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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,...
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...
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...
Cut beer tax campaign launches film
With the 2016 Budget just around the corner, a new campaign short film calls for cut in beer duty. The campaigning...
National Winter Ales Festival 2016
Find out which beer will be named the CAMRA Champion Winter Beer of Britain (CWBOB) this year at CAMRA’s National...
Craft Beer Rising 2016
Craft Beer Rising has a mission: ‘To take great beer to the masses’. This year's CBR features a mix of cask, kegged,...
News
Oakham’s Green Devil IPA is international cask ale champion
Brewers and cider makers from all over the world gathered at London’s Guildhall on 29 April for the unveiling of the Championship winners in the International Brewing and Cider Awards 2015. Trophies were awarded to nine beers and one cider, with Oakham Ales winning...
Norwich leads the way as ‘City of Ale’
The number of Norwich pubs signed up to City of Ale 2015 has now reached 44. From back-street boozers to corner locals, cosy bars to historic city-centre inns, they form an impressive range showcasing the best that Norwich has to offer to real ale lovers the world...
CAMRA clarifies its position on real ale and other beers
Members of CAMRA, Europe’s largest beer consumer group, have reinforced the organisation's positive approach to campaigning for beer and pubs by passing a series of progressive motions at its annual conference last week. More than 1,200 CAMRA members attended the...
SIBA membership reaches 800
The Society of Independent Brewers now has more than 800 UK breweries signed up to the trade organisation and has set itself a target of a further 20% growth over the next year. During 2014, 100 independent brewers joined SIBA. Members are located across the UK from...
Bob Mortimer is the new Bombardier
Brewer Charles Wells has announced that legendary comedy performer Bob Mortimer will star in a new advertising campaign for its flagship beer, Bombardier, which launches later this month. Charles Wells Director of Brands Phil Toms explained “Bob Mortimer enters the...
CAMRA announces the UK’s 200 best local pubs
CAMRA has announced their list of 200 Local Pubs of the Year to help launch April’s Community Pubs Month. CAMRA volunteers across the UK judge the pubs in their area to find their Branch’s Pub of the Year - looking at decor, value for money, customer service, and of...
Ale Trail
Nicholson’s Beer Festival
Until 10th May Nicholson’s pubs across the nation will play host to a beer festival, showcasing the very best in cask ales and speciality beers. With an unrivalled selection of 14 Golden Ales to match the increasingly golden days of summer, the Nicholson’s Beer...
Interview with SIBA’s Mike Benner
Mike Benner has been SIBA’s Managing Director since June 2014, find out what he thinks the political parties have to offer the beer industry, his advice to new breweries, beer quality, SIBA membership and being part of SIBA. 1. Are there any election promises being...
CAMRA’s election manifesto gains momentum
More than 1,000 prospective MPs, and even the two top contenders for Prime Minister, can agree on one thing ahead of next week’s election – support for the Campaign for Real Ale’s calls to stand up for Britain’s pubs, breweries and beer drinkers. Less than one week...
Oakham’s Green Devil IPA is international cask ale champion
Brewers and cider makers from all over the world gathered at London’s Guildhall on 29 April for the unveiling of the Championship winners in the International Brewing and Cider Awards 2015. Trophies were awarded to nine beers and one cider, with Oakham Ales winning...
Norwich leads the way as ‘City of Ale’
The number of Norwich pubs signed up to City of Ale 2015 has now reached 44. From back-street boozers to corner locals, cosy bars to historic city-centre inns, they form an impressive range showcasing the best that Norwich has to offer to real ale lovers the world...
CAMRA clarifies its position on real ale and other beers
Members of CAMRA, Europe’s largest beer consumer group, have reinforced the organisation's positive approach to campaigning for beer and pubs by passing a series of progressive motions at its annual conference last week. More than 1,200 CAMRA members attended the...
Cask Ale
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...
Butcombe Flavour Panel Launched
The search is on across North Somerset and Bristol for the region's most sensitive taste palates to join an elite group of expert beer tasters. The initiative, launched by Butcombe Brewery, aims to set up the Butcombe Flavour Panel, which will undertake a...
