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New look for Shepherd Neame
A new corporate identity has been unveiled by Kent brewer and pub operator Shepherd Neame Ltd, Britain’s Oldest...
Hogs Back’s hop garden to feature on BBC’s Countryfile
The award winning Hogs Back Brewery hop garden is to feature on the BBC’s Countryfile programme. Presenter Anita Rani...
BBPA’s Annual Statistical Handbook shows beer consumption below EU average
The BBPA has today published its Annual Statistical Handbook 2016, showing that overall UK consumption of alcohol per...
Cask Report 2016-17 leaflet
The Cask Report 2016-17 Leaflet, which gives you the top line information about the Cask Report, is...
Greene King Leisure Tracker August 2016
This month's Greene King Leisure Tracker proves good news for the hospitality sector. Overall, average spending rose...
How to get my beers listed on the CaskFinder App?
The latest version of Cask Marque's CaskFinder App was launched at the Cask Seminar in September 2016. The highlight...
News
Enterprise works with Annabel Smith to maximise cask beer sales
Beer sommelier Annabel Smith is to provide expert advice to Enterprise Inns’ publicans as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to providing support and training across all key elements of running a pub. As part of her work with the industry-wide campaign There’s a...
BeerX 2016 Preview
SIBA BeerX 2016, the leading annual showcase for independent brewers, will be held at the iceSheffield arena in Sheffield from March 16-19. The March craft beer ‘fest’ will showcase more than 250 beers. The BeerX festival is organised annually by the Society’s...
Brakspear brings back mild
Henley brewer and pub operator Brakspear is brewing Brakspear Mild at its Bell Street Brewery to the original recipe for the beer, which was last brewed in 1996 at the New Street Brakspear brewery in the town. Brakspear Mild, a 3% ABV beer, is available exclusively to...
CAMRA’s Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2016
After over a year of local tasting panels and regional heats leading up to the finals, the Campaign for Real Ale, CAMRA, has announced that today Chocolate Marble has been crowned the Best Winter Beer in Britain at the National Winter Ales Festival, Derby. The...
Rachel Evans joins Cask Marque assessment team
Trade quality expert Rachel Evans has joined industry beer quality champions Cask Marque and will be checking beer quality in the Midlands area as well as supporting the Mitchells and Butlers a Cask Marque Corporate Member. Rachel, joins Annabel Smith as the UK’s...
Beer Day Britain
Beer Day Britain 2016 is the country’s national beer day and will take place on June 15th. The date is also significant because it was on June 15th 2015 that the Magna Carta was sealed in 1215. Ale is mentioned in Clause 35 of Magna Carta. The aim of Beer Day Britain...
Ale Trail
CAMRA calls for fairly-priced halves
CAMRA is urging licensees to charge fairly for half pints of beer after a survey discovered almost 50 per cent of licensees who overcharge are adding between six and 20p to the cost of a half. CAMRA branches across the country responded to a request asking them to...
CAMRA National Pub of the Year 2015
Three years after being opened on the site of a former nightclub, the Sandford Park Alehouse in Cheltenham has been named CAMRA's National Pub of the Year. Pub owner Grant Cook put in an offer on the Grade II listed building while on holiday in Thailand - a decision...
72 per cent back cut or freeze in beer duty
Calls for more action to tackle Britain’s high rates of beer duty are popular with the general public, according to a poll from YouGov for the BBPA, – 72 per cent support either a cut or freeze in beer duty to support pubs, with just 18 per cent supporting a tax rise...
Enterprise works with Annabel Smith to maximise cask beer sales
Beer sommelier Annabel Smith is to provide expert advice to Enterprise Inns’ publicans as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to providing support and training across all key elements of running a pub. As part of her work with the industry-wide campaign There’s a...
BeerX 2016 Preview
SIBA BeerX 2016, the leading annual showcase for independent brewers, will be held at the iceSheffield arena in Sheffield from March 16-19. The March craft beer ‘fest’ will showcase more than 250 beers. The BeerX festival is organised annually by the Society’s...
Brakspear brings back mild
Henley brewer and pub operator Brakspear is brewing Brakspear Mild at its Bell Street Brewery to the original recipe for the beer, which was last brewed in 1996 at the New Street Brakspear brewery in the town. Brakspear Mild, a 3% ABV beer, is available exclusively to...
Cask Ale
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...
Exclusive brew for Ember Inns
Ember Inns is investing in cask ale by launching Ember Inns Pale Ale in collaboration with Black Sheep Brewery. This new beer will be served across Embers' 147 UK pubs. Cask Marque-accredited Ember Inns demonstrates its commitment to cask. Up to 10 cask ales,...
