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Charles Wells’ 140th Year ends on a high
The UK’s largest independent brewer, Charles Wells, ended its 140th year since the brewery opened on a high, thanks to...
Georgina Young becomes first female head brewer at Fuller’s
Fuller, Smith & Turner, the London brewer and premium pub company, announces that as of Monday [January 30, 2017]...
Mike Benner to speak at Brewers’ Association ‘Craft Brewers Conference’
Mike Benner, SIBA's MD, has been invited to speak at the Brewers Association ‘Craft Brewers Conference & BevExpo’...
CAMRA membership reaches 185,000
CAMRA has just signed up its 185,000th member, reinforcing its place among some of the top membership organisations in...
Thwaites move to go ahead in 2018
Thwaites will be moving to a new home in 2018, after full planning consent was granted for a new brewery, stables and...
SIBA opposes call from Small Brewers Duty Reform Coalition
SIBA, which represents 830 independent brewers, the majority of which are beneficiaries of Small Breweries’ Relief...
News
Good Beer Guide to be sponsored by Cask Marque
Cask Marque is sponsoring the 2017 Good Beer Guide. The 44th edition of the Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) Good Beer Guide will be published in September and will list the best 4,500 pubs in the country chosen by its 180,000-plus membership. The book also lists the...
Beer and Food matching – a short video
There are no hard and fast rules when it comes to beer and food matching, but it helps to have a few guidelines. Beer sommelier Annabel Smith explains more in this new, short video from There's a Beer for That.
Tribute goes Up North
The taste of Cornwall is clearly going down well in the north of England, with growing demand from pub landlords leading St Austell Brewery to supply more of its flagship Tribute Cornish Pale Ale to the region. The brewery has teamed up with regional drinks...
Champion beer of Scotland crowned
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is proud to announce that 2016 Champion Beer of Scotland is Raj IPA from the Tryst Brewery in Larbert. Raj IPA, an India Pale Ale was chosen as Champion Beer of Scotland today (Thursday) in a blind tasting competition by a panel of...
Butcombe Brewery Lead The Way With Grain to Glass Salsa Accreditation
Butcombe Brewery has today been announced as the first brewery to be accredited with Grain to Glass quality assurance by Cask Marque. The Grain to Glass programme was developed by Cask Marque, and saw SALSA auditors assess the whole Butcombe beer making process right...
St Austell buys Bath Ales
Cornwall-based St Austell Brewery Company Limited has this morning announced the acquisition of fellow West Country brewer and pub company, Bath Ales Limited. The deal, which has been completed for an undisclosed amount, includes: The Bath Ales brewery, situated...
Ale Trail
Buoyant British beer sales up 31 million pints in Q2
Buoyant British beer sales in Q2 shows further signs of reversing a long period of decline, with sales up 1.5 per cent, it has been announced today. The rise means Britons enjoyed 31 million extra pints from April to June, compared with the same period in 2015. The...
Cask Marque key to Cask Ale Sales Growth in Pubs
A recent survey of Cask Marque pubs found that 81% of the pubs had positive growth in cask ale sales in 2015 and 79% said that the Cask Marque award had brought extra customers. An impressive 94% of pubs surveyed offered 'Try before you buy' at all times. When asked...
Greene King Leisure Tracker June 2016
Come rain or sun, this month’s Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker reveals that British consumers have specific eating and drinking preferences during the summer months. Just over half of those surveyed admit that they adapt their leisure habits from June to August in...
Good Beer Guide to be sponsored by Cask Marque
Cask Marque is sponsoring the 2017 Good Beer Guide. The 44th edition of the Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) Good Beer Guide will be published in September and will list the best 4,500 pubs in the country chosen by its 180,000-plus membership. The book also lists the...
Beer and Food matching – a short video
There are no hard and fast rules when it comes to beer and food matching, but it helps to have a few guidelines. Beer sommelier Annabel Smith explains more in this new, short video from There's a Beer for That.
Tribute goes Up North
The taste of Cornwall is clearly going down well in the north of England, with growing demand from pub landlords leading St Austell Brewery to supply more of its flagship Tribute Cornish Pale Ale to the region. The brewery has teamed up with regional drinks...
Cask Ale
London is Beer Boom City
The 2017 edition of the Good Beer Guide published by CAMRA charts the remarkable rebirth of brewing in London. The capital was dubbed a “beer desert” by the Campaign in the 1970s but now the guide lists 69 breweries, with five more due to open in the near future....
Good Beer Guide warns global brewers threaten choice
Real ale may be the success story of British beer, but the new Good Beer Guide, published by CARMA, warns of possible threats posed by global brewers moving into the buoyant cask sector. The new edition of the Guide - this year sponsored by beer quality assessor Cask...
Brewers taking the fish out of beer
A growing number of brewers are looking at alternatives to isinglass as a clearing or “fining” agent in their beers, the 2017 Good Beer Guide(GBG), published by the Campaign for Real Ale, CAMRA, reports. Isinglass is made from the swim bladders of fish – and as more...
Andrew Griffiths to step down as Beer Group Chair
Andrew Griffiths, MP for Burton, has announced that he will step down as Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group following his appointment as a member of the Government Whips’ Office. Parliamentary rules mean members of the Government are not allowed to...
