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10,000 Pubs with Cask Marque Quality Award
Each month the number of pubs achieving the Cask Marque quality award creeps closer to the magic number of 10,000....
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...
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...
“Brew with your MP”
Andrew Griffiths MP, Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group, visited the Molson Coors Brewery in his...
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...
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...
News
St Austell, Wadworth, Thwaites & Caledonian share their thoughts on 2014 & 2015
Find out what's instore for St Austell, Wadworth, Thwaites and Caledonian breweries next year, as well as what they are most proud of in 2014. Answering the questions are Martin Breading (MB), Sales Director at St Austell, Paul Sullivan (PS), Marketing and Sales...
New Beer Academy launched by Matthew Clark
Leading on trade drinks supplier Matthew Clark has initiated a Beer Academy in partnership with Miller Brands as part of its staff training programme. The aim of the Beer Academy is to ensure all members of the sales team are knowledgeable within the growing beer...
How to make mulled ale
A glass of hot alcohol is the perfect way to get into the swing of things for the festive season and we have an easy recipe here (courtesy of There's a Beer For That) for making your own mulled ale.It combines ale with the usual yuletide spices like nutmeg, cinnamon...
There’s a Beer For That sponsoring SIBA’s BeerX
SIBA's BeerX which is taking place from 17th-21st March 2015 at iceSheffield, is set to benefit from a new partnership with There’s A Beer For That, the industry-wide campaign to reignite the nation’s love of beer. There’s A Beer For That is sponsoring the BeerX bar....
CAMRA Announces Pub of the Year finalists
CAMRA has today announced the four pubs in the final of their National Pub of the Year competition – one of which will be crowned the overall winner early next year. The Freshfield in Formby (Merseyside), The Harewood Arms in Broadbottom (Greater Manchester) The...
Seven Heaven – A New Beer to Showcase the Magic of Malt
For beer lovers, malt is at the heart of the passion and it inspired Susanna Forbes founder of DrinkBritain.com, and Britain's Beer Sommelier of the Year and founder of the School of Booze, Jane Peyton, to create a beer that focuses attention on the beauty,...
Ale Trail
Membership of SUSTAIN increases
Nine new members have formally signed up to the BBPA-operated SUSTAIN waste packaging compliance scheme, marking a great start to 2015. The new members include Britain’s biggest brewer, Molson Coors, and, for the first time, two leading pub companies. Membership is...
St Austell and Dartmoor breweries unite to rebrand Best beers
St Austell Brewery cask ale Dartmoor Best will become Cornish Best as the Cornish independent family brewer hands over the Dartmoor Best brand name to Dartmoor Brewery. The Dartmoor Best brand originally became part of the St Austell range in 1993 when its former...
Beer delivers significant reductions in alcohol units for Public Health Responsibility Deal
Britain's brewers have made a huge contribution in delivering reductions in total UK units of alcohol, under the Government’s ‘billion-unit pledge’, it has been revealed today. A new report on progress released today by the Department of Health shows that the billion...
St Austell, Wadworth, Thwaites & Caledonian share their thoughts on 2014 & 2015
Find out what's instore for St Austell, Wadworth, Thwaites and Caledonian breweries next year, as well as what they are most proud of in 2014. Answering the questions are Martin Breading (MB), Sales Director at St Austell, Paul Sullivan (PS), Marketing and Sales...
New Beer Academy launched by Matthew Clark
Leading on trade drinks supplier Matthew Clark has initiated a Beer Academy in partnership with Miller Brands as part of its staff training programme. The aim of the Beer Academy is to ensure all members of the sales team are knowledgeable within the growing beer...
How to make mulled ale
A glass of hot alcohol is the perfect way to get into the swing of things for the festive season and we have an easy recipe here (courtesy of There's a Beer For That) for making your own mulled ale.It combines ale with the usual yuletide spices like nutmeg, cinnamon...
Cask Ale
Pub15
Pub15 is a new show for pub owners, managers and industry figures running on 18th and 19th February and its aim is to help you to: Pick up hundreds of new ideas from 150 unique exhibitors Tap into the latest trends and products Enjoy inspiring, free-to-attend...
CAMRA’s Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2015
Elland 1872 Porter has today been crowned CAMRA’s Supreme Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2015 by a panel of judges at the National Winter Ales Festival in Derby. The winning 6.5% abv beer is described in CAMRA’s 2015 Good Beer Guide as a “creamy, full-flavoured...
BBPA launches new website to step up beer duty campaign
The campaign to secure a third, historic cut in beer duty moved up another gear today, with the launch of a new website from the BBPA, where supporters can email their MP asking then to back the campaign. The website, www.beerandpubjobs.co.uk, provides a huge range of...
The odd truth about “choice”
One sunny Saturday morning in 1999, two American psychologists opened a pop-up in a large grocery store in Menlo Park, California, offering free tastings across a range of 24 flavours of jam. The following Saturday they ran the same pop-up, but this time with just six...
