by Annabel Smith | Dec 7, 2018 | Beer and Food, Real Ale, Something for the Weekend
← Previous Next → Flicking through all the Christmas food brochures which appear on my door mat around this time of year, I notice very few beers amongst the wine, bubbly and ubiquitous cream liqueurs on offer. In many of the supplements, beer is almost an...
by Louise Ashworth | Nov 26, 2018 | Breweries, Cask Ale, News, Real Ale, Uncategorized
Award winning Lancaster-based brewer and regional leisure venue operator, Lancaster Brewery, has filed record pre-tax profits of £667,102 in 2017/2018 – up 88% year on year – and has announced significant investment plans for 2019. Lancaster Brewery, which...
by Louise Ashworth | Nov 20, 2018 | Cask Ale, News, Real Ale
CAMRA has named the best four pubs in the country as part of its Pub of the Year 2018 competition, one of the most respected and well-known pub awards in the UK. Among the finalists is the Volunteer Arms (Staggs) in Musselburgh, a traditional local decorated with...
by Alastair Macnaught | Nov 1, 2018 | Beer Quality, Case Studies, Cask Ale, Cask Reports, Good Practice, News, Practical Advice, Quality, Real Ale, Reports
(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 research about some specific issues around how cask is presented to the...
by Annabel Smith | Nov 1, 2018 | Beer Styles, Cask Ale, Insight, Real Ale
I bet you all have a friend or a colleague who tells you they don’t like beer? I know. It’s unfathomable to you and I. But these mad, sad fools need our guidance because their experience or perception of beer has probably been a poor one. We know that not all beer is...
by Alastair Macnaught | Oct 29, 2018 | Beer Quality, Cask Ale, Cask Reports, Quality, Real Ale, Stats & Research
Here’s a video of beer journalist, and 9 time Cask Report writer Pete Brown talking about his research for the 2018-19 Cask Report. Interesting Points: People are interest in benefits, not features… Quality always matters! Closely linked to awareness and...
