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Brewers Research & Education Fund open for applications for 2016
A major grants fund that provides funding for scientific research and education in the brewing industry has just begun...
Everards awarded SALSA plus Beer
Based just south of Leicester, Everards Brewery Ltd is an independent family-owned business widely renowned for its...
Grain to Glass
There are three main areas to what Cask Marque does. The first is the Cask Marque Award, where we check beer quality...
New alcohol guidelines show increased risk of cancer
New guidelines for alcohol consumption, produced by the UK Chief Medical Officers, warn that drinking any level of...
Cyclops reaches key milestones
Cyclops Beer has accredited 100 keg and canned beers, as well as over 2,000 cask and bottled beers from 400 breweries...
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...
News
CAMRA National Club of the Year 2015
CAMRA have today announced the winner of their National Club of the Year Competition as Wortley Men’s Club, South Yorkshire which beat off competition from over 28,000 clubs nationwide. Wortley Men’s Club is described in CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide 2015: ‘In the heart of...
SIBA breweries see 25% growth in sales in last 2 years
Two consecutive cuts in beer duty in the last two Budgets and the end of the Beer Duty Escalator have helped fuel sales growth, boosted employment and encouraged investment in the independent brewing sector as confidence rises according to SIBA's British Beer Report....
TV’s Neil Morrissey returns to the pub trade
Neil Morrissey, star of Men Behaving Badly, has relaunched his newly refurbished pub, The Plume of Feathers in Barlaston, on March 6th. The canal-side pub in Staffordshire which is being leased from Punch Taverns was shut for two months while £400,000 worth of...
SIBA’s Manifesto for Beer
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) is launching its ‘Manifesto for British Beer’ today (9 March), calling on prospective parliamentary candidates (PPCs) to pledge their backing for the thriving local brewing sector and the thousands of jobs it supports. SIBA’s...
Sheffield Beer Week March 16-22
March 2015 sees the launch of Sheffield Beer Week, the first of its kind for the city. Running from Monday 16th to Sunday 22nd March the week will showcase the very best of Sheffield’s beer scene. With a friendship built on their shared passion for food and drink,...
Renowned brewer Stuart Howe moves to Butcombe Brewery
Butcombe Brewery has appointed Stuart Howe as Director of Brewing. Mr Howe is recognised as one of the leading brewers and innovators in the industry and joins Butcombe from Molson-Coors Craft, where he was responsible for beer quality and development at the brewing...
Ale Trail
SIBA launches its first strategic plan
SIBA has just launched a strategic plan setting out its aims for the next three years called Delivering the Future of British Beer. The plan, the organisation’s first, has been developed to ensure continued success for the independent brewing sector, which has thrived...
SIBA Cask Champion 2015
SIBA has unveiled its Supreme Champion and medal winners in its National Beer Competition 2015, announced at its BeerX celebration of British beer in Sheffield. Top honours went to Brass Castle Brewery of Malton, Yorkshire for Burnout in the National Cask Beer...
Chancellor cuts beer tax for third time
Brigid Simmonds, Chief Executive of the British Beer & Pub Association has applauded the penny cut in beer duty just announced in the Budget: “The Chancellor really is a ‘Hat Trick Hero’. His third, successive beer tax cut shows he has listened to consumers,...
CAMRA National Club of the Year 2015
CAMRA have today announced the winner of their National Club of the Year Competition as Wortley Men’s Club, South Yorkshire which beat off competition from over 28,000 clubs nationwide. Wortley Men’s Club is described in CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide 2015: ‘In the heart of...
SIBA breweries see 25% growth in sales in last 2 years
Two consecutive cuts in beer duty in the last two Budgets and the end of the Beer Duty Escalator have helped fuel sales growth, boosted employment and encouraged investment in the independent brewing sector as confidence rises according to SIBA's British Beer Report....
TV’s Neil Morrissey returns to the pub trade
Neil Morrissey, star of Men Behaving Badly, has relaunched his newly refurbished pub, The Plume of Feathers in Barlaston, on March 6th. The canal-side pub in Staffordshire which is being leased from Punch Taverns was shut for two months while £400,000 worth of...
Cask Ale
Robinson’s Roadshow provides support to trade
Robinsons Brewery have heralded their April tradeshow, held at St. Helens RFC stadium, as the most successful in their brewery history. The tradeshow was headlined by the official launch of a brand new 3.7% ABV beer ‘Wizard’- the latest brew in the 177 year linage of...
