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BBPA New Chairman
The BBPA has announced that David Forde, Managing Director of Heineken UK, will be proposed as the next BBPA Chairman...
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...
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...
Reg Drury
Cask Marque were very sad to hear this morning of the death of Reg Drury. He had been ill for some time and passed...
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...
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...
News
Britain has 1285 breweries according to CAMRA
There are now 1,285 breweries operating in Britain and more breweries per head of population than any other country in the world. This is the largest number of British breweries since the 1930s and 40s and the industry is growing at over 10% a year, with nearly all...
CAMRA names top real ale pubs in UK
The best pubs in Britain, as judged by CAMRA, have been released to mark the launch of the Good Beer Guide 2015, which publishes today. These 16 regional finalists of CAMRA’s Pub of the Year competition will go forward to the National Pub of the Year competition, won...
New research shows cask ale increasingly popular with younger drinkers
New research from CAMRA shows that over a third of young people aged 18-24 have tried real ale and of those 87% would drink it again. The campaigning group says that interest in real ale is increasing year on year and more young people are being attracted to the joys...
Good Pub Guide 2015 reveals cost of an average pint
The Good Pub Guide 2015 has released details of the cheapest and most expensive price for a pint in pubs across the UK. They found that the cheapest pint was in Herefordshire and the most expensive in London with a differential of 76 pence per pint. The average price...
Kent Green Hop Beer Festival
Kent Green Hop Beer Fortnight begins at at Canterbury Food & Drink Festival on Friday 26th September 2014. This is the only occasion and location when all (or nearly all) Kent Green Hop Beers will be available in the same place at the same time. Select pubs...
UK Alcohol Consumption falls according to BBPA
UK alcohol consumption fell again in 2013, to the lowest level this century according to the British Beer & Pub Association’s Statistical Handbook 2014. In 2013, alcohol consumption per capita was down 1.7 per cent on 2012. The new Handbook shows a strong downward...
Ale Trail
Cask Ale Week – Punch activity
In celebration of this year’s Cask Ale Week, Punch Taverns is offering pub-goers a free pint in over 700 of its pubs throughout England and Wales. The pubs included are part of Punch’s successful rotational cask scheme, Finest Cask, where Punch partners have access to...
Cask Ale Week – Charles Wells Activity
Monday 29th September - Tutored Beer Tasting at The Nightingale, Peregrine Way, Bicester OX26 6XX Hosted by Brewers Karl Ottomar and Chris Reid Arrival at 7pm Small tasting plates available http://www.nightingalebicester.co.uk/index.asp Friday 3rd October -...
Everards’ Project William scheme lauded by CAMRA
A groundbreaking £11.5 million scheme that has so far saved 28 community pubs from closure, and is now spreading out from its Midlands base to other parts of the country, is being highlighted by the 2015 Good Beer Guide published today. Project William, the brainchild...
Britain has 1285 breweries according to CAMRA
There are now 1,285 breweries operating in Britain and more breweries per head of population than any other country in the world. This is the largest number of British breweries since the 1930s and 40s and the industry is growing at over 10% a year, with nearly all...
CAMRA names top real ale pubs in UK
The best pubs in Britain, as judged by CAMRA, have been released to mark the launch of the Good Beer Guide 2015, which publishes today. These 16 regional finalists of CAMRA’s Pub of the Year competition will go forward to the National Pub of the Year competition, won...
New research shows cask ale increasingly popular with younger drinkers
New research from CAMRA shows that over a third of young people aged 18-24 have tried real ale and of those 87% would drink it again. The campaigning group says that interest in real ale is increasing year on year and more young people are being attracted to the joys...
Cask Ale
Mixed fortunes for beer sales in third quarter 2014
UK beer sales have risen, year-on-year, for the third quarter in a row, according to the latest UK Quarterly Beer Barometer from the British Beer & Pub Association. Annual beer sales for the year ending 30 September were 1.4% up on the previous year, the third...
