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Woodforde’s Brewery sold
Woodforde’s Ltd, the award-winning Norfolk-based brewery, has announced that it has been purchased by a private...
BeerX round up
40% increase in BeerX trade attendees More than 20% increase in BeerX exhibitors SIBA launches new research at BeerX...
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...
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...
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...
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...
News
British Brewers’ confidence is at a high
Three beer duty cuts and a new spirit of entrepreneurship has led to more confidence in Britain’s brewing industry than at any time in the past 25 years; this was the message from BBPA Chairman, Jonathan Neame, when he addressed a seminar at the Milan Expo on ‘Working...
DDS becomes Beerflex
The Society of Independent Brewers’ (SIBA) award winning Direct Delivery Scheme (DDS) is being renamed ‘Beerflex’ to reflect the organisation’s plans to grow the commercial opportunities for its members in a changing beer and pubs market. Launched in 2003, DDS has...
Cask ale continues to grow in 2015
New figures for the first quarter of 2015 obtained by Cask Matters show continued growth for cask ale, particularly premium cask ale. This comes on the back of figures for 2014 which revealed that cask ale was in growth despite the slow down in on-trade beer sales,...
BBPA New Chairman
The BBPA has announced that David Forde, Managing Director of Heineken UK, will be proposed as the next BBPA Chairman at its AGM in December as the successor to Jonathan Neame, Chief Executive of Shepherd Neame. Jonathan has been Chairman of the British Beer & Pub...
Operators rolling out Cask Beer Uncovered
Cask Beer Uncovered, the e-learning programme that builds bar staff’s knowledge of cask beer, is already being actively promoted by 18 pub and bar operators including Stonegate Pub Company, who are rolling the programme out to around 500 of their top cask beer pubs....
Beer Sommelier of the Year Announced
The Beer Academy has awarded Rod Jones of Meantime Brewing Company its Beer Sommelier of the Year title. Rod, who began his career with Meantime as a brewer, now undertakes beer education for both colleagues and customers. He was accredited as a Beer Sommelier in...
Ale Trail
New guide to real ale in the capital
A new edition of ‘London’s Best Beer Pubs & Bars’ has been published, following a huge growth in the number of microbreweries and a renewed interest in real ale in the capital. From railway arches, to the back of pizza restaurants, it seems that London has got...
Champion Beer of Scotland 2015
The Campaign for Real Ale has announced that Black Gold, a traditional Scottish stout by Cairngorm Brewery from Aviemore, has won the CAMRA Champion Beer of Scotland. The aptly named Black Gold was chosen by a blind tasting panel at CAMRA's flagship event in Scotland,...
SIBA sets out strategy to build opportunity for small brewers from MRO legislation
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has set out its strategy in response to the market rent only aspects of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015. As part of its vision to ‘deliver the future of British beer’ SIBA, which represents more than 800...
British Brewers’ confidence is at a high
Three beer duty cuts and a new spirit of entrepreneurship has led to more confidence in Britain’s brewing industry than at any time in the past 25 years; this was the message from BBPA Chairman, Jonathan Neame, when he addressed a seminar at the Milan Expo on ‘Working...
DDS becomes Beerflex
The Society of Independent Brewers’ (SIBA) award winning Direct Delivery Scheme (DDS) is being renamed ‘Beerflex’ to reflect the organisation’s plans to grow the commercial opportunities for its members in a changing beer and pubs market. Launched in 2003, DDS has...
Cask ale continues to grow in 2015
New figures for the first quarter of 2015 obtained by Cask Matters show continued growth for cask ale, particularly premium cask ale. This comes on the back of figures for 2014 which revealed that cask ale was in growth despite the slow down in on-trade beer sales,...
Cask Ale
70% of pubs serve cask ale
New research released to mark the launch of the Good Beer Guide 2016, shows 70% of all pubs now serve real ale*, compared to just a third when the book was first published in 1975. Rather than just traditional pubs going back to their roots though, it seems a...
CAMRA says there are now 1,424 British breweries
The number of breweries in the UK has increased by over 10% for the third consecutive year bringing a huge increase in the choice and availability of cask beer to drinkers across the UK. 10% net growth in British breweries for third consecutive year Now 1,424...
Top 16 pubs named by CAMRA
The best pubs in Britain as judged by CAMRA have been released to mark the launch of the Good Beer Guide 2016, which publishes today. The 16 regional finalists of CAMRA’s Pub of the Year competition will go forward and have a chance to win the National Pub of the Year...
Good Pub Guide 2016 shows pint prices continue to rise
This year’s national survey of drink prices from the Good Pub Guide 2016 reveals that the average price of a pint of beer in Britain is £3.46, compared to £3.31 last year and that there is an 82p difference between the cheapest and most expensive pints in the country....
Brighton Ale Trail
Pub operator and brewer Brakspear is extending its popular Ale Trail beyond its Henley-on-Thames heartland for the first time with the launch of a Brighton trail to drive traffic into its five pubs in the city, encourage trial of its ales and reward loyal drinkers....
