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Something for the Weekend – Hop Back Summer Lightning
apologise in advance if you start reading this and think, I’ve read this somewhere...
Something for the Weekend – Young’s Double Chocolate Stout
ighty ho, lads and lasses, take a look at the date today. It’s the 17th March, the...
Something for the Weekend – Thwaites Crafty Dan 13 Guns
first came across this week’s beer at an industry ‘do’. Every December, the Guild of...
Something for the Weekend – Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild
’ve wanted to write about this week’s beer for some time but a few things held me...
Something for the Weekend – Old Speckled Hen
his week, I looked at the number of Something For The Weekend articles which had been posted on...
Something for the Weekend – Beer and Chocolate
’m mixing things up a bit this week, and instead of writing about one particular beer...
News
CAMRA Announces 2017 Pub of the Year Finalists
AMRA has today named the best four pubs in the country as part of its Pub of the Year 2017 competition, one of the most respected and well-known pub awards in the UK. Among the finalists is the Weavers Real Ale House in Kidderminster, a...
Beer Sales fall in Q3
eer sales in Britain’s pubs suffered a worrying 3.6% drop in the third quarter, the worst Q3 performance for five years. The news has prompted urgent calls for a halt to yet more beer tax rises in the Budget on 22nd November. The...
The best place to own a brewery?
The best place to own a brewery? East Sussex microbreweries experienced a 1,500 per cent growth year on year, outperforming every other UK county. A study, by business finance specialist Rangewell, found that the craft beer...
Tribute Seven Star Standard Competition
ornwall’s largest independent beer brand, Tribute, has launched a competition designed to celebrate and showcase quality beer standards across the industry. St Austell Brewery is inviting bar staff to upload a picture on social...
£4 million investment at Butcombe
utcombe Brewery has announced a new £4 million investment into the brewery. Investment is taking place into four new projects, including a new craft beer production unit, newly-installed packaging lines, alongside a beer...
SIBA offers free tickets to BeerX 2018
S IBA has today announced that all Full Brewing Members will receive a complimentary two-day delegate ticket for BeerX UK 2018, which takes place on the 14th & 15th March, at the Exhibition Centre, Liverpool. The trade association say the move is to encourage as...
Ale Trail
Burton home brewer brews beer for Marston’s Race Day
A Burton home brewer has brewed a beer to go on sale this Saturday at the Marston’s annual Race Day, held each year at Uttoxeter Racecourse. Morgan Silk a renowned professional photographer is also an enthusiastic home brewer and has brewed a...
50 MPs urge the Chancellor to keep pubs afloat
W ith the Budget just days away, leading MPs have stepped up the pressure on the Government to deliver a Budget that will help keep pubs afloat. A letter signed by 50 MPs from all parties has been delivered to the Treasury to demonstrate the support for British pubs....
Fuller’s names its Pub of the Year
uller's, the London brewer and premium pub company, is delighted to reveal that the winner of its annual Pub of the Year competition, The Griffin Trophy, is The Old Customs House, Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth. The pub, run by Marc...
CAMRA Announces 2017 Pub of the Year Finalists
AMRA has today named the best four pubs in the country as part of its Pub of the Year 2017 competition, one of the most respected and well-known pub awards in the UK. Among the finalists is the Weavers Real Ale House in Kidderminster, a...
Beer Sales fall in Q3
eer sales in Britain’s pubs suffered a worrying 3.6% drop in the third quarter, the worst Q3 performance for five years. The news has prompted urgent calls for a halt to yet more beer tax rises in the Budget on 22nd November. The...
The best place to own a brewery?
The best place to own a brewery? East Sussex microbreweries experienced a 1,500 per cent growth year on year, outperforming every other UK county. A study, by business finance specialist Rangewell, found that the craft beer...
Cask Ale
British Guild of Beer Writers’ Awards
A drian Tierney-Jones has been named Beer Writer of the Year 2017 at the British Guild of Beer Writers’ annual awards ceremony, staged on 29 November. Beer Writer of the Year is the top award in the Guild’s annual competition for writing about beer and pubs, which...
CAMRA and Drinkaware announce the first ever London low alcohol beer competition
AMRA North London will be hosting the first ever competition to find the best low alcohol beer brewed in London at the London Drinker Beer & Cider Festival in March in Camden. The competition is open to any beer of 3% ABV or lower...
Fuller’s Half Year Results
uller's have today published their half year results for the 26 weeks ended 30 September 2017. Financial Highlights • Adjusted profit before tax1¹ up 4% to £23.8 million (2016/17: £22.8 million) • Adjusted earnings per share² up 5% to...
Great British Beer Festival Winter 2018
he Great British Beer Festival Winter will take place from 20-24 February 2018 in The Halls, Norwich and tickets to the trade session are now available. Visitors can expect a huge range of beers on offer from light beers to dark,...
BII 2017 Winners Announced
he BII is delighted to unveil the eight overall category winners of the 2017 National Innovation in Training Awards, their national awards programme celebrating the very best in training excellence and innovation within the licensed...