SABMiller takes over Meantime Brewery
SABMiller is to become the new owner of London-based modern craft brewer Meantime Brewing Company (“Meantime”). Meantime is a pioneer in British modern craft beer, giving SABMiller an entry point into the fastest-growing segment of the UK beer market and complementing...
Maris Otter 50th anniversary festival
It may seem strange to note the anniversary of a cereal variety, but there’s good reason to celebrate the half century of one particular barley. While Maris Otter might not be a household name, it is legendary among a group of craft brewers and beer-lovers. Once...
Manchester Brewery Expo
This new event provides the opportunity to meet some of Manchester's most exciting breweries during the last weekend in May. The Saturday Expo on May 23 showcases the Piccadilly breweries taking part in Manchester Brewery Expo. These breweries are Alphabet,...
Fuller’s #TweetAt12
Fuller's is building on the success of its recent #EmptyPint promotion with #TweetAt12. Drinkers are invited to take part in London’s biggest quality taste test by tweeting the hashtag #TweetAt12 to @London_Pride from 12 noon until 12.12 daily. All valid entries will...
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...
Beer and Food
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 Ale Week Activity
Punch Taverns – Free pint promotion with national press Punch Taverns are once again supporting Cask Ale Week – 24th Sept to 4th October 2015 with a Free Pint promotion giving UK drinkers the chance to enjoy a Free Pint of cask ale in nominated Punch Tavern pubs. The...
Get ready for Cask Ale Week
Cask Report research shows that 55% of those who drink real ale drink it every week. And cask ale drinkers visit pubs more often and spend more money while they’re there. “If nothing else persuades you to get involved with Cask Ale Week, these facts most certainly...
Insight
SABMiller takes over Meantime Brewery
SABMiller is to become the new owner of London-based modern craft brewer Meantime Brewing Company (“Meantime”). Meantime is a pioneer in British modern craft beer, giving SABMiller an entry point into the fastest-growing segment of the UK beer market and complementing...
Maris Otter 50th anniversary festival
It may seem strange to note the anniversary of a cereal variety, but there’s good reason to celebrate the half century of one particular barley. While Maris Otter might not be a household name, it is legendary among a group of craft brewers and beer-lovers. Once...
Manchester Brewery Expo
This new event provides the opportunity to meet some of Manchester's most exciting breweries during the last weekend in May. The Saturday Expo on May 23 showcases the Piccadilly breweries taking part in Manchester Brewery Expo. These breweries are Alphabet,...
Fuller’s #TweetAt12
Fuller's is building on the success of its recent #EmptyPint promotion with #TweetAt12. Drinkers are invited to take part in London’s biggest quality taste test by tweeting the hashtag #TweetAt12 to @London_Pride from 12 noon until 12.12 daily. All valid entries will...
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...
Cask Reports
SIBA Cask Champion 2015
SIBA has unveiled its Supreme Champion and medal winners in its National Beer Competition 2015, announced at its BeerX celebration of British beer in Sheffield. Top honours went to Brass Castle Brewery of Malton, Yorkshire for Burnout in the National Cask Beer...
Chancellor cuts beer tax for third time
Brigid Simmonds, Chief Executive of the British Beer & Pub Association has applauded the penny cut in beer duty just announced in the Budget: “The Chancellor really is a ‘Hat Trick Hero’. His third, successive beer tax cut shows he has listened to consumers,...
CAMRA National Club of the Year 2015
CAMRA have today announced the winner of their National Club of the Year Competition as Wortley Men’s Club, South Yorkshire which beat off competition from over 28,000 clubs nationwide. Wortley Men’s Club is described in CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide 2015: ‘In the heart of...
SIBA breweries see 25% growth in sales in last 2 years
Two consecutive cuts in beer duty in the last two Budgets and the end of the Beer Duty Escalator have helped fuel sales growth, boosted employment and encouraged investment in the independent brewing sector as confidence rises according to SIBA's British Beer Report....
TV’s Neil Morrissey returns to the pub trade
Neil Morrissey, star of Men Behaving Badly, has relaunched his newly refurbished pub, The Plume of Feathers in Barlaston, on March 6th. The canal-side pub in Staffordshire which is being leased from Punch Taverns was shut for two months while £400,000 worth of...
SIBA’s Manifesto for Beer
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) is launching its ‘Manifesto for British Beer’ today (9 March), calling on prospective parliamentary candidates (PPCs) to pledge their backing for the thriving local brewing sector and the thousands of jobs it supports. SIBA’s...