline of 78 million pints) Penny off a pint needed instead of the planned increase in Budget to protect jobs and investment, says BBPA Sales of British beer fell by one per cent in 2016, prompting...
by Alastair Macnaught | Feb 22, 2017 | Insight, Latest, News
Buster Grant, owner and Head Brewer of Brecon Brewing in Wales, has been appointed the new Chairman of SIBA. Buster will take the chair for the first time at SIBA’s AGM on 16th March at their annual BeerX event. The appointment comes as current Chairman Guy...
