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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...
Wheat Beer Challenge Finalists announced
The breweries chosen as finalists in the 2016 Imbibe Wheat Beer Challenge have today been announced, with all five...
Greene King Leisure Tracker May 2016
Despite on-going economic and political uncertainty surrounding Britain’s membership of the European Union, this...
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...
Euro 2016: impact on beer sales
Beer sales in sports pubs were up 41.63% on 11 June as England and Wales played their opening Euro 2016 matches,...
Cask Marque launches Scores on the Cellar Doors
Cask Marque are launching a new scheme, Scores on the Cellar Doors, to address a number of problems which still...
News
St Austell Brewery celebrates successful year
Employees, partners and friends joined the team at leading South West brewer St Austell Brewery for a huge beach party to celebrate the success of the company’s own brand beers over the past 18 months. In March this year the Brewery reached the landmark figure of...
Cask Ale Week – Robinsons run beer festivals for the first time
In celebration of Cask Ale Week, Robinsons Brewery have announced their first ever beer festivals, which will take place at 15 pubs across the North West and Cumbria. The events, which will include beers from Robinsons and a host of other breweries including Fullers,...
“Brew with your MP”
Andrew Griffiths MP, Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group, visited the Molson Coors Brewery in his Burton Constituency to launch the Beer Group’s new “Brew with your MP” scheme. This new Beer Group initiative encourages MPs to visit their local brewery...
Cask Ale Week 2015
Cask Ale Week is in full swing. All over the country breweries and pubs are running events and promotions to celebrate Britain’s national drink. From beer festivals and tutored tastings to new brews and free pint offers, there is a wide array of activities. This year...
Cask Drinkers More Valuable To Pubs Than Any Other Drinkers
Brewers of cask beer are forever telling pub companies and licensees how important real ale is to the pub. Now there is research to back up the claims. The 2015 Cask Report (download it here) by renowned beer writer and industry commentator Pete Brown, shows that cask...
Cask Report 2015-16 Summary
This four page leaflet contains a summary of the Cask Report 2015-16. Find out why you should want to attract the cask ale drinker and why cask is a source for profit.
Ale Trail
Robinsons shows that top-quality pubs sell more beer
Robinsons pubs across the North West, Cumbria and North Wales have increased standards by 9% in just over 3 years according to data from the brewery’s ‘Perfect Pub’ mystery visitor programme. The programme, which is monitored by Robinsons’ third party partner Mystery...
Cask Beer Uncovered – find out what users are saying
"I have noticed that staff members show much more enthusiasm when selling cask ale to customers, as a result our sales of the product have increased." "It was surprising how many of our younger staff who had never tried cask ale before completing the course were keen...
Cask Marque Newsletter
Find out the latest news from Cask Marque by downloading the newsletter
St Austell Brewery celebrates successful year
Employees, partners and friends joined the team at leading South West brewer St Austell Brewery for a huge beach party to celebrate the success of the company’s own brand beers over the past 18 months. In March this year the Brewery reached the landmark figure of...
Cask Ale Week – Robinsons run beer festivals for the first time
In celebration of Cask Ale Week, Robinsons Brewery have announced their first ever beer festivals, which will take place at 15 pubs across the North West and Cumbria. The events, which will include beers from Robinsons and a host of other breweries including Fullers,...
“Brew with your MP”
Andrew Griffiths MP, Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group, visited the Molson Coors Brewery in his Burton Constituency to launch the Beer Group’s new “Brew with your MP” scheme. This new Beer Group initiative encourages MPs to visit their local brewery...
Cask Ale
Hogs Back Brewery serves up first White Bine beer in a century
Hogs Back Brewery and Enterprise Inns are joining forces to encourage beer drinkers into pubs during January with a world-exclusive opportunity to enjoy a beer brewed with the Farnham White Bine hop. Hogs Back Brewery Farnham White bitter marks the return of the...
IFBB reveals large increase in brewery visits by public
The Independent Family Brewers of Britain, whose members currently operate around 4,200 pubs in the UK, has released the results of its annual members’ survey. The results reveal that while the market remains challenging, tourism represents a key area of growth and is...
Castle Rock Brewery meets the SALSA quality threshold
Castle Rock Brewery has become one of the first real ale producers to be accredited to the nationally recognised SALSA (safe and local supplier approval) standard. With it, the Nottingham-based brewer joins other food producers and processors, monitored by...
Carlsberg UK Unveils 2015/16 Consumer Insights Report
The second annual Carlsberg UK Consumer Insights Report explores the current trends and consumer buying behaviours shaping the UK on-trade and has found that consumers are enjoying a new found confidence, while value-seeking habits developed during the recession,...
CAMRA’s Top Four Pubs announced
The top four best pubs in Britain have been announced by CAMRA. These four supreme regional finalists of CAMRA's Pub of the Year competition will have a chance to win the National Pub of the Year competition, won last year by The Salutation Inn in Gloucestershire. The...