Fuller’s new #emptypint twitter campaign
Fuller's is starting a new interactive social media campaign this Monday which will enable customers to get a free refill of London Pride, simply by tweeting a picture of their empty London Pride branded glass with the hash tag #EmptyPint . The #EmptyPint twitter...
Village Urban Resorts hotel group awarded Cask Marque plaque
Village Urban Resorts Group has been awarded the Cask Marque accreditation for beer quality across its entire group of twenty-five hotels. Supported by Marston’s, the Village Urban Resorts Group has put all of its hotels through the rigorous assessment process...
New App to reward pub goers
Nicholson’s Pubs has launched a new, free app called Hop Circle which is the first pub-based loyalty and rewards app to be released in the UK . Available to download now, the app will offer customers the chance to enjoy a selection of rewards and benefits for their...
“There’s a Beer for That” £10m marketing campaign
The new ad campaign for Let There be Beer is launching on Sunday 2nd November and you can see the advert, "There's a Beer for That", here. The idea behind the campaign is the universal nature of beer and the multitude of opportunities for enjoying a beer, whether with...
Cask Ale Week
Cask Ale Week was busy for a large number of breweries and pubs and obviously a huge amount of effort was required to make many of these events and activities happen. We're now getting feedback on what worked and what sort of impact all this hard work had on sales of...
Beer and Food
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...
Wetherspoon’s Spring Festival focuses on British hops
Wetherspoon pubs across the UK will be serving ten real ales from across the world alongside a selection of beers from the UK during a 17 day festival (Friday March 13 to Sunday March 29 inclusive). Each of the beers is being brewed using only British-grown hop...
2014 British hop awards winners announced
Worcestershire based hop grower S J Adams & Son has been named the overall winner of the British Hop Awards for 2014, as the results of the 71st Institute of Brewing & Distilling’s (IBD) annual competition were announced at an awards ceremony in London on the...
Insight
New App to reward pub goers
Nicholson’s Pubs has launched a new, free app called Hop Circle which is the first pub-based loyalty and rewards app to be released in the UK . Available to download now, the app will offer customers the chance to enjoy a selection of rewards and benefits for their...
“There’s a Beer for That” £10m marketing campaign
The new ad campaign for Let There be Beer is launching on Sunday 2nd November and you can see the advert, "There's a Beer for That", here. The idea behind the campaign is the universal nature of beer and the multitude of opportunities for enjoying a beer, whether with...
Cask Ale Week
Cask Ale Week was busy for a large number of breweries and pubs and obviously a huge amount of effort was required to make many of these events and activities happen. We're now getting feedback on what worked and what sort of impact all this hard work had on sales of...
Britain’s Beer Revolution
To celebrate Britain’s thriving beer culture CAMRA is publishing Britain’s Beer Revolution on 23rd October. The book is a contemporary look at the most influential breweries, places and people in the nation’s flourishing beer scene – as well as what makes them so...
Matthew Clark sees increasing sales of English products
Leading on-trade supplier Matthew Clark has announced soaring sales of English products including beers, wines and spirits over the last 12 months. This follows recent reports of a substantial increase in new winery and brewery registrations in the UK, highlighting...
Cask Ale Week – Palmers show how it’s done
Cask Ale Week was a massive opportunity for breweries and pubs to really talk up cask ale and get their communities behind them. Here are some examples from Palmers Brewery showing a really integrated campaign with: Pub activity including promotinal material offering...
Cask Reports
Cask Ale Week – Greene King Activity
Brewer Greene King has launched a new cask ale, “Old Nutty Hen”, to mark Cask Ale Week (25 September – 5 October). “Old Nutty Hen”, is a limited edition 4.5% cask ale. The new chestnut coloured ale is brewed with speciality malts and traditional English hops. It will...
Cask Ale Week – Punch activity
In celebration of this year’s Cask Ale Week, Punch Taverns is offering pub-goers a free pint in over 700 of its pubs throughout England and Wales. The pubs included are part of Punