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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...
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...
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...
Everards Announcement
Everards Brewery MD, Stephen Gould, has confirmed some key points about the brewery move this summer in this following...
Tiny Rebel Invests in New Brewery
Tiny Rebel Brewery is set to unveil its £2.6m facility in Newport. The 30,000 square foot site started production a...
BBPA Awards Launched
The BBPA and Pub & Bar magazine have launched the BBPA Annual Dinner and Awards for 2017, continuing a partnership...
News
Dea Latis comes to Liverpool
Join beer-loving women for the first ever Dea Latis event in Liverpool! The tasting will take place on Thursday 13th April from 7-9pm. Tickets are £25 and include a tutored tasting by Annabel Smith, with six different beers and six delicious courses. Every guest will...
Greene King cuts emissions in half through industry-leading cooling systems
Greene King, the UK’s largest pub retailer and brewer, has cut the energy used by its beer cooling systems by more than 50% through investing in Cornelius’ ecoFLO® Smart Pump System. The new system will be rolled out across Greene King’s entire managed estate. In...
BII delighted by Budget move on rate reform
Mike Clist CEO of the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) Comments on Today’s Budget The Chancellor today made some positive moves to help businesses and we welcome short-term measures to reduce the burden on pubs being caused by the 2017 rating...
Beer duty should be cut not increased says SIBA
Mike Benner, SIBA Managing Director says "The £1000 reduction in business rates for pubs with a rateable value below £100,000 is welcome support for the sector, although much more needs to be done, but this contrasts sharply with the 2 pence increase on beer tax which...
BBPA welcomes Budget rates relief whilst criticising rise in beer duty
Commenting on today’s Budget, BBPA Chief Executive Brigid Simonds, said: “We very much welcome the specific help for pubs with rate relief; £1,000 off for all pubs with a rateable value less than £100,000. We campaigned very hard for this and it is vital that this is...
CAMRA condemns budget rise in beer duty
Drinkers have been let down by the Chancellor’s decision to increase beer and cider duty in today’s Budget - which will see the price of their pints rise. The announced two penny a pint increase in beer duty is the first rise in five years. It marks a U-turn by the...
Ale Trail
Sheffield Beer Week 2017
Sheffield Beer Week is a week-long festival celebrating the region’s brewing landscape – old and new. It’s also about highlighting the wonderful world of beer, taking and sharing inspiration from across the globe. Collaboration is key with Sheffield’s bars, pubs and...
Courage SE1 Project launched
To celebrate its 230th year of brewing beer, Courage is returning to its roots and will once again brew beer in London SE1, thanks to a new collaboration with Southwark Brewing Co. The Courage SE1 project will see a new limited edition range of cask ales released...
Tapster’s cask ale guide launched
The 2017 edition of Carlsberg UK’s Tapster’s cask ale guide has been launched featuring 82 of the UK’s leading British cask ales from the nation’s favourite brewers and small craft producers, including premium bottled ales and bag-in-box cider. Six new permanent...
Dea Latis comes to Liverpool
Join beer-loving women for the first ever Dea Latis event in Liverpool! The tasting will take place on Thursday 13th April from 7-9pm. Tickets are £25 and include a tutored tasting by Annabel Smith, with six different beers and six delicious courses. Every guest will...
Greene King cuts emissions in half through industry-leading cooling systems
Greene King, the UK’s largest pub retailer and brewer, has cut the energy used by its beer cooling systems by more than 50% through investing in Cornelius’ ecoFLO® Smart Pump System. The new system will be rolled out across Greene King’s entire managed estate. In...
BII delighted by Budget move on rate reform
Mike Clist CEO of the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) Comments on Today’s Budget The Chancellor today made some positive moves to help businesses and we welcome short-term measures to reduce the burden on pubs being caused by the 2017 rating...
Cask Ale
UK has most craft breweries per head
The craft beer revolution is taking hold in more countries across the globe. Consumer demand and a growing passion for craft brewing mean you can now get an IPA in India or Iceland, a Saison from Belgium or Brazil, and an APA from the U.S. or Ukraine. According to a...
Williams Brothers wins SIBA’s Supreme Cask Gold Award
The SIBA National Independent Beer Awards, the biggest of their kind ever seen in the UK with hundreds of cask, keg, bottled and canned beers judged across 5 days, have been announced at SIBA’s BeerX event in Sheffield. Williams Brothers in Scotland took home the much...
Fourpure is SIBA’s Brewery of the Year
London-based Fourpure have been named the UK’s Brewery of the Year 2017 by SIBA in their annual Business Awards 2017. The awards, which took place at SIBA’s BeerX event in Sheffield, seek to congratulate the top brewery businesses in the UK across a variety of...
Mitchells & Butlers announces transatlantic brewing collaboration
Mitchells & Butlers is excited to announce a new transatlantic brewing collaboration with Rudgate Brewery and Hogshead Brewery. The partnership will see Hogshead Etta’s Ale from Denver, Colorado brewed at Rudgate Brewery, York and exclusively served in a number of...
Small breweries benefit from resurgence in local authentic heritage products
The UK is seeing a resurgence of small businesses producing authentic, heritage products according to “Buying British in 2017”, a report from GS1 UK, the supply chain standards member organisation with a community of over 31,000 UK businesses. New GS1 UK membership...
London Beer Week 2017
Now in its third year, there are more ways than ever to get involved in London Beer Week, which hits the capital from 13 – 19 March 2017. From pop-ups and parties, to pairing dinners and beer tours, here are just a few of the week’s best events to further your pursuit...
Beer and Food
St Austell’s Brewery Experience attracts visitors from around the world
Following a hugely successful first year since opening its doors in 2016, including a doubling of footfall across the same period in the previous year, St Austell Brewery’s interactive Brewing Experience is now attracting visitors from across the globe, many no doubt...
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...
Insight
BBPA responds to Article 50 Trigger Date
The BBPA’s Chief Executive, Brigid Simmonds, has commented on the Prime Minister's declaration that Article 50 will be triggered on March 29th, setting in motion the process for Britain to leave the European Union: “The Prime Minister has voiced support for...
UK has most craft breweries per head
The craft beer revolution is taking hold in more countries across the globe. Consumer demand and a growing passion for craft brewing mean you can now get an IPA in India or Iceland, a Saison from Belgium or Brazil, and an APA from the U.S. or Ukraine. According to a...
Williams Brothers wins SIBA’s Supreme Cask Gold Award
The SIBA National Independent Beer Awards, the biggest of their kind ever seen in the UK with hundreds of cask, keg, bottled and canned beers judged across 5 days, have been announced at SIBA’s BeerX event in Sheffield. Williams Brothers in Scotland took home the much...
Fourpure is SIBA’s Brewery of the Year
London-based Fourpure have been named the UK’s Brewery of the Year 2017 by SIBA in their annual Business Awards 2017. The awards, which took place at SIBA’s BeerX event in Sheffield, seek to congratulate the top brewery businesses in the UK across a variety of...
Mitchells & Butlers announces transatlantic brewing collaboration
Mitchells & Butlers is excited to announce a new transatlantic brewing collaboration with Rudgate Brewery and Hogshead Brewery. The partnership will see Hogshead Etta’s Ale from Denver, Colorado brewed at Rudgate Brewery, York and exclusively served in a number of...
Small breweries benefit from resurgence in local authentic heritage products
The UK is seeing a resurgence of small businesses producing authentic, heritage products according to “Buying British in 2017”, a report from GS1 UK, the supply chain standards member organisation with a community of over 31,000 UK businesses. New GS1 UK membership...
Cask Reports
Courage SE1 Project launched
To celebrate its 230th year of brewing beer, Courage is returning to its roots and will once again brew beer in London SE1, thanks to a new collaboration with Southwark Brewing Co. The Courage SE1 project will see a new limited edition range of cask ales released...
Tapster’s cask ale guide launched
The 2017 edition of Carlsberg UK’s Tapster’s cask ale guide has been launched featuring 82 of the UK’s leading British cask ales from the nation’s favourite brewers and small craft producers, including premium bottled ales and bag-in-box cider. Six new permanent...
Dea Latis comes to Liverpool
Join beer-loving women for the first ever Dea Latis event in Liverpool! The tasting will take place on Thursday 13th April from 7-9pm. Tickets are £25 and include a tutored tasting by Annabel Smith, with six different beers and six delicious courses. Every guest will...
Greene King cuts emissions in half through industry-leading cooling systems
Greene King, the UK’s largest pub retailer and brewer, has cut the energy used by its beer cooling systems by more than 50% through investing in Cornelius’ ecoFLO® Smart Pump System. The new system will be rolled out across Greene King’s entire managed estate. In...
BII delighted by Budget move on rate reform
Mike Clist CEO of the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) Comments on Today’s Budget The Chancellor today made some positive moves to help businesses and we welcome short-term measures to reduce the burden on pubs being caused by the 2017 rating...
Beer duty should be cut not increased says SIBA
Mike Benner, SIBA Managing Director says "The £1000 reduction in business rates for pubs with a rateable value below £100,000 is welcome support for the sector, although much more needs to be done, but this contrasts sharply with the 2 pence increase on beer tax which...