Microbreweries keep growing
The number of new microbreweries rose by almost a quarter last year, highlighting the increasing popularity of craft beer. Britain now has 361 new independent brewers in 2014/15 tax year, up from 291 in 2013/2014, research from the accounting firm UHY Hacker Young has...
Beer and Food
Moorhouse brewery reveals new beers for 2016
Moorhouse’s has unveiled a raft of adventurous seasonal brews for roll out throughout 2016. The brewery team has explored a range of malt and hop varieties to support publicans with a creative, but dependable, guest range alongside a six strong core portfolio. It...
MPs unite to cheer Maris Otter Barley
Malt from the 50th anniversary Maris Otter barley harvest is on the market and will be available to brewers for the production of craft beers for the next ten months or so. To celebrate Maris Otter’s extraordinary half century, two MPs put aside party differences to...
Wheat Beer Challenge launched
Following its successful debut in 2015, Imbibe Live’s beer competition will return in June 2016 with a Wheat Beer Challenge for the brewers of Britain. Imbibe Live’s beer ambassador, Mark Dorber, founder of Boudica Inns, is inviting brewers large and small to enter...
Robinsons’ seasonal beers increase by 17%
Robinsons Brewery have announced a 17% volume increase of their 2015 limited edition seasonal ales and revealed their 2016 line-up. Across the brewer’s 300 strong pub estate and nationally through listings across the country, over 728,000 pints of Robinsons seasonal...
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...
Insight
CAMRA says there are now 1,424 British breweries
The number of breweries in the UK has increased by over 10% for the third consecutive year bringing a huge increase in the choice and availability of cask beer to drinkers across the UK. 10% net growth in British breweries for third consecutive year Now 1,424...
Top 16 pubs named by CAMRA
The best pubs in Britain as judged by CAMRA have been released to mark the launch of the Good Beer Guide 2016, which publishes today. The 16 regional finalists of CAMRA’s Pub of the Year competition will go forward and have a chance to win the National Pub of the Year...
Good Pub Guide 2016 shows pint prices continue to rise
This year’s national survey of drink prices from the Good Pub Guide 2016 reveals that the average price of a pint of beer in Britain is £3.46, compared to £3.31 last year and that there is an 82p difference between the cheapest and most expensive pints in the country....
Brighton Ale Trail
Pub operator and brewer Brakspear is extending its popular Ale Trail beyond its Henley-on-Thames heartland for the first time with the launch of a Brighton trail to drive traffic into its five pubs in the city, encourage trial of its ales and reward loyal drinkers....
Microbreweries keep growing
The number of new microbreweries rose by almost a quarter last year, highlighting the increasing popularity of craft beer. Britain now has 361 new independent brewers in 2014/15 tax year, up from 291 in 2013/2014, research from the accounting firm UHY Hacker Young has...
Latest beer sales for Q2 2015
An early Easter, and the impact of the World Cup 2014, resulted in disappointing beer sales in the second quarter of 2015, according to the latest figures from the British Beer & Pub Association’s Quarterly Beer Barometer. Total sales were 5.6 per cent lower in Q2...
Cask Reports
Champion Beer of Scotland 2015
The Campaign for Real Ale has announced that Black Gold, a traditional Scottish stout by Cairngorm Brewery from Aviemore, has won the CAMRA Champion Beer of Scotland. The aptly named Black Gold was chosen by a blind tasting panel at CAMRA's flagship event in Scotland,...
SIBA sets out strategy to build opportunity for small brewers from MRO legislation
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has set out its strategy in response to the market rent only aspects of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015. As part of its vision to ‘deliver the future of British beer’ SIBA, which represents more than 800...
British Brewers’ confidence is at a high
Three beer duty cuts and a new spirit of entrepreneurship has led to more confidence in Britain’s brewing industry than at any time in the past 25 years; this was the message from BBPA Chairman, Jonathan Neame, when he addressed a seminar at the Milan Expo on ‘Working...
DDS becomes Beerflex
The Society of Independent Brewers’ (SIBA) award winning Direct Delivery Scheme (DDS) is being renamed ‘Beerflex’ to reflect the organisation’s plans to grow the commercial opportunities for its members in a changing beer and pubs market. Launched in 2003, DDS has...
Cask ale continues to grow in 2015
New figures for the first quarter of 2015 obtained by Cask Matters show continued growth for cask ale, particularly premium cask ale. This comes on the back of figures for 2014 which revealed that cask ale was in growth despite the slow down in on-trade beer sales,...
BBPA New Chairman
The BBPA has announced that David Forde, Managing Director of Heineken UK, will be proposed as the next BBPA Chairman at its AGM in December as the successor to Jonathan Neame, Chief Executive of Shepherd Neame. Jonathan has been Chairman of the British Beer & Pub...