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SIBA responds to Cambridge University Study
C ommenting on today's Cambridge University Study into the dangers of moderate alcohol consumption, which asserts that...
Beyond the Pales: How the UK’s independent craft brewers are embracing the thirst for hazy IPAs and Sour Beers
he consumer thirst for craft beer is showing no signs of wavering, with hazy New England style...
Something for the Weekend – Timothy Taylor’s Landlord
I t seems like everyone in the world knows something about my first beer. Timothy Taylor’s Landlord from Keighley in...
Something for the Weekend – St Austell Tribute
ard to believe, but before I started my work at Cask Marque at the ripe old age of 35,...
Something for the Weekend – Oakham Citra
ay, way before all these achingly fashionable, super hip craft brewers came along, a...
Something for the Weekend – Adnams Ghostship
intended writing about Adnams’ Ghostship next summer because of its sunny...
News
SIBA Business Awards 2018
he SIBA Business Awards 2018 will take place during SIBA's flagship event ‘BeerX UK’, which will for the first time take place at the ‘Exhibition Centre Liverpool’ in March 2018. The awards, which have a fast approaching entry...
Thornbridge and Pivovar joining forces to open bars around the UK
hornbridge brewery, one of the largest independent craft brewers in the UK, is joining forces with craft beer distributor and pub company Pivovar to open new Thornbridge and Co. sites across the UK. The two companies are joining forces...
Admiral Taverns Provides Full Year Results
dmiral Taverns has hailed a "robust financial performance in a year which saw the introduction of sector regulation and growing macro-economic and political uncertainty". The results are for the year ending 3 June 2017. Turnover of...
John Keeling named as first Chairman of London Brewers’ Alliance
t a recent meeting of the London Brewers’ Alliance (LBA), a vote was held in favour of formalising the governing structure of the group. The LBA was formed in 2010 to unite those who make local beer with those that love it, and...
New BBPA Chairman is Simon Emeny
imon Emeny, Chief Executive of Fuller Smith & Turner plc, has become BBPA Chairman today, at the Association’s annual general meeting at Brewers’ Hall in London. He succeeds David Forde, Managing Director of HEINEKEN UK, who...
St Austell Challenge to Students
hird year Sustainable Product Design students at Falmouth University have been challenged by St Austell Brewery to create an innovative piece of pub furniture or the latest, essential piece of bar equipment as part of the company’s...
Ale Trail
Iron Maiden and Robinsons launch Light Brigade
ritish rock legends Iron Maiden and independent family brewers Robinsons announce the creation of Light Brigade, a unique golden English ale with a 4.1% ABV. It has been developed in support of Help for Heroes,...
Manchester Beer Week 2018
anchester’s only city-wide beer festival returns this summer, promising a packed 10-day calendar of events designed to celebrate the best of beer and pub culture. Now entering its third year, Manchester Beer Week will run from Friday,...
There’s A Beer For That Takes on High Beer Duty
ollowing a strategic review of the major issues facing the beer and pub sector over the next few years, the cross-industry consumer campaign, There’s A Beer For That, is evolving into a new campaign with a revised emphasis to address...
SIBA Business Awards 2018
he SIBA Business Awards 2018 will take place during SIBA's flagship event ‘BeerX UK’, which will for the first time take place at the ‘Exhibition Centre Liverpool’ in March 2018. The awards, which have a fast approaching entry...
Thornbridge and Pivovar joining forces to open bars around the UK
hornbridge brewery, one of the largest independent craft brewers in the UK, is joining forces with craft beer distributor and pub company Pivovar to open new Thornbridge and Co. sites across the UK. The two companies are joining forces...
Admiral Taverns Provides Full Year Results
dmiral Taverns has hailed a "robust financial performance in a year which saw the introduction of sector regulation and growing macro-economic and political uncertainty". The results are for the year ending 3 June 2017. Turnover of...
Cask Ale
MPs learn about importance of beer and cheese
he National Farmers Union (NFU) teamed up with the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group to highlight the importance of two great national products – British beer and cheese - to the UK economy. The two organisations hosted a beer and...
CAMRA set to campaign for quality beer not just cask
AMRA is set to widen its remit to represent drinkers of quality beers, ciders and perries of all types, as well as moving its focus beyond traditional pubs, if its members approve recommendations put before them in April. While...
Wild Card’s Jaega Wise joins SIBA as Director
rewer Jaega Wise of Wild Card Brewery in East London has been made a SIBA South East Elected Director, following an election at the organisations South East AGM. The SIBA South East Region, which includes Greater London and has around...
Castle Rock brews ale for a broadcasting legend
D ennis McCarthy, the London-born broadcaster who came to Nottingham as a wartime refugee and went on to become the city's best loved radio personality, is to be honoured in the pubs and bars of his adopted city with an ale brewed by Castle Rock in his memory. In the...
CAMRA’s new Good Beer Guide App contains 40,000 pubs
AMRA is launching an innovative new app that puts good pubs and great pints at people’s fingertips. The Good Beer Guide app collates data from over 40,000 pubs so that app users can search for local pubs based on their individual...
