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Cask Report 2017-18
he Cask Report 2017-18 is now available and contains a wealth of material to help you make a...
Catching up with friends No 1 reason for visiting the pub
t’s official – millions of Brits are happiest when they’re in the pub, a study has...
Beer and Cider Marketing Awards 2017
he winners of The Beer and Cider Marketing Awards 2017 have been announced at a packed Old...
Beer Matters Trade Show and Conference
eer Matters, the new trade show and conference for the business of brewing takes place...
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...
Proper Job secures new listing
t Austell Brewery’s multi award-winning Proper Job has been selected to be listed...
News
Dea Latis event at Marston’s
Dea Latis is running a fun and informative beer and food tasting evening for beer-loving and beer-curious women at Marston’s Brewery Visitor’s Centre, DE14, on Thursday 15th June from 6.30pm. Held on 15th June to mark the national celebrations for Beer Day...
BII and Butcombe team up
The BII is excited to announce a new partnership with Butcombe Brewing Company, with all tenants and lessees now able to benefit from BII membership. Butcombe Brewing and parent company Liberation Brewing have teamed up with the BII to offer annual membership to all...
Food Producers Work with Brewers to Create Unique Brews for Manchester Beer Week
Six of Manchester’s finest independent food and drinks producers are teaming up with breweries to create a series of exclusive beers for this year’s Manchester Beer Week. The initiative is designed to shine a light on the city’s burgeoning indie scene and the six...
Decline of Global Beverage Alcohol Consumption Accelerates
According to the IWSR’s latest data release (2016 data), the consumption of alcoholic drinks is declining at an increasingly faster rate than has been previously reported by other data companies. For 2016, the IWSR reports that the global market for alcoholic drinks...
Greene King collaborates with Barmy Army to create a new beer
With the domestic cricket season and international cricketing summer underway, British brewer Greene King and cricket’s most passionate supporters’ club, the Barmy Army, have teamed up to launch a new partnership – and a new beer. The agreement will see Greene King...
Brains encourages Bale to score in Champions League Final
Wales’ biggest brewer and hospitality company, Brains, is offering customers a free pint if Gareth Bale scores in Saturday’s UEFA Champions League final. Cardiff-born Bale is set to line up for Real Madrid against Juventus at the National Stadium of Wales this...
Ale Trail
Fuller’s Financial Results
Financial Highlights Adjusted profit before tax1 up 5% to £42.9 million (2016: £40.9 million) Adjusted earnings per share2 up 5% to 61.39p (2016: 58.35p) Revenue up 12% to £392.0 million (2016: £350.5 million) EBITDA3 up 8% to £70.5 million (2016: £65.0 million) Total...
Skipper ale available exclusively in M & B Castle pubs
St Austell Brewery has launched a new limited edition American Pale Ale in Mitchell & Butlers’ (M&B) Castle pubs. Skipper (4.9% ABV), which has been brewed in collaboration with Boston-based Harpoon Brewery, is now available exclusively in more than 100 Castle...
St Austell unveils biggest ever marketing campaign for Tribute
Cornwall’s largest independent beer brand, Tribute, is this week unveiling its biggest ever integrated marketing campaign. The investment by St Austell Brewery leads with advertising across the industry trade media. Designed to bring to life Tribute’s strong...
Dea Latis event at Marston’s
Dea Latis is running a fun and informative beer and food tasting evening for beer-loving and beer-curious women at Marston’s Brewery Visitor’s Centre, DE14, on Thursday 15th June from 6.30pm. Held on 15th June to mark the national celebrations for Beer Day...
BII and Butcombe team up
The BII is excited to announce a new partnership with Butcombe Brewing Company, with all tenants and lessees now able to benefit from BII membership. Butcombe Brewing and parent company Liberation Brewing have teamed up with the BII to offer annual membership to all...
Food Producers Work with Brewers to Create Unique Brews for Manchester Beer Week
Six of Manchester’s finest independent food and drinks producers are teaming up with breweries to create a series of exclusive beers for this year’s Manchester Beer Week. The initiative is designed to shine a light on the city’s burgeoning indie scene and the six...
Cask Ale
‘Donate with Dizzy’ Fundraising Campaign
Robinsons Brewery, one of the UK’s largest and oldest independent family brewers, has announced that ‘Donate with Dizzy’ will return for a second year during June, July, and August, following the great success of last year’s campaign. Once again, Robinsons will pledge...
Champion Beer of Britain Awards to be Revealed during GBBF Trade Session
The announcement of the Champion Beer of Britain, one of the most prestigious real ale competitions in the world, will be an exclusive highlight of the trade session taking place at the Great British Beer Festival on Tuesday 8th August at Olympia London. Those...
Winner of BII’s Licensee of the Year announced
The industry’s toughest competition came to a dramatic close yesterday, with licensee Mark Higgs beating the five other finalists to the top spot and winning LOYA 2017- this year sponsored by Sky. Mark, a tenant of Hook Norton, runs the Castle at Edgehill near Banbury...
