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CAMRA names its top 16 pubs
s it releases the 45th edition of its Good Beer Guide, CAMRA has named the...
SIBA Beerflex Breweries All FSQ Enrolled
IBA has announced today that all SIBA brewing members trading on SIBA...
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...
Nicholson’s Beer Showcase 2017
icholson’s pubs are launching their National Beer Showcase 2017 across 77 pubs...
Star Doubles Cask Marque Approved Pubs
fifth of Star’s pubs are now Cask Marque accredited with a further 5% expected to be...
Black Tor releases new beer for Cask Ale Week
lack Tor Brewery of Christow, Dartmoor National Park is celebrating Cask Ale Week...
News
CAMRA’s comment on Charles Wells takeover
Following the news that Marston's has acquired the brewing business of Charles Wells for £55 million, CAMRA has issued a comment. Tim Page, CAMRA's Chief Executive says: "CAMRA is always concerned about any consolidation in the brewing industry as it could result in a...
Greene King launches new ale with Radio X
Greene King, the UK’s leading pub retailer and brewer, has partnered with national broadcaster Radio X to release a limited edition ale for the summer. The new ale, Amplified, was officially unveiled on 16 May at the Salisbury pub in London by Radio X presenter Chris...
Marston’s to buy Charles Wells
Charles Wells Ltd today has agreed terms to sell its brewery and brand sales interests to Marston’s PLC for a cash consideration of £55 million, plus working capital adjustments. The other Charles Wells assets - pubs in the UK and France, are not included in the sale....
BII announces finalists
The BII has announced the six finalists for its Licensee of the Year competition 2017. The Licensee of the Year competition, sponsored by Sky, is now in its final stage. Over the past three weeks, the judges have visited the pubs of all sixteen semi-finalists spread...
Great British Beer Festival to welcome an Irish bar
For the very first time a collaboration of craft brewers from across Ireland will come together to showcase the best of Irish real ale at the Great British Beer Festival this summer. The co-operative Irish bar (the Kruger Bar) will see large brewers Porterhouse and...
Purity Brewing Company and Ricoh Arena hit the Marque with a UK first
Purity Brewing Company and Ricoh Arena are celebrating achieving Cask Marque accreditation for the quality of the Purity beers served at the stadium, a UK first! The award-winning Warwickshire-based brewery has two of its cask ales, Pure UBU and Pure Gold, across five...
Ale Trail
Dartmoor Brewery unveils its new extension
Leading South West craft ale producer Dartmoor Brewery has taken the wraps off a major extension to its brewery complex in Princetown, Devon. Dartmoor Brewery, best known for its award-winning flagship beer Jail Ale, is projecting a growth curve which will see beer...
IPA Challenge
Imbibe Live is once more teaming up with SIBA, M&B, There’s A Beer For That and Fuller’s for its 2017 Beer Competition, to find the best IPA of 2017 in the IPA Challenge. Entries are welcome in bottle or can format and the contest is open to all British breweries....
Historic real ale rail trail
A historic real ale trail taking place on the UK’s longest heritage railway will feature beers from twenty-three different South West breweries, spread across train ‘pop-up’ beer bars on a 20 mile route. Brewing members of the South West Region of SIBA are coming...
CAMRA’s comment on Charles Wells takeover
Following the news that Marston's has acquired the brewing business of Charles Wells for £55 million, CAMRA has issued a comment. Tim Page, CAMRA's Chief Executive says: "CAMRA is always concerned about any consolidation in the brewing industry as it could result in a...
Greene King launches new ale with Radio X
Greene King, the UK’s leading pub retailer and brewer, has partnered with national broadcaster Radio X to release a limited edition ale for the summer. The new ale, Amplified, was officially unveiled on 16 May at the Salisbury pub in London by Radio X presenter Chris...
Marston’s to buy Charles Wells
Charles Wells Ltd today has agreed terms to sell its brewery and brand sales interests to Marston’s PLC for a cash consideration of £55 million, plus working capital adjustments. The other Charles Wells assets - pubs in the UK and France, are not included in the sale....
Cask Ale
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...
Bath Ales launches Prophecy as a permanent
Bath Ales has unveiled a new permanent beer. Initially launched as a limited-edition ale in Bath Ales’ pubs, Prophecy (3.8% ABV) is now readily available across the trade. Dubbed a ‘new World pale ale’, Prophecy’s flavour profile and ABV complements Bath Ales’...
Beer and Food
Hogs Back looking forward to its hop harvest
Hogs Back are looking forward to its hop harvest, the brewery is on track for a bumper crop of hops as it enters the all-important final weeks before the 2017 harvest. The Surrey-based brewer is hoping to exceed the 1,100kg of hops that it harvested in 2016 from the...
Cask Ale Week 2017
Cask Ale Week 2017 is fast approaching and will be running 21st September to the 1st October. To celebrate cask ale and promote it to more consumers there will be beer festivals, tastings, brewery open days, promotions and competitions. Here are details of some of the...
Cask Champion receives Lifetime achievement award from Parliamentarians
Cask Champion receives Lifetime achievement award from Parliamentarians. Cask Marque's own Paul Nunny has been honoured by Parliament for his contribution to the beer industry. Paul was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the All Party Parliamentary Beer...
SIBA’s Assured Independent British Craft Brewer Initiative to feature at GBBF
SIBA's Assured Independent British Craft Brewer Initiative to feature at GBBF. SIBA has announced it will be partnering with CAMRA for this year’s Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) at Olympia London, as part of their continued support for British beer. SIBA’s...
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...
Insight
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...
Cask Reports
IPA Challenge
Imbibe Live is once more teaming up with SIBA, M&B, There’s A Beer For That and Fuller’s for its 2017 Beer Competition, to find the best IPA of 2017 in the IPA Challenge. Entries are welcome in bottle or can format and the contest is open to all British breweries....
Historic real ale rail trail
A historic real ale trail taking place on the UK’s longest heritage railway will feature beers from twenty-three different South West breweries, spread across train ‘pop-up’ beer bars on a 20 mile route. Brewing members of the South West Region of SIBA are coming...
CAMRA’s comment on Charles Wells takeover
Following the news that Marston's has acquired the brewing business of Charles Wells for £55 million, CAMRA has issued a comment. Tim Page, CAMRA's Chief Executive says: "CAMRA is always concerned about any consolidation in the brewing industry as it could result in a...
Greene King launches new ale with Radio X
Greene King, the UK’s leading pub retailer and brewer, has partnered with national broadcaster Radio X to release a limited edition ale for the summer. The new ale, Amplified, was officially unveiled on 16 May at the Salisbury pub in London by Radio X presenter Chris...
Marston’s to buy Charles Wells
Charles Wells Ltd today has agreed terms to sell its brewery and brand sales interests to Marston’s PLC for a cash consideration of £55 million, plus working capital adjustments. The other Charles Wells assets - pubs in the UK and France, are not included in the sale....
BII announces finalists
The BII has announced the six finalists for its Licensee of the Year competition 2017. The Licensee of the Year competition, sponsored by Sky, is now in its final stage. Over the past three weeks, the judges have visited the pubs of all sixteen semi-finalists spread...