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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...
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...
Fuller’s names its Pub of the Year
uller's, the London brewer and premium pub company, is delighted to reveal that the...
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...
Beer Sales fall in Q3
eer sales in Britain’s pubs suffered a worrying 3.6% drop in the third quarter, the...
The best place to own a brewery?
The best place to own a brewery? East Sussex microbreweries experienced a 1,500 per...
News
Dea Latis Announces ‘Best of the West’ Dinner
Dea Latis, the group with a mission to bring beer to women is hosting an event in Clifton, called 'Best of the West' on 20 July. Guests will discover the delights of beer and food matching at this five-course dinner hosted in partnership with St Austell Brewery. Held...
The Garibaldi named Fuller’s Master Cellarman of the Year 2017
Fuller's has named David and Caroline Beale from The Garibaldi, St Albans as winners of the Master Cellarman of the Year Award 2017. David and Caroline won this award due to the outstanding quality of beer in their pub. They impressed the judges with the care they put...
The Beer and Pub Story 2017
The BBPA has released ‘The Beer and Pub Story 2017’, setting out why beer and pubs matter so much to the UK economy. The new leaflet has been produced in association with CAMRA, SIBA, The ALMR and Hospitality Ulster. Members of Parliament returning to Westminster have...
New look for Hogs Back’s TEA
New look for Hogs Back's TEA, Hogs Back Brewery is launching a new design for its flagship TEA - or Traditional English Ale - with the aim of updating the brand while retaining the heritage which has made it one of the leading regional ales in the South East. The new...
SIBA’s BeerX moves to Liverpool
SIBA's BeerX moves to Liverpool after five hugely successful years in Sheffield, the UK’s biggest independent craft brewing trade show “SIBA's BeerX UK”, will move to Liverpool in March 2018. The event, which last year recorded its biggest attendance ever, has been...
Manchester Top for Cask?
Manchester has emerged as the cask beer capital of Britain, following a major new study into the beer sold in the city’s pubs and bars. The Manchester Beer Audit 2017 found 411 different cask ales on sale in venues throughout the Manchester City Council area, beating...
Ale Trail
Carlsberg buys London Fields Brewery
Carlsberg buys London Fields Brewery, Carlsberg UK has acquired London Fields Brewery and will operate the business in a joint venture with Brooklyn Brewery from Brooklyn, New York. London Fields Brewery, which was founded in 2011 in the vibrant London Fields...
Greene King Annual Results
Greene King has released their annual results: Pub Company like-for-like (LFL) sales up 1.5%, ahead of the market, driven by a good Christmas, a stronger fourth quarter and a strong performance from Greene King Locals. Record performance from Pub Partners; LFL net...
Beer Day Britain Round Up Plus New Research Revealed
Beer Day Britain 2017 has been heralded a resounding success with more people than ever getting behind the celebrations. The event, instigated by Beer Sommelier and writer Jane Peyton and developed into a four-day celebration this year in conjunction with ‘There’s A...
Dea Latis Announces ‘Best of the West’ Dinner
Dea Latis, the group with a mission to bring beer to women is hosting an event in Clifton, called 'Best of the West' on 20 July. Guests will discover the delights of beer and food matching at this five-course dinner hosted in partnership with St Austell Brewery. Held...
The Garibaldi named Fuller’s Master Cellarman of the Year 2017
Fuller's has named David and Caroline Beale from The Garibaldi, St Albans as winners of the Master Cellarman of the Year Award 2017. David and Caroline won this award due to the outstanding quality of beer in their pub. They impressed the judges with the care they put...
The Beer and Pub Story 2017
The BBPA has released ‘The Beer and Pub Story 2017’, setting out why beer and pubs matter so much to the UK economy. The new leaflet has been produced in association with CAMRA, SIBA, The ALMR and Hospitality Ulster. Members of Parliament returning to Westminster have...
Cask Ale
Fuller’s invests in new robots for cask racking line
Fuller’s invests in new robots for cask racking line, the two new robots have been installed at its brewery in Chiswick, London. The robots have been named after two former Fuller’s team members, Brendan Bray and Richard Keith. The Brendan robot stacks and de-stacks...
Thornbridge plans new cask brew house
Thornbridge plans new cask brew house. Thornbridge brewery is continuing to pursue further investment in expansion as it draws up plans for the next stage of development at its site in Bakewell. Thornbridge CEO, Simon Webster, explains, "Late last summer we made a...
New Chair of Parliamentary Beer Group Elected
New Chair of Parliamentary Beer Group Elected, Mike Wood MP has been elected Chairman at the Inaugural Meeting of the Group in the new Parliament. The previous Chairman, Graham Evans lost his seat in the recent General Election. Mike joined the Beer Group after he...
