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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...
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...
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...
Brewers’ Research & Education Fund Opens for Applications
major grants fund that provides funding for scientific research and education in the brewing...
Hogs Back Brewery – as seen on TV
arnham brewer Hogs Back Brewery is set to reach an estimated 1.6 million TV viewers...
CAMRA’s Discrimination Debate
ndustry experts will gather at the Manchester Beer Festival trade day to debate how...
News
Pride & Passion Open Day
On Saturday 2 September 2017, Fuller’s will once again be opening its doors to the public for another popular Pride & Passion Open Day. The free entry event will take place between 11am and 4pm at the famous brewery on the river at Chiswick in West...
Guild of Beer Writers’ Annual Awards
Writers, journalists, bloggers, broadcasters, photographers and others who communicate about beer and pubs are urged to enter the Guild of Beer Writers' Annual Awards, which close in three weeks, on 8 September. This year's awards come with a total prize fund of...
Brakspear Reports Good 2016 Results
J T Davies & Sons, the parent company for Henley-based pub operator and brewer Brakspear reports good 2016 results, increasing its turnover during the year ending 31 December 2016 by 14%, to £25.5 million and EBITDA increased 1% to £8.3m. Profit before tax was up...
Hogs Back Turns Back the Clock
Surrey-based Hogs Back Brewery is celebrating its 25th birthday this month by turning back the clocks and offering its flagship Traditional English Ale (TEA) at 1992 prices in a handful of pubs close to the brewery in Farnham. On Thursday 24 August, around 10 local...
British Hop Association Relaunches Website
The British Hop Association is delighted to announce the relaunch of its website – www.britishhops.org.uk – with a fresh new look and some interesting insights from industry professionals. Since its initial launch in 2012, the British Hop Association website has...
Great British Beer Festival Winter Announced
CAMRA has announced that it will launch the very first Great British Beer Festival Winter in 2018 and that this will replace its National Winter Ales Festival. The Winter festival will run from the 20th-24th of February in the medieval friary halls in the heart of...
Ale Trail
Cask Ale Week Latest Updates
tarting on 21st September, Cask Ale Week is a national celebration of cask ale. Many breweries and pubs participate, this update contains some activities that we've recently been told about. You can also visit caskaleweek.co.uk for...
Woodforde’s Announces Rebrand
oodforde’s Brewery, the award-winning Norfolk-based brewery, has announced today that it is rebranding by linking with the legacy of Norfolk’s favourite son, and one of Britain’s greatest military heroes, Admiral Lord Nelson. In the...
The Great Hop Expedition
It’s time to celebrate the world of beer as Young’s and Geronimo Inns introduces The Great Hop Expedition: an entire season of brew bus tours, beer-bod tuition and tempting offers that pay homage to the world’s best brews. A celebration of the hop and craft beer...
Pride & Passion Open Day
On Saturday 2 September 2017, Fuller’s will once again be opening its doors to the public for another popular Pride & Passion Open Day. The free entry event will take place between 11am and 4pm at the famous brewery on the river at Chiswick in West...
Guild of Beer Writers’ Annual Awards
Writers, journalists, bloggers, broadcasters, photographers and others who communicate about beer and pubs are urged to enter the Guild of Beer Writers' Annual Awards, which close in three weeks, on 8 September. This year's awards come with a total prize fund of...
Brakspear Reports Good 2016 Results
J T Davies & Sons, the parent company for Henley-based pub operator and brewer Brakspear reports good 2016 results, increasing its turnover during the year ending 31 December 2016 by 14%, to £25.5 million and EBITDA increased 1% to £8.3m. Profit before tax was up...
Cask Ale
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 -...
Good Pub Guide Award Winners
he Good Pub Guide publishes award winners each year to coincide with publication of its latest edition. To compete in the Pub of the Year category a pub has to have unanimous enthusiasm from all readers on all aspects of its...
Beer and Food
Brains confirms new brewery location
rains Brewery is delighted to announce the location of its new brewery and support centre as Courtney House, in the Pacific Business Park, Cardiff. Contracts have now been exchanged on the property, which is just 1.5 miles from...
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...
Insight
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 -...
Cask Reports
Woodforde’s Announces Rebrand
oodforde’s Brewery, the award-winning Norfolk-based brewery, has announced today that it is rebranding by linking with the legacy of Norfolk’s favourite son, and one of Britain’s greatest military heroes, Admiral Lord Nelson. In the...
The Great Hop Expedition
It’s time to celebrate the world of beer as Young’s and Geronimo Inns introduces The Great Hop Expedition: an entire season of brew bus tours, beer-bod tuition and tempting offers that pay homage to the world’s best brews. A celebration of the hop and craft beer...
Pride & Passion Open Day
On Saturday 2 September 2017, Fuller’s will once again be opening its doors to the public for another popular Pride & Passion Open Day. The free entry event will take place between 11am and 4pm at the famous brewery on the river at Chiswick in West...
Guild of Beer Writers’ Annual Awards
Writers, journalists, bloggers, broadcasters, photographers and others who communicate about beer and pubs are urged to enter the Guild of Beer Writers' Annual Awards, which close in three weeks, on 8 September. This year's awards come with a total prize fund of...
Brakspear Reports Good 2016 Results
J T Davies & Sons, the parent company for Henley-based pub operator and brewer Brakspear reports good 2016 results, increasing its turnover during the year ending 31 December 2016 by 14%, to £25.5 million and EBITDA increased 1% to £8.3m. Profit before tax was up...
Hogs Back Turns Back the Clock
Surrey-based Hogs Back Brewery is celebrating its 25th birthday this month by turning back the clocks and offering its flagship Traditional English Ale (TEA) at 1992 prices in a handful of pubs close to the brewery in Farnham. On Thursday 24 August, around 10 local...