Beer sales rising
Total British beer sales continue to grow year on year, after a decade of decline Market still fragile as Q1 on-trade sales sales 0.8 per cent lower than Q1 2014 Continued support for beer and pubs is vital, says BBPA’s Brigid Simmonds Beer sales are continuing to...
Rufus Hound and real ale
Rufus Hound talks real ale in this informative video. Find out about the history of real ale, different beer styles and why ale is booming in this short video for Co-operative Food.
Update on There’s a Beer for That
It's been six months since Britain's Beer Alliance launched the widely-anticipated There's A Beer For That and the campaign shows no signs of slowing in momentum. June will see the next phase of the campaign rolling out with a series of new marketing initiatives,...
Beer and Food
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.
Cask Report 2015-16
[Dropcap]T[/dropcap]he latest Cask Report 2015-16 is out now and you can download it here. Written by Pete Brown at a time when cask ale is in sustained volume growth, it contains up-to-date information and commentary on the state of the UK cask industry...
Insight
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...
Butcombe Flavour Panel Launched
The search is on across North Somerset and Bristol for the region's most sensitive taste palates to join an elite group of expert beer tasters. The initiative, launched by Butcombe Brewery, aims to set up the Butcombe Flavour Panel, which will undertake a...
Beer sales rising
Total British beer sales continue to grow year on year, after a decade of decline Market still fragile as Q1 on-trade sales sales 0.8 per cent lower than Q1 2014 Continued support for beer and pubs is vital, says BBPA’s Brigid Simmonds Beer sales are continuing to...
Rufus Hound and real ale
Rufus Hound talks real ale in this informative video. Find out about the history of real ale, different beer styles and why ale is booming in this short video for Co-operative Food.
Update on There’s a Beer for That
It's been six months since Britain's Beer Alliance launched the widely-anticipated There's A Beer For That and the campaign shows no signs of slowing in momentum. June will see the next phase of the campaign rolling out with a series of new marketing initiatives,...
Going for Gold
Nicholson's, the pub chain owned by Mitchells & Butlers, has revealed that golden and pale ales are increasingly popular with their customers. The latest research from Nicolson's which serves around 4.7 million pints of cask ale in its 80 pubs, shows that sales of...
Cask Reports
Interview with SIBA’s Mike Benner
Mike Benner has been SIBA’s Managing Director since June 2014, find out what he thinks the political parties have to offer the beer industry, his advice to new breweries, beer quality, SIBA membership and being part of SIBA. 1. Are there any election promises being...
CAMRA’s election manifesto gains momentum
More than 1,000 prospective MPs, and even the two top contenders for Prime Minister, can agree on one thing ahead of next week’s election – support for the Campaign for Real Ale’s calls to stand up for Britain’s pubs, breweries and beer drinkers. Less than one week...
Oakham’s Green Devil IPA is international cask ale champion
Brewers and cider makers from all over the world gathered at London’s Guildhall on 29 April for the unveiling of the Championship winners in the International Brewing and Cider Awards 2015. Trophies were awarded to nine beers and one cider, with Oakham Ales winning...
Norwich leads the way as ‘City of Ale’
The number of Norwich pubs signed up to City of Ale 2015 has now reached 44. From back-street boozers to corner locals, cosy bars to historic city-centre inns, they form an impressive range showcasing the best that Norwich has to offer to real ale lovers the world...
CAMRA clarifies its position on real ale and other beers
Members of CAMRA, Europe’s largest beer consumer group, have reinforced the organisation's positive approach to campaigning for beer and pubs by passing a series of progressive motions at its annual conference last week. More than 1,200 CAMRA members attended the...
SIBA membership reaches 800
The Society of Independent Brewers now has more than 800 UK breweries signed up to the trade organisation and has set itself a target of a further 20% growth over the next year. During 2014, 100 independent brewers joined SIBA. Members are located across the UK from...