Brewers’ Research & Education Fund Opens for Applications
major grants fund that provides funding for scientific research and education in the brewing industry has begun inviting applications for funding in 2018/19. Under the Brewers Research & Education Fund (BREF), applicants have just under...
Beer and Food
Something for the Weekend – Beer and Chocolate
’m mixing things up a bit this week, and instead of writing about one particular beer I’m going to do a chocolate special purely because it’s Easter weekend. I did a ‘crisp special’ last year, so I think chocolate deserves a turn on...
Something for the Weekend – Fullers London Pride
Each year, over 253,000 people enter a ballot to be picked to run the London Marathon, which takes place this Sunday. Of that number 50,000 are successful, and as the race organisers predict there will be a certain percentage of drop outs, approximately 40,000 runners...
Something for the Weekend – Hogs Back T.E.A
Did you know that beer is the most imbibed alcoholic beverage in the world, miles ahead of wine, cider, and spirits? In fact beer outsells wine in every country in the world apart from three (according to the Beer Academy): France, Italy, and quite bizarrely Bulgaria....
Something for the Weekend – Tiny Rebel Cwtch
Last week, we took The Big Dog on his holidays to the Gower Peninsula in West Wales. Knowing it was going to be a very long drive, we made a bed in the back of the car complete with fleece blanket, cushions and toys for the Big Dog. It looked like the comfiest...
Something for the Weekend – Marston’s Old Empire
Running the risk of incurring wrath from beer producers all over the world, there does seem to be one particular beer style which attracts more attention than any other, and keeps reinventing itself to appeal to new generations of drinkers. IPA invariably features in...
Something for the Weekend – St Austell Proper Job
I’ve always admired people who have the dedication and patience to keep a diary. Not the kind of diary where you scribble things like “Dentist, 2.30” or “Bob’s birthday, Red Lion, 7pm”. I mean a diary which chronicles daily activities, thoughts, observations and...
Insight
Jenning’s Celebrates 190 Years of Brewing
ennings Brewery is celebrating 190 years of brewing in 2018 with a limited edition commemorative pump clip for their flagship beer, Cumberland Ale and a programme of events and promotions throughout the year. In 1828, George IV...
MPs learn about importance of beer and cheese
he National Farmers Union (NFU) teamed up with the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group to highlight the importance of two great national products – British beer and cheese - to the UK economy. The two organisations hosted a beer and...
CAMRA set to campaign for quality beer not just cask
AMRA is set to widen its remit to represent drinkers of quality beers, ciders and perries of all types, as well as moving its focus beyond traditional pubs, if its members approve recommendations put before them in April. While...
Wild Card’s Jaega Wise joins SIBA as Director
rewer Jaega Wise of Wild Card Brewery in East London has been made a SIBA South East Elected Director, following an election at the organisations South East AGM. The SIBA South East Region, which includes Greater London and has around...
Castle Rock brews ale for a broadcasting legend
D ennis McCarthy, the London-born broadcaster who came to Nottingham as a wartime refugee and went on to become the city's best loved radio personality, is to be honoured in the pubs and bars of his adopted city with an ale brewed by Castle Rock in his memory. In the...
CAMRA’s new Good Beer Guide App contains 40,000 pubs
AMRA is launching an innovative new app that puts good pubs and great pints at people’s fingertips. The Good Beer Guide app collates data from over 40,000 pubs so that app users can search for local pubs based on their individual...
Cask Reports
Manchester Beer Week 2018
anchester’s only city-wide beer festival returns this summer, promising a packed 10-day calendar of events designed to celebrate the best of beer and pub culture. Now entering its third year, Manchester Beer Week will run from Friday,...
There’s A Beer For That Takes on High Beer Duty
ollowing a strategic review of the major issues facing the beer and pub sector over the next few years, the cross-industry consumer campaign, There’s A Beer For That, is evolving into a new campaign with a revised emphasis to address...
SIBA Business Awards 2018
he SIBA Business Awards 2018 will take place during SIBA's flagship event ‘BeerX UK’, which will for the first time take place at the ‘Exhibition Centre Liverpool’ in March 2018. The awards, which have a fast approaching entry...
Thornbridge and Pivovar joining forces to open bars around the UK
hornbridge brewery, one of the largest independent craft brewers in the UK, is joining forces with craft beer distributor and pub company Pivovar to open new Thornbridge and Co. sites across the UK. The two companies are joining forces...
Admiral Taverns Provides Full Year Results
dmiral Taverns has hailed a "robust financial performance in a year which saw the introduction of sector regulation and growing macro-economic and political uncertainty". The results are for the year ending 3 June 2017. Turnover of...
John Keeling named as first Chairman of London Brewers’ Alliance
t a recent meeting of the London Brewers’ Alliance (LBA), a vote was held in favour of formalising the governing structure of the group. The LBA was formed in 2010 to unite those who make local beer with those that love it, and...