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Cask Marque Chronicle: What’s Wrong With My Beer?
Cask Marque Chronicle: What's Wrong With My Beer? As part of Cask Marque's continued support for the cask ale...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
News
Collaborative brew heralds Manchester Beer Week
Manchester Beer Week is launching with news of a new beer being specially created to mark this event. Manchester’s oldest family brewer, JW Lees is set to join forces with one of the city’s most celebrated modern breweries, Cloudwater, to create a groundbreaking new...
SIBA’s New ‘Independent Beer Awards 2016’ launched
The South West will be the first to host SIBA’s new-look beer awards taking place in 2016, with the region’s best beers judged this Thursday at the ‘SIBA South West Independent Beer Awards 2016'. The awards, formerly known as the ‘SIBA South West Beer Competition’ has...
New logo for SIBA
SIBA has officially launched its new look logo following a re-brand designed to reflect the changing face of British brewing. The new logo was unveiled at BeerX earlier in March, designed to reflect the direction of the association’s strategic plan and the exciting...
Woodforde’s Brewery sold
Woodforde’s Ltd, the award-winning Norfolk-based brewery, has announced that it has been purchased by a private consortium of investors. The consortium is led by James Hughes, formerly of drinks business Diageo, and includes Nick Dolan from beer specialists Real Ale...
BeerX round up
40% increase in BeerX trade attendees More than 20% increase in BeerX exhibitors SIBA launches new research at BeerX that highlights new hospitality markets for independent craft brewers SIBA to review the use of Cyclops Beer tasting notes as part of their...
CAMRA considers its future
After 45 years of being one of the largest single-issue consumer groups in the world, the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) could be coming to an end. The organisation is embarking on a consultation of as many as possible of its nearly 180,000 members to ask them who and...
Ale Trail
Cask Ale Week 2016
80% of drinkers are interested in going to beer tastings during Cask Ale Week. Many breweries already offer tours, so why not use this opportunity to highlight what you offer, show off the quality of your beer, and bring more people to your brewery? Cask Ale Week is a...
Cask Ale growing in popularity
According to research by Nicholson’s Pubs, Cask Ale is continuing to grow in popularity. This research has come to light as they launch their Spring Beer Festival, running in their pubs across the UK from now until May 2nd, which will feature 52 exciting new cask...
‘Raise Your Glass’
The untold story of Scotland’s brewing heritage is currently being portrayed in the exhibition – 'Raise Your Glass' in the Museum of Edinburgh on the Canongate, once the heartland of brewing in Edinburgh during the 19th & 20th centuries. 'The Raise Your Glass'...
Collaborative brew heralds Manchester Beer Week
Manchester Beer Week is launching with news of a new beer being specially created to mark this event. Manchester’s oldest family brewer, JW Lees is set to join forces with one of the city’s most celebrated modern breweries, Cloudwater, to create a groundbreaking new...
SIBA’s New ‘Independent Beer Awards 2016’ launched
The South West will be the first to host SIBA’s new-look beer awards taking place in 2016, with the region’s best beers judged this Thursday at the ‘SIBA South West Independent Beer Awards 2016'. The awards, formerly known as the ‘SIBA South West Beer Competition’ has...
New logo for SIBA
SIBA has officially launched its new look logo following a re-brand designed to reflect the changing face of British brewing. The new logo was unveiled at BeerX earlier in March, designed to reflect the direction of the association’s strategic plan and the exciting...
Cask Ale
CAMRA’s Champion Beer to be announced at a new event
CAMRA is to announce the winners of its Champion Beer of Britain competition at a new awards ceremony. This will take place at a grand dinner at the Hilton London Olympia Hotel on 9 August on the evening of the Trade Day of CAMRA’s Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) –...
Greene King IPA changes to Greene Queen
To mark the official 90th birthday celebrations of HM Queen Elizabeth II this weekend, Greene King IPA is temporarily changing its name – to Greene Queen IPA. A limited edition Greene Queen IPA pump clip will appear on the bars of 90 hand-picked pubs to commemorate...
Expansion planned for West Berkshire Brewery
It has been a landmark week for West Berkshire Brewery. The multi-award winning beer maker has put pen to paper on a new £3m custom-built, cutting-edge brewery capable of increasing brewing capacity ten-fold – and secured its first urban pub, Shillibeer’s in...
