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Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2018 Announced
ipper from Green Jack brewery has won CAMRA’s prestigious Champion Winter Beer of...
Fuller’s takes over Dark Star
ark Star, the renowned West Sussex craft brewer, has today joined forces with Fuller’s...
BeerX announces 2 big names at this year’s event
IBA has announced that BBC Radio 2 presenter Nigel Barden and famed...
Norwich Pubs Join Great British Beer Festival Winter
ubs across the city of Norwich are putting on a number of events for the Fringe...
ALMR calls for business rates reform
ommenting on the publication of beer sales figures today, ALMR CEO Kate Nicholls said:...
Beer sales increase
S ales of British beer rose by 0.7 per cent in 2017, with a positive end to the year supported with a welcome...
News
Nicholson’s Beer Showcase 2017
icholson’s pubs are launching their National Beer Showcase 2017 across 77 pubs from the 11th September to 22nd October. Running for six weeks, the celebration of beer and Britain’s best breweries will feature 28 new beers....
Star Doubles Cask Marque Approved Pubs
fifth of Star’s pubs are now Cask Marque accredited with a further 5% expected to be approved by the end of the year. The number of Cask Marque accreditations is double what it was at the start of 2017 boosted by take-up of Star’s new...
Black Tor releases new beer for Cask Ale Week
lack Tor Brewery of Christow, Dartmoor National Park is celebrating Cask Ale Week 2017 with the release of a new limited edition beer Pale 4.4% ABV, which will be served in carefully chosen pubs across the south west. Cask Ale Week...
Bruce Dickinson to speak at BBPA Dinner
ith the 11th October date fast approaching, Bruce Dickinson has today been announced as the guest speaker at the BBPA’s Annual Dinner & Awards at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington London. As an entrepreneur, creative...
Thornbridge collaborates on new cask beer with Sheffield Wednesday
T hornbridge Brewery has, in partnership with Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, has produced a special “Wednesday Pale Ale” for match days at Hillsborough. The new cask beer was launched on the concourses and in hospitality lounges for the Championship clash...
St Austell Brewery Crowned West of England Business of the Year
t Austell Brewery Crowned West of England Business of the Year. The prestigious award - sponsored by PwC and run in association with Circle2Success, Devon and Cornwall Business Council and Bristol, Bath and Swindon Business News -...
Ale Trail
CAMRA names its top 16 pubs
s it releases the 45th edition of its Good Beer Guide, CAMRA has named the top 16 pubs in the country as part of its nationwide search for the National Pub of the Year. The top 16 contenders include a huge range of pubs from...
SIBA Beerflex Breweries All FSQ Enrolled
IBA has announced today that all SIBA brewing members trading on SIBA Beerflex* now hold a valid SIBA FSQ certificate or other professional accreditation commissioned themselves such as SALSA, NSF, STS or BRC....
BBPA’s warning to Chancellor on Beer Taxes
he BBPA has issued a warning that today's rocketing inflation rate should not be used to ratchet up beer taxes in the autumn Budget, as currently planned. If the Chancellor sticks to an inflation-based increase already pencilled in, the benefits of the Government’s...
Nicholson’s Beer Showcase 2017
icholson’s pubs are launching their National Beer Showcase 2017 across 77 pubs from the 11th September to 22nd October. Running for six weeks, the celebration of beer and Britain’s best breweries will feature 28 new beers....
Star Doubles Cask Marque Approved Pubs
fifth of Star’s pubs are now Cask Marque accredited with a further 5% expected to be approved by the end of the year. The number of Cask Marque accreditations is double what it was at the start of 2017 boosted by take-up of Star’s new...
Black Tor releases new beer for Cask Ale Week
lack Tor Brewery of Christow, Dartmoor National Park is celebrating Cask Ale Week 2017 with the release of a new limited edition beer Pale 4.4% ABV, which will be served in carefully chosen pubs across the south west. Cask Ale Week...
Cask Ale
Wild Beer Co win Best Drinks Producer at the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2017
ild Beer Co has won Best Drinks Producers at the BBC Food & Farming Awards which was announced at Bristol's City Hall. The company, which is based in Shepton Mallet in Somerset, is celebrated for its...
Proper Job secures new listing
t Austell Brewery’s multi award-winning Proper Job has been selected to be listed across Mitchells & Butlers’ (M&Bs) Castle pubs. From Bristol to London and Manchester and Newcastle, the award-winning beer will be stocked in...
Pint of bitter reaches £3
he BBPA has today published its Annual Statistical Handbook 2017 - a ‘must read’ for anyone with a close interest in key trends in the UK drinks’ sector. Among thousands of fascinating new figures, the average price of a pint of bitter...