Parliamentary beer and food event celebrates women in the beer industry
Women from the beer and pub industry were celebrated in Westminster last night at a beer and food tasting held by the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group, women in beer group Dea Latis, and the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA), sponsored by Ruth Smeeth MP for...
Beer and Food
Beer Quality Report 2016
Welcome to the first Beer Quality Report – the definitive assessment of draught beer quality in the on-trade. Consumers across the spectrum are demanding higher quality products, and nowhere is this more evident than in the beer sector where, as revealed in the recent...
Beer Duty Frozen
BBPA Commenting on the freeze in beer duty and business rates support for pubs announced in today’s Budget, BBPA Chief Executive Brigid Simmonds said: “This freeze means that beer duty is now 17 per cent lower than it would have been, had the Chancellor stuck with the...
What is craft?
Whilst craft drinks have revolutionised the alcoholic drinks industry over the past decade, it seems that many Brits are still unsure as to what the term ‘craft’ actually means. New research from Mintel highlights strong demand for alcoholic drink companies to create...
Hopes high for British brewers
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) annual members’ survey, the results of which are being presented at SIBA’s BeerX in Sheffield today, paints a confident picture for the brewing industry, with four out of five brewers expecting their turnover to increase in...
Report warns that beer duty increase could be harmful
A new research report published today warns that if the Chancellor goes ahead with plans to increase beer duty in this month’s budget (16 March), the consequences could severely damage the pub and brewing industry. The report by the Centre for Economics & Business...
SIBA calls for further cut in beer duty
In a detailed submission to Government, SIBA which represents over 840 British breweries, has called for a fourth consecutive cut in beer duty in the Budget on March 16th. The call for a further drop in beer tax comes as new research by SIBA shows how the independent...
Insight
Hogs Back Brewery serves up first White Bine beer in a century
Hogs Back Brewery and Enterprise Inns are joining forces to encourage beer drinkers into pubs during January with a world-exclusive opportunity to enjoy a beer brewed with the Farnham White Bine hop. Hogs Back Brewery Farnham White bitter marks the return of the...
IFBB reveals large increase in brewery visits by public
The Independent Family Brewers of Britain, whose members currently operate around 4,200 pubs in the UK, has released the results of its annual members’ survey. The results reveal that while the market remains challenging, tourism represents a key area of growth and is...
Castle Rock Brewery meets the SALSA quality threshold
Castle Rock Brewery has become one of the first real ale producers to be accredited to the nationally recognised SALSA (safe and local supplier approval) standard. With it, the Nottingham-based brewer joins other food producers and processors, monitored by...
Carlsberg UK Unveils 2015/16 Consumer Insights Report
The second annual Carlsberg UK Consumer Insights Report explores the current trends and consumer buying behaviours shaping the UK on-trade and has found that consumers are enjoying a new found confidence, while value-seeking habits developed during the recession,...
CAMRA’s Top Four Pubs announced
The top four best pubs in Britain have been announced by CAMRA. These four supreme regional finalists of CAMRA's Pub of the Year competition will have a chance to win the National Pub of the Year competition, won last year by The Salutation Inn in Gloucestershire. The...
Parliamentary beer and food event celebrates women in the beer industry
Women from the beer and pub industry were celebrated in Westminster last night at a beer and food tasting held by the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group, women in beer group Dea Latis, and the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA), sponsored by Ruth Smeeth MP for...
Cask Reports
Cask Beer Uncovered – find out what users are saying
"I have noticed that staff members show much more enthusiasm when selling cask ale to customers, as a result our sales of the product have increased." "It was surprising how many of our younger staff who had never tried cask ale before completing the course were keen...
Cask Marque Newsletter
Find out the latest news from Cask Marque by downloading the newsletter
St Austell Brewery celebrates successful year
Employees, partners and friends joined the team at leading South West brewer St Austell Brewery for a huge beach party to celebrate the success of the company’s own brand beers over the past 18 months. In March this year the Brewery reached the landmark figure of...
Cask Ale Week – Robinsons run beer festivals for the first time
In celebration of Cask Ale Week, Robinsons Brewery have announced their first ever beer festivals, which will take place at 15 pubs across the North West and Cumbria. The events, which will include beers from Robinsons and a host of other breweries including Fullers,...
“Brew with your MP”
Andrew Griffiths MP, Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group, visited the Molson Coors Brewery in his Burton Constituency to launch the Beer Group’s new “Brew with your MP” scheme. This new Beer Group initiative encourages MPs to visit their local brewery...
Cask Ale Week 2015
Cask Ale Week is in full swing. All over the country breweries and pubs are running events and promotions to celebrate Britain’s national drink. From beer festivals and tutored tastings to new brews and free pint offers, there is a wide array of activities. This year...