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TROOPER branding is updated
Robinsons Brewery and Iron Maiden have unveiled a strong new look for their multi award-winning TROOPER beer ahead of...
Greene King Leisure Tracker December 2016
British households enjoyed Eating and Drinking Out this Christmas, as leisure spend in these areas rose 2% compared to...
Small Brewer Duty Reform Coalition formed
Over forty small and medium-sized breweries have today launched a coalition with the aim of persuading Government to...
How to grow beer
As the clock struck midnight on 31st December most people chose an obvious New Years’ Resolution – stop smoking, lose...
Brewers’ Research & Education Fund call for applications
A major grants fund that provides funding for scientific research and education in the brewing industry has begun...
Pub 17
Pub 17 is taking place at Olympia in London on 7-8 February and it is free to attend. The pub show was set up in 2015...
News
Greene King Results
The following is taken from Greene King's press release for their preliminary results for the 52 weeks to 01 May 2016: In Brewing & Brands, our strategy is to drive growth and cash generation through building consumer loyalty to our core ale brands and our...
New author for the Cask Report
This year, the Cask Beer Report celebrates its 10th anniversary. The much heralded publication has a new author and a new look for 2016. Sophie Atherton, widely respected national journalist and Britain’s first female beer sommelier has been passed the authorship...
1st Beer Club Live to be held at Robinsons
Robinsons Brewery have partnered with There’s A Beer For That to bring the first ‘Beer Club Live’ event to their award-winning Visitors Centre in Stockport on Wednesday 13th July. The event will see six handpicked ales and beers matched against a six course taster...
Vianet shows impact of 3rd England match on beer sales
Vianet’s snapshot of the event from 11am to midnight on Monday 20th June, shows that for Euro sports pubs the day was a success, with volumes up 80% for pubs versus the same day last year with the average volume on the day being 178.72 pints, (an increase in volume on...
Wheat Beer Challenge Finalists announced
The breweries chosen as finalists in the 2016 Imbibe Wheat Beer Challenge have today been announced, with all five being independent craft brewers from the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA). Boss Brewing, Heavy Industry, West Berkshire Brewing, The Little Beer...
Greene King Leisure Tracker May 2016
Despite on-going economic and political uncertainty surrounding Britain’s membership of the European Union, this month’s Greene King Leisure Tracker indicates that British households are optimistic about their holiday plans for the rest of the year, with 71% of adults...
Ale Trail
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...
Greene King Results
The following is taken from Greene King's press release for their preliminary results for the 52 weeks to 01 May 2016: In Brewing & Brands, our strategy is to drive growth and cash generation through building consumer loyalty to our core ale brands and our...
New author for the Cask Report
This year, the Cask Beer Report celebrates its 10th anniversary. The much heralded publication has a new author and a new look for 2016. Sophie Atherton, widely respected national journalist and Britain’s first female beer sommelier has been passed the authorship...
1st Beer Club Live to be held at Robinsons
Robinsons Brewery have partnered with There’s A Beer For That to bring the first ‘Beer Club Live’ event to their award-winning Visitors Centre in Stockport on Wednesday 13th July. The event will see six handpicked ales and beers matched against a six course taster...
Cask Ale
Beer Now Conference to follow BeerX
SIBA and Zephyr Conferences announced today the first-ever Beer Now Conference will take place next March 17-19 in Sheffield. The conference is focused on “marketing, tourism, and communications” in the modern beer industry. Beer Now will take place at ICE Sheffield,...
Greene King Leisure Tracker July 2016
This month’s Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker reveals that many British households are worried about the economic impact of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. Following the result in June, a third of respondents (33%) say they expect their household’s...
Cask Ale Week 2016
Cask Ale Week is fast approaching. Have you decided what you can do to celebrate this special event and sell more cask ale? Below you will find a selection of activity that will be taking place at pubs and breweries across the country. You can also search for the...
Cask Ale Week Interview with Paul Nunny
Q: What is Cask Ale Week? A: 10 days’ celebration of Britain’s national drink Q: Who can join in? A: All breweries who produce cask ale – and all pubs that sell it. All we ask is that you use the Cask Ale Week logo and inform us of your plans via the Cask Ale Week...
Champion Beer of Britain 2016
A speciality beer has won CAMRA’s Supreme Champion Beer of Britain for the first time. Bingham’s Vanilla Stout, brewed in Berkshire, was named the best beer of 2016 at the Champion Beer of Britain Awards Dinner held on Tuesday evening (9 August) at the Hilton Hotel,...