Brewer of the Year named by Parliamentary Beer Group
Brewer of the Year named by Parliamentary Beer Group, Purity Brewing Company’s director of brewing Flo Vialan has been named ‘Brewer of the Year’ at the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group Beer Awards. The highly-prized and prestigious award is one of only a small...
SIBA Calls for Clarity around Craft Brewing
SIBA calls for clarity around craft brewing, SIBA has today highlighted the need for greater clarity for beer drinkers* following a number of buyouts of previously independent craft breweries in the UK by global beer companies, including Camden Town, Meantime,...
UK’s best IPA is Transmission
Transmission by North Brewing Co in Leeds has been named the UK’s best IPA at Imbibe Live, the third year in a row a SIBA member has won at the show. With 40 IPAs in The IPA Challenge overall, five frontrunners made it to the final tasting at the Imbibe Live trade...
Beer and Food
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: ...
Marston’s Beertown Brewery Bash
M arston’s Brewery are throwing open their gates to Burton people for Beertown in honour of Cask Ale Week to celebrate all that is great about local beer, food, music and comedy. The Beertown Brewery Bash will take place on Saturday 23rd September from 4pm to 7pm in...
Insight
Greene King partners with Gloucester Rugby
Greene King partners with Gloucester Rugby on a deal that will see the UK brewer and pub retailer become the new Official Ale Partner of the premiership club. Greene King’s association will run for seven seasons from the beginning of the 2017/18 campaign and will...
Fuller’s invests in new robots for cask racking line
Fuller’s invests in new robots for cask racking line, the two new robots have been installed at its brewery in Chiswick, London. The robots have been named after two former Fuller’s team members, Brendan Bray and Richard Keith. The Brendan robot stacks and de-stacks...
Thornbridge plans new cask brew house
Thornbridge plans new cask brew house. Thornbridge brewery is continuing to pursue further investment in expansion as it draws up plans for the next stage of development at its site in Bakewell. Thornbridge CEO, Simon Webster, explains, "Late last summer we made a...
New Chair of Parliamentary Beer Group Elected
New Chair of Parliamentary Beer Group Elected, Mike Wood MP has been elected Chairman at the Inaugural Meeting of the Group in the new Parliament. The previous Chairman, Graham Evans lost his seat in the recent General Election. Mike joined the Beer Group after he...
Brewer of the Year named by Parliamentary Beer Group
Brewer of the Year named by Parliamentary Beer Group, Purity Brewing Company’s director of brewing Flo Vialan has been named ‘Brewer of the Year’ at the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group Beer Awards. The highly-prized and prestigious award is one of only a small...
SIBA Calls for Clarity around Craft Brewing
SIBA calls for clarity around craft brewing, SIBA has today highlighted the need for greater clarity for beer drinkers* following a number of buyouts of previously independent craft breweries in the UK by global beer companies, including Camden Town, Meantime,...
Cask Reports
Greene King Annual Results
Greene King has released their annual results: Pub Company like-for-like (LFL) sales up 1.5%, ahead of the market, driven by a good Christmas, a stronger fourth quarter and a strong performance from Greene King Locals. Record performance from Pub Partners; LFL net...
Beer Day Britain Round Up Plus New Research Revealed
Beer Day Britain 2017 has been heralded a resounding success with more people than ever getting behind the celebrations. The event, instigated by Beer Sommelier and writer Jane Peyton and developed into a four-day celebration this year in conjunction with ‘There’s A...
Dea Latis Announces ‘Best of the West’ Dinner
Dea Latis, the group with a mission to bring beer to women is hosting an event in Clifton, called 'Best of the West' on 20 July. Guests will discover the delights of beer and food matching at this five-course dinner hosted in partnership with St Austell Brewery. Held...
The Garibaldi named Fuller’s Master Cellarman of the Year 2017
Fuller's has named David and Caroline Beale from The Garibaldi, St Albans as winners of the Master Cellarman of the Year Award 2017. David and Caroline won this award due to the outstanding quality of beer in their pub. They impressed the judges with the care they put...
The Beer and Pub Story 2017
The BBPA has released ‘The Beer and Pub Story 2017’, setting out why beer and pubs matter so much to the UK economy. The new leaflet has been produced in association with CAMRA, SIBA, The ALMR and Hospitality Ulster. Members of Parliament returning to Westminster have...
New look for Hogs Back’s TEA
New look for Hogs Back's TEA, Hogs Back Brewery is launching a new design for its flagship TEA - or Traditional English Ale - with the aim of updating the brand while retaining the heritage which has made it one of the leading regional ales in the South East. The new...