CAMRA National Club of the Year 2016
CAMRA has today announced the winner of its National Club of the Year Competition as the Albatross RAFA Club in Bexhill-on-Sea which saw off competition from more than 28,000 clubs nationwide. Club Mirror magazine and CAMRA joined forces three years ago in the quest...
Carlsberg UK launches new Tapsters brochure with more ales than before
Carlsberg UK has launched the 2016 edition of its award-winning Tapster’s Cask Ale Brochure with a fresh new look and an extended portfolio that now includes almost 250 ales. Now available to Carlsberg UK’s on-trade customers, the brochure has been redesigned with a...
New brew from Iron Maiden and Robinsons
Iron Maiden and Robinsons Brewery have announced ‘TROOPER Red ‘N’ Black – a new limited edition beer from their award-winning TROOPER range – which will be available worldwide from September 2016 in cask and bottle. TROOPER Red ‘N’ Black Porter is the third beer in...
St Austell Brewery announces opening time on new Small Batch Beer Club
As St Austell Brewery’s Small Batch Brewery gears up to maximum production, the pubs that will form the core of the newly established Small Batch Beer Club have been announced, giving ale lovers across the South West the chance to catch up on all of their innovative...
Beer and Food
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...
Fuller’s Master Cellarman 2016
Fuller's has named Kim Rennie from The Crystal Palace in Bath as Master Cellarman of the Year 2016. Kim received the award after excelling in every area of quality control from cellar to glass. The pub impressed the judges, who included Fuller’s Head Brewer, John...
Insight
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...
Exclusive brew for Ember Inns
Ember Inns is investing in cask ale by launching Ember Inns Pale Ale in collaboration with Black Sheep Brewery. This new beer will be served across Embers' 147 UK pubs. Cask Marque-accredited Ember Inns demonstrates its commitment to cask. Up to 10 cask ales,...
CAMRA National Club of the Year 2016
CAMRA has today announced the winner of its National Club of the Year Competition as the Albatross RAFA Club in Bexhill-on-Sea which saw off competition from more than 28,000 clubs nationwide. Club Mirror magazine and CAMRA joined forces three years ago in the quest...
Carlsberg UK launches new Tapsters brochure with more ales than before
Carlsberg UK has launched the 2016 edition of its award-winning Tapster’s Cask Ale Brochure with a fresh new look and an extended portfolio that now includes almost 250 ales. Now available to Carlsberg UK’s on-trade customers, the brochure has been redesigned with a...
New brew from Iron Maiden and Robinsons
Iron Maiden and Robinsons Brewery have announced ‘TROOPER Red ‘N’ Black – a new limited edition beer from their award-winning TROOPER range – which will be available worldwide from September 2016 in cask and bottle. TROOPER Red ‘N’ Black Porter is the third beer in...
St Austell Brewery announces opening time on new Small Batch Beer Club
As St Austell Brewery’s Small Batch Brewery gears up to maximum production, the pubs that will form the core of the newly established Small Batch Beer Club have been announced, giving ale lovers across the South West the chance to catch up on all of their innovative...
Cask Reports
CAMRA National Pub of the Year 2015
Three years after being opened on the site of a former nightclub, the Sandford Park Alehouse in Cheltenham has been named CAMRA's National Pub of the Year. Pub owner Grant Cook put in an offer on the Grade II listed building while on holiday in Thailand - a decision...
72 per cent back cut or freeze in beer duty
Calls for more action to tackle Britain’s high rates of beer duty are popular with the general public, according to a poll from YouGov for the BBPA, – 72 per cent support either a cut or freeze in beer duty to support pubs, with just 18 per cent supporting a tax rise...
Enterprise works with Annabel Smith to maximise cask beer sales
Beer sommelier Annabel Smith is to provide expert advice to Enterprise Inns’ publicans as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to providing support and training across all key elements of running a pub. As part of her work with the industry-wide campaign There’s a...
BeerX 2016 Preview
SIBA BeerX 2016, the leading annual showcase for independent brewers, will be held at the iceSheffield arena in Sheffield from March 16-19. The March craft beer ‘fest’ will showcase more than 250 beers. The BeerX festival is organised annually by the Society’s...
Brakspear brings back mild
Henley brewer and pub operator Brakspear is brewing Brakspear Mild at its Bell Street Brewery to the original recipe for the beer, which was last brewed in 1996 at the New Street Brakspear brewery in the town. Brakspear Mild, a 3% ABV beer, is available exclusively to...
CAMRA’s Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2016
After over a year of local tasting panels and regional heats leading up to the finals, the Campaign for Real Ale, CAMRA, has announced that today Chocolate Marble has been crowned the Best Winter Beer in Britain at the National Winter Ales Festival, Derby. The...