CAMRA calls for alcohol guidelines consultation as public disagree with advice
More than half the public disagree with official health guidelines on alcohol consumption, according to new figures released by the Campaign for Real Ale. Of 2,040 people surveyed by YouGov, 61 per cent agreed that moderate alcohol consumption could be part of a...
Beer and Food
Story of Beer Duty published
The BBPA has today published ‘The Story of Beer Duty: 2008-2016’, detailing how the Government’s decision to abolish the Beer Duty Escalator helped to spark a major turnaround in the fortunes of the beer and pub sector. The report, published in partnership with SIBA...
Fuller’s names its Pub of the Year
Fuller's, the London brewer and premium pub company, is delighted to reveal that the winner of its annual Pub of the Year competition, The Griffin Trophy, is The Hydrant, Monument. The pub, run by Alison Ross, won the top prize ahead of 400 other Fuller’s pubs for its...
First Camerons Brewery staff qualify as beer sommeliers
Camerons made the announcement last year that it would be training employees in the company’s growing pub estate to gain the prestigious qualification, which is run by the Beer Academy. Chris Nelson (General Manager at The Head of Steam, Leeds), Graham Frost (General...
Batemans invests £100,000 in new steam generation plant
Batemans Brewery, the family brewery based in Wainfleet Lincolnshire, have invested in a new steam generation plant to continue brewing Batemans ales. The new equipment replaces the existing steam boiler which was installed in 1976. An investment of circa £100,000 has...
Beer sales down in Q3 despite positive trend
British beer sales posted a decline in Q3 when compared with last year, but the trend is still broadly positive for the UK’s favourite pub drink. The figures are contained in the latest ‘Beer Barometer’ quarterly sales tracker from the British Beer & Pub...
Marston’s invests £1million in new image
Marston’s beers have been given a striking new look in a revolutionary departure from its traditional imagery in a bid to attract a new generation of drinkers to Marston’s story in Burton, the spiritual home of UK brewing, at the heart of the new campaign. In...
Insight
Beer Now Conference to follow BeerX
SIBA and Zephyr Conferences announced today the first-ever Beer Now Conference will take place next March 17-19 in Sheffield. The conference is focused on “marketing, tourism, and communications” in the modern beer industry. Beer Now will take place at ICE Sheffield,...
Greene King Leisure Tracker July 2016
This month’s Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker reveals that many British households are worried about the economic impact of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. Following the result in June, a third of respondents (33%) say they expect their household’s...
Cask Ale Week 2016
Cask Ale Week is fast approaching. Have you decided what you can do to celebrate this special event and sell more cask ale? Below you will find a selection of activity that will be taking place at pubs and breweries across the country. You can also search for the...
Cask Ale Week Interview with Paul Nunny
Q: What is Cask Ale Week? A: 10 days’ celebration of Britain’s national drink Q: Who can join in? A: All breweries who produce cask ale – and all pubs that sell it. All we ask is that you use the Cask Ale Week logo and inform us of your plans via the Cask Ale Week...
Champion Beer of Britain 2016
A speciality beer has won CAMRA’s Supreme Champion Beer of Britain for the first time. Bingham’s Vanilla Stout, brewed in Berkshire, was named the best beer of 2016 at the Champion Beer of Britain Awards Dinner held on Tuesday evening (9 August) at the Hilton Hotel,...
CAMRA calls for alcohol guidelines consultation as public disagree with advice
More than half the public disagree with official health guidelines on alcohol consumption, according to new figures released by the Campaign for Real Ale. Of 2,040 people surveyed by YouGov, 61 per cent agreed that moderate alcohol consumption could be part of a...
Cask Reports
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...
Greene King Results
The following is taken from Greene King's press release for their preliminary results for the 52 weeks to 01 May 2016: In Brewing & Brands, our strategy is to drive growth and cash generation through building consumer loyalty to our core ale brands and our...
New author for the Cask Report
This year, the Cask Beer Report celebrates its 10th anniversary. The much heralded publication has a new author and a new look for 2016. Sophie Atherton, widely respected national journalist and Britain’s first female beer sommelier has been passed the authorship...
1st Beer Club Live to be held at Robinsons
Robinsons Brewery have partnered with There’s A Beer For That to bring the first ‘Beer Club Live’ event to their award-winning Visitors Centre in Stockport on Wednesday 13th July. The event will see six handpicked ales and beers matched against a six course taster...
Vianet shows impact of 3rd England match on beer sales
Vianet’s snapshot of the event from 11am to midnight on Monday 20th June, shows that for Euro sports pubs the day was a success, with volumes up 80% for pubs versus the same day last year with the average volume on the day being 178.72 pints, (an increase in volume on...