Purity wins hat trick of awards
Purity Brewing Company is celebrating another award hat-trick after picking up three honours at two different regional ceremonies. The eco-friendly brewery picked up winner’s gongs for both Small Business and Fast Growth Business of the Year at the West Midlands...
Number of new breweries has peaked
Extensive research undertaken for the 2017 edition of The Brewery Manual has found that the number of UK craft brewers has stabilised after years of growth. Researchers endeavoured to contact and interview virtually each and every brewer in the United Kingdom to...
Carlsberg to achieve zero carbon emissions at its breweries by 2030
The Carlsberg Group has committed to eliminating carbon emissions and halving water usage at its breweries by 2030 as part of its new sustainability programme – Together Towards ZERO. An intermediate step includes the exclusive use of renewable electricity at its...
Beer and Food
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...
Visit Britain and England Supporting Pubs
Visit Britain and England supporting pubs by placing links to Stay in a Pub, the website which promotes British pubs to inbound tourists. This action was taken after their research was quoted back to them by Stay in a Pub. This research stated that one of the top...
‘Beer, Beechwoods and Brewing’
‘Beer, Beechwoods and Brewing' by Brakspear takes place Friday 22 September, as part of the Chilterns Walking Festival, sponsored by Brakspear. It is free of charge to walkers, starting and finishing at the Bull on Bell Street in Henley, followed by a free tour of the...
Insight
Hogs Back’s Biker – Le Tour de Hog
Hogs Back's Biker has been launched by Hogs Back Brewery as their new seasonal ale that celebrates the British love of riding a bike, as well as marking the Surrey-based brewer's support for the annual Farnham Bike Ride charity event. Biker is a light, refreshing...
‘Donate with Dizzy’ Fundraising Campaign
Robinsons Brewery, one of the UK’s largest and oldest independent family brewers, has announced that ‘Donate with Dizzy’ will return for a second year during June, July, and August, following the great success of last year’s campaign. Once again, Robinsons will pledge...
Champion Beer of Britain Awards to be Revealed during GBBF Trade Session
The announcement of the Champion Beer of Britain, one of the most prestigious real ale competitions in the world, will be an exclusive highlight of the trade session taking place at the Great British Beer Festival on Tuesday 8th August at Olympia London. Those...
Winner of BII’s Licensee of the Year announced
The industry’s toughest competition came to a dramatic close yesterday, with licensee Mark Higgs beating the five other finalists to the top spot and winning LOYA 2017- this year sponsored by Sky. Mark, a tenant of Hook Norton, runs the Castle at Edgehill near Banbury...
Purity wins hat trick of awards
Purity Brewing Company is celebrating another award hat-trick after picking up three honours at two different regional ceremonies. The eco-friendly brewery picked up winner’s gongs for both Small Business and Fast Growth Business of the Year at the West Midlands...
Number of new breweries has peaked
Extensive research undertaken for the 2017 edition of The Brewery Manual has found that the number of UK craft brewers has stabilised after years of growth. Researchers endeavoured to contact and interview virtually each and every brewer in the United Kingdom to...
Cask Reports
Skipper ale available exclusively in M & B Castle pubs
St Austell Brewery has launched a new limited edition American Pale Ale in Mitchell & Butlers’ (M&B) Castle pubs. Skipper (4.9% ABV), which has been brewed in collaboration with Boston-based Harpoon Brewery, is now available exclusively in more than 100 Castle...
St Austell unveils biggest ever marketing campaign for Tribute
Cornwall’s largest independent beer brand, Tribute, is this week unveiling its biggest ever integrated marketing campaign. The investment by St Austell Brewery leads with advertising across the industry trade media. Designed to bring to life Tribute’s strong...
Dea Latis event at Marston’s
Dea Latis is running a fun and informative beer and food tasting evening for beer-loving and beer-curious women at Marston’s Brewery Visitor’s Centre, DE14, on Thursday 15th June from 6.30pm. Held on 15th June to mark the national celebrations for Beer Day...
BII and Butcombe team up
The BII is excited to announce a new partnership with Butcombe Brewing Company, with all tenants and lessees now able to benefit from BII membership. Butcombe Brewing and parent company Liberation Brewing have teamed up with the BII to offer annual membership to all...
Food Producers Work with Brewers to Create Unique Brews for Manchester Beer Week
Six of Manchester’s finest independent food and drinks producers are teaming up with breweries to create a series of exclusive beers for this year’s Manchester Beer Week. The initiative is designed to shine a light on the city’s burgeoning indie scene and the six...
Decline of Global Beverage Alcohol Consumption Accelerates
According to the IWSR’s latest data release (2016 data), the consumption of alcoholic drinks is declining at an increasingly faster rate than has been previously reported by other data companies. For 2016, the IWSR reports that the global market for alcoholic drinks...