SIBA partner BevExpo
SIBA is pleased to announce they are one of the Founding Partners of the brewing industry event BevExpo, and as part of the partnership, SIBA will be presenting an update on the launch of their recent Food Safety & Quality certificate. Organised by...
Charles Wells aim to show if Britain will be in or out of Europe!
With just four weeks to go, independent family brewer Charles Wells has given British drinkers a perfect opportunity to show how they want the forthcoming European referendum to go, over a pint of Bombardier. 400 pubs will have Bombardier’s traditional pump clip and a...
Greene King Leisure Trend Tracker May 2016
This month’s Greene King Leisure Tracker has found that over a third of British football fans intend to watch at least one game of the European Championships in a pub this summer, making it the preferred destination for those wanting to watch the drama unfold outside...
Beer and Food
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 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...
Insight
CAMRA’s Champion Beer to be announced at a new event
CAMRA is to announce the winners of its Champion Beer of Britain competition at a new awards ceremony. This will take place at a grand dinner at the Hilton London Olympia Hotel on 9 August on the evening of the Trade Day of CAMRA’s Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) –...
Greene King IPA changes to Greene Queen
To mark the official 90th birthday celebrations of HM Queen Elizabeth II this weekend, Greene King IPA is temporarily changing its name – to Greene Queen IPA. A limited edition Greene Queen IPA pump clip will appear on the bars of 90 hand-picked pubs to commemorate...
Expansion planned for West Berkshire Brewery
It has been a landmark week for West Berkshire Brewery. The multi-award winning beer maker has put pen to paper on a new £3m custom-built, cutting-edge brewery capable of increasing brewing capacity ten-fold – and secured its first urban pub, Shillibeer’s in...
SIBA partner BevExpo
SIBA is pleased to announce they are one of the Founding Partners of the brewing industry event BevExpo, and as part of the partnership, SIBA will be presenting an update on the launch of their recent Food Safety & Quality certificate. Organised by...
Charles Wells aim to show if Britain will be in or out of Europe!
With just four weeks to go, independent family brewer Charles Wells has given British drinkers a perfect opportunity to show how they want the forthcoming European referendum to go, over a pint of Bombardier. 400 pubs will have Bombardier’s traditional pump clip and a...
Greene King Leisure Trend Tracker May 2016
This month’s Greene King Leisure Tracker has found that over a third of British football fans intend to watch at least one game of the European Championships in a pub this summer, making it the preferred destination for those wanting to watch the drama unfold outside...
Cask Reports
Cask Ale growing in popularity
According to research by Nicholson’s Pubs, Cask Ale is continuing to grow in popularity. This research has come to light as they launch their Spring Beer Festival, running in their pubs across the UK from now until May 2nd, which will feature 52 exciting new cask...
‘Raise Your Glass’
The untold story of Scotland’s brewing heritage is currently being portrayed in the exhibition – 'Raise Your Glass' in the Museum of Edinburgh on the Canongate, once the heartland of brewing in Edinburgh during the 19th & 20th centuries. 'The Raise Your Glass'...
Collaborative brew heralds Manchester Beer Week
Manchester Beer Week is launching with news of a new beer being specially created to mark this event. Manchester’s oldest family brewer, JW Lees is set to join forces with one of the city’s most celebrated modern breweries, Cloudwater, to create a groundbreaking new...
SIBA’s New ‘Independent Beer Awards 2016’ launched
The South West will be the first to host SIBA’s new-look beer awards taking place in 2016, with the region’s best beers judged this Thursday at the ‘SIBA South West Independent Beer Awards 2016'. The awards, formerly known as the ‘SIBA South West Beer Competition’ has...
New logo for SIBA
SIBA has officially launched its new look logo following a re-brand designed to reflect the changing face of British brewing. The new logo was unveiled at BeerX earlier in March, designed to reflect the direction of the association’s strategic plan and the exciting...
Woodforde’s Brewery sold
Woodforde’s Ltd, the award-winning Norfolk-based brewery, has announced that it has been purchased by a private consortium of investors. The consortium is led by James Hughes, formerly of drinks business Diageo, and includes Nick Dolan from beer specialists Real Ale...