All Eyes on Cyclops
As Cyclops celebrates ten years, it’s time to take stock of this beer-tasting scheme and evaluate its success. Cyclops was the brainwave of David Bremner, now Marketing Director at Robinsons Brewery, and was an initiative to make it easier for consumers to taste and...
Trooper Red ‘N’ Black launched
TROOPER Red ‘N’ Black, the third beer from Iron Maiden and Robinsons Brewery, has been released worldwide through import partners and at selected Morrisons stores nationwide in the UK. The beer will also be available in cask from selected Robinsons pubs and through...
Beer and Food
New Bunny Hop cask beer from Purity
Award-winning craft brewer Purity Brewing Company is set to launch its first new permanent beer in seven years - an extra hoppy pale ale called Bunny Hop. With the industry increasingly moving towards keg, the brewery is unveiling its first year-round cask beer since...
Industry response to Chancellor’s Autumn Statement
Brigid Simmonds, Chief Executive, British Beer & Pub Association, has today responded to the announcements made in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement: “We understand action to help those on low pay, but given the current economic uncertainty there is a real need to...
Greene King Leisure Tracker October 2016
Almost 14 million people intend to visit the Great British pub during the festive period, making it the most popular place outside of the home to spend Christmas, the latest Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker has revealed. 28% of Brits said they plan to visit the pub...
CAMRA announces Pub of the Year finalists
CAMRA has revealed the four finalists for its Pub of the Year competition, one of the most respected and well-known pub awards in the UK. Pubs are selected by CAMRA volunteers and judged on their atmosphere, decor, welcome, service, community focus and most...
CAMRA calls for a beer duty freeze ahead of the Autumn Statement
CAMRA is calling on the Government to protect the beer and pub sector by maintaining a freeze in beer duty in the upcoming Autumn Statement and consider an additional cut in next year’s Budget. CAMRA is concerned the effects of the beer duty escalator from 2008-2013,...
Dea Latis Christmas Beer & Breakfast
The next Dea Latis event will take place on Friday 2nd December from 9.30 to 12 noon at the Kings Stores, 14 Widegate Street, London, E1 7HP. If you want to know what goes with a veggie sausage sandwich, avocado & bacon on sourdough and even granola and...
Insight
London is Beer Boom City
The 2017 edition of the Good Beer Guide published by CAMRA charts the remarkable rebirth of brewing in London. The capital was dubbed a “beer desert” by the Campaign in the 1970s but now the guide lists 69 breweries, with five more due to open in the near future....
Good Beer Guide warns global brewers threaten choice
Real ale may be the success story of British beer, but the new Good Beer Guide, published by CARMA, warns of possible threats posed by global brewers moving into the buoyant cask sector. The new edition of the Guide - this year sponsored by beer quality assessor Cask...
Brewers taking the fish out of beer
A growing number of brewers are looking at alternatives to isinglass as a clearing or “fining” agent in their beers, the 2017 Good Beer Guide(GBG), published by the Campaign for Real Ale, CAMRA, reports. Isinglass is made from the swim bladders of fish – and as more...
Andrew Griffiths to step down as Beer Group Chair
Andrew Griffiths, MP for Burton, has announced that he will step down as Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group following his appointment as a member of the Government Whips’ Office. Parliamentary rules mean members of the Government are not allowed to...
All Eyes on Cyclops
As Cyclops celebrates ten years, it’s time to take stock of this beer-tasting scheme and evaluate its success. Cyclops was the brainwave of David Bremner, now Marketing Director at Robinsons Brewery, and was an initiative to make it easier for consumers to taste and...
Trooper Red ‘N’ Black launched
TROOPER Red ‘N’ Black, the third beer from Iron Maiden and Robinsons Brewery, has been released worldwide through import partners and at selected Morrisons stores nationwide in the UK. The beer will also be available in cask from selected Robinsons pubs and through...
Cask Reports
Cask Marque key to Cask Ale Sales Growth in Pubs
A recent survey of Cask Marque pubs found that 81% of the pubs had positive growth in cask ale sales in 2015 and 79% said that the Cask Marque award had brought extra customers. An impressive 94% of pubs surveyed offered 'Try before you buy' at all times. When asked...
Greene King Leisure Tracker June 2016
Come rain or sun, this month’s Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker reveals that British consumers have specific eating and drinking preferences during the summer months. Just over half of those surveyed admit that they adapt their leisure habits from June to August in...
Good Beer Guide to be sponsored by Cask Marque
Cask Marque is sponsoring the 2017 Good Beer Guide. The 44th edition of the Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) Good Beer Guide will be published in September and will list the best 4,500 pubs in the country chosen by its 180,000-plus membership. The book also lists the...
Beer and Food matching – a short video
There are no hard and fast rules when it comes to beer and food matching, but it helps to have a few guidelines. Beer sommelier Annabel Smith explains more in this new, short video from There's a Beer for That.
Tribute goes Up North
The taste of Cornwall is clearly going down well in the north of England, with growing demand from pub landlords leading St Austell Brewery to supply more of its flagship Tribute Cornish Pale Ale to the region. The brewery has teamed up with regional drinks...
Champion beer of Scotland crowned
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is proud to announce that 2016 Champion Beer of Scotland is Raj IPA from the Tryst Brewery in Larbert. Raj IPA, an India Pale Ale was chosen as Champion Beer of Scotland today (Thursday) in a blind tasting competition by a panel of...