Stephen Crawley Back in the Brewing Business
ormer Caledonian Brewery Managing Director, Stephen Crawley, is back in brewing having masterminded the development of an exciting new brewery, distillery and retail space in his hometown, Liverpool, namely H1780. The multi-million...
Beer and Food
Something for the Weekend – Black Sheep Riggwelter
My other half and I opt to stay in England for the duration of August rather than jet off to sunnier climes. Every year we live in hope that we will get a sweltering summer, and with considerable smugness we can then go off on our travels in September. We have stuck...
Something for the Weekend – Fuller’s ESB
The Beer Husband and I are going on our hols this weekend so I’m super excited. During my 20’s and 30’s I was a ‘fly and flop’ girl, picking up cheap package deals to anywhere hot in Southern Europe to fry myself to a crisp during the day, and drink green concoctions...
SIBA Business Awards 2018 Finalists revealed
he UK’s top craft beer and brewing businesses have been named as Finalists in the SIBA Business Awards 2018, with winners due to be announced on the 14th March at BeerX in Liverpool. The prestigious awards, run by the Society of...
New Look for Cask Ale Week
o celebrate its 10th anniversary, Cask Ale Week 2018 has been launched with a new look. The new logo for the ‘Week’ incorporates the shape of the cask end and a pump handle. “The look feels more positive,” says Frances Brace, promoter...
CAMRA’s Club of the Year
T he Flixton Conservative Club in Manchester has won the prestigious CAMRA Club of the Year award after a recent transformation has seen an even wider range of real ales and ciders brought in. On top of a friendly atmosphere and good beer selection, the well...
CAMRA Pub of the Year 2018
he Cricketers Arms in St Helens, Merseyside, has won the prestigious Pub of the Year title from CAMRA just five years after it was boarded up for closure. When owners Andy and Denise Evans took over the running of the pub in 2013, it...
Insight
Greene King Interim Results
reene King has published its interim results for the 24 weeks to 15 October 2017. Business highlights Further outperformance from Local Pubs, Pub Partners and Brewing & Brands in a challenging first half Strong cost mitigation: on...
British Guild of Beer Writers’ Awards
A drian Tierney-Jones has been named Beer Writer of the Year 2017 at the British Guild of Beer Writers’ annual awards ceremony, staged on 29 November. Beer Writer of the Year is the top award in the Guild’s annual competition for writing about beer and pubs, which...
CAMRA and Drinkaware announce the first ever London low alcohol beer competition
AMRA North London will be hosting the first ever competition to find the best low alcohol beer brewed in London at the London Drinker Beer & Cider Festival in March in Camden. The competition is open to any beer of 3% ABV or lower...
Fuller’s Half Year Results
uller's have today published their half year results for the 26 weeks ended 30 September 2017. Financial Highlights • Adjusted profit before tax1¹ up 4% to £23.8 million (2016/17: £22.8 million) • Adjusted earnings per share² up 5% to...
Great British Beer Festival Winter 2018
he Great British Beer Festival Winter will take place from 20-24 February 2018 in The Halls, Norwich and tickets to the trade session are now available. Visitors can expect a huge range of beers on offer from light beers to dark,...
BII 2017 Winners Announced
he BII is delighted to unveil the eight overall category winners of the 2017 National Innovation in Training Awards, their national awards programme celebrating the very best in training excellence and innovation within the licensed...
Cask Reports
50 MPs urge the Chancellor to keep pubs afloat
W ith the Budget just days away, leading MPs have stepped up the pressure on the Government to deliver a Budget that will help keep pubs afloat. A letter signed by 50 MPs from all parties has been delivered to the Treasury to demonstrate the support for British pubs....
Fuller’s names its Pub of the Year
uller's, the London brewer and premium pub company, is delighted to reveal that the winner of its annual Pub of the Year competition, The Griffin Trophy, is The Old Customs House, Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth. The pub, run by Marc...
CAMRA Announces 2017 Pub of the Year Finalists
AMRA has today named the best four pubs in the country as part of its Pub of the Year 2017 competition, one of the most respected and well-known pub awards in the UK. Among the finalists is the Weavers Real Ale House in Kidderminster, a...
Beer Sales fall in Q3
eer sales in Britain’s pubs suffered a worrying 3.6% drop in the third quarter, the worst Q3 performance for five years. The news has prompted urgent calls for a halt to yet more beer tax rises in the Budget on 22nd November. The...
The best place to own a brewery?
The best place to own a brewery? East Sussex microbreweries experienced a 1,500 per cent growth year on year, outperforming every other UK county. A study, by business finance specialist Rangewell, found that the craft beer...
Tribute Seven Star Standard Competition
ornwall’s largest independent beer brand, Tribute, has launched a competition designed to celebrate and showcase quality beer standards across the industry. St Austell Brewery is inviting bar staff to upload a picture on social...