Cask Ale Week 2015
This year’s Cask Ale Week runs Thursday 24th September to Sunday 4th October, and theme is “Celebrating Britain’s National Drink”. The Cask Seminar to launch the 2015 Cask Report is on Wednesday 23rd September. Cask Ale Week provides the perfect platform to: Drive...
Campaign to urge Chancellor to cut beer duty strengthened by new report
There is growing evidence of the compelling case for a third, historic cut in beer duty in the Budget, as a new report shows that that an astonishing 870,000 jobs depend on British beer and pubs – and almost half (44 per cent) are younger workers under 25. The new...
Beer and Food
Brewology launches new products
Leeds based start-up, Brewology has launched a brand new range of machines developed for micro-breweries. In less than a year Brewology’s small team has not only completed a major brew-house project for brewing giant C&C group, but has worked with many of the...
Beer Day Britain on June 15th
June 15th is Beer Day Britain, the country’s first national beer day when breweries pubs and beer drinkers will be celebrating Britain’s national drink. A major activity on Beer Day Britain is the National Cheers to Beer starting at 12.15pm and going throughout the...
An update on Cask Beer Uncovered
A month after the launch of Cask Beer Uncovered, a growing number of pub operators are offering the new e-learning modules to their licensees, meaning that hundreds of bar staff are expected to complete the programme over the next couple of months. You can register...
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...
Insight
CAMRA’s Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2015
Elland 1872 Porter has today been crowned CAMRA’s Supreme Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2015 by a panel of judges at the National Winter Ales Festival in Derby. The winning 6.5% abv beer is described in CAMRA’s 2015 Good Beer Guide as a “creamy, full-flavoured...
BBPA launches new website to step up beer duty campaign
The campaign to secure a third, historic cut in beer duty moved up another gear today, with the launch of a new website from the BBPA, where supporters can email their MP asking then to back the campaign. The website, www.beerandpubjobs.co.uk, provides a huge range of...
The odd truth about “choice”
One sunny Saturday morning in 1999, two American psychologists opened a pop-up in a large grocery store in Menlo Park, California, offering free tastings across a range of 24 flavours of jam. The following Saturday they ran the same pop-up, but this time with just six...
Cask Ale Week 2015
This year’s Cask Ale Week runs Thursday 24th September to Sunday 4th October, and theme is “Celebrating Britain’s National Drink”. The Cask Seminar to launch the 2015 Cask Report is on Wednesday 23rd September. Cask Ale Week provides the perfect platform to: Drive...
Campaign to urge Chancellor to cut beer duty strengthened by new report
There is growing evidence of the compelling case for a third, historic cut in beer duty in the Budget, as a new report shows that that an astonishing 870,000 jobs depend on British beer and pubs – and almost half (44 per cent) are younger workers under 25. The new...
Sales of cask ale increasing each year
Cask ale continues to grow and to increase its share of the on-trade beer market according to recently-released figures for 2014. Total sales of standard and premium cask ale were 2,204,000 barrels in 2012, 2,223,000 in 2013 and 2,248,000 in 2014. What appears really...
Cask Reports
St Austell and Dartmoor breweries unite to rebrand Best beers
St Austell Brewery cask ale Dartmoor Best will become Cornish Best as the Cornish independent family brewer hands over the Dartmoor Best brand name to Dartmoor Brewery. The Dartmoor Best brand originally became part of the St Austell range in 1993 when its former...
Beer delivers significant reductions in alcohol units for Public Health Responsibility Deal
Britain's brewers have made a huge contribution in delivering reductions in total UK units of alcohol, under the Government’s ‘billion-unit pledge’, it has been revealed today. A new report on progress released today by the Department of Health shows that the billion...
St Austell, Wadworth, Thwaites & Caledonian share their thoughts on 2014 & 2015
Find out what's instore for St Austell, Wadworth, Thwaites and Caledonian breweries next year, as well as what they are most proud of in 2014. Answering the questions are Martin Breading (MB), Sales Director at St Austell, Paul Sullivan (PS), Marketing and Sales...
New Beer Academy launched by Matthew Clark
Leading on trade drinks supplier Matthew Clark has initiated a Beer Academy in partnership with Miller Brands as part of its staff training programme. The aim of the Beer Academy is to ensure all members of the sales team are knowledgeable within the growing beer...
How to make mulled ale
A glass of hot alcohol is the perfect way to get into the swing of things for the festive season and we have an easy recipe here (courtesy of There's a Beer For That) for making your own mulled ale.It combines ale with the usual yuletide spices like nutmeg, cinnamon...
There’s a Beer For That sponsoring SIBA’s BeerX
SIBA's BeerX which is taking place from 17th-21st March 2015 at iceSheffield, is set to benefit from a new partnership with There’s A Beer For That, the industry-wide campaign to reignite the nation’s love of beer. There’s A Beer For That is sponsoring the BeerX bar....