Shepherd Neame Results
hepherd Neame, Britain's Oldest Brewer and owner and operator of a 327 high quality pub estate, today announces results for the 52 weeks ended 24 June 2017. Financial performance: Turnover increased by +11.7% to £156.2m (2016: £139.9m)...
L Catterton Buys Stake in Innis & Gunn
he World’s leading consumer goods private equity firm L Catterton has made an offer to buy a stake in Innis & Gunn following outstanding business performance. Innis & Gunn, one of the UK’s most successful international...
News that one billion pints of British beer exported
ommenting on today’s figures from DEFRA showing one billion pints of British beer were shipped to beer lovers around the world last year, bringing a £600 million boost to the UK economy, BBPA Chief Executive Brigid Simmonds said: ...
Beer and Food
CAMRA names the best four clubs in the country
AMRA has named the best four clubs in the country as part of its Club of the Year 2018 competition, one of the most respected and well-known club awards in the UK. Among the finalists are two Royal Air Force Association (RAFA) clubs -...
SIBA purchases majority shareholding in Flying Firkin Distribution
IBA has purchased a majority shareholding in Flying Firkin Distribution Ltd (FFD) as part of its commercial strategy to develop routes to market opportunities for its 850 craft brewery members. FFD has been a specialist distributor...
2018 will see new CAMRA Chairman
AMRA will be welcoming a new National Chairman next year, when Colin Valentine will hand over the mantle to Jackie Parker. After eight years in the role, Colin has announced that he will not be standing for re-election to the National...
Marston’s Preliminary Results for 52 weeks ended 30 September
arston's has announced its preliminary results for the 52 weeks to 30th September 2017, describing the year in which it acquired the Charles Wells Beer Business as having been a "solid performance". Highlights: • Turnover up...
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...
Insight
Beer Matters Trade Show and Conference
eer Matters, the new trade show and conference for the business of brewing takes place in Edinburgh next week and organisers are in the final stages of preparing for a full day of networking, discussion and debate. The conference...
Wild Beer Co win Best Drinks Producer at the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2017
ild Beer Co has won Best Drinks Producers at the BBC Food & Farming Awards which was announced at Bristol's City Hall. The company, which is based in Shepton Mallet in Somerset, is celebrated for its...
Proper Job secures new listing
t Austell Brewery’s multi award-winning Proper Job has been selected to be listed across Mitchells & Butlers’ (M&Bs) Castle pubs. From Bristol to London and Manchester and Newcastle, the award-winning beer will be stocked in...
Pint of bitter reaches £3
he BBPA has today published its Annual Statistical Handbook 2017 - a ‘must read’ for anyone with a close interest in key trends in the UK drinks’ sector. Among thousands of fascinating new figures, the average price of a pint of bitter...
Shepherd Neame Results
hepherd Neame, Britain's Oldest Brewer and owner and operator of a 327 high quality pub estate, today announces results for the 52 weeks ended 24 June 2017. Financial performance: Turnover increased by +11.7% to £156.2m (2016: £139.9m)...
L Catterton Buys Stake in Innis & Gunn
he World’s leading consumer goods private equity firm L Catterton has made an offer to buy a stake in Innis & Gunn following outstanding business performance. Innis & Gunn, one of the UK’s most successful international...
Cask Reports
SIBA Beerflex Breweries All FSQ Enrolled
IBA has announced today that all SIBA brewing members trading on SIBA Beerflex* now hold a valid SIBA FSQ certificate or other professional accreditation commissioned themselves such as SALSA, NSF, STS or BRC....
BBPA’s warning to Chancellor on Beer Taxes
he BBPA has issued a warning that today's rocketing inflation rate should not be used to ratchet up beer taxes in the autumn Budget, as currently planned. If the Chancellor sticks to an inflation-based increase already pencilled in, the benefits of the Government’s...
Nicholson’s Beer Showcase 2017
icholson’s pubs are launching their National Beer Showcase 2017 across 77 pubs from the 11th September to 22nd October. Running for six weeks, the celebration of beer and Britain’s best breweries will feature 28 new beers....
Star Doubles Cask Marque Approved Pubs
fifth of Star’s pubs are now Cask Marque accredited with a further 5% expected to be approved by the end of the year. The number of Cask Marque accreditations is double what it was at the start of 2017 boosted by take-up of Star’s new...
Black Tor releases new beer for Cask Ale Week
lack Tor Brewery of Christow, Dartmoor National Park is celebrating Cask Ale Week 2017 with the release of a new limited edition beer Pale 4.4% ABV, which will be served in carefully chosen pubs across the south west. Cask Ale Week...
Bruce Dickinson to speak at BBPA Dinner
ith the 11th October date fast approaching, Bruce Dickinson has today been announced as the guest speaker at the BBPA’s Annual Dinner & Awards at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington London. As an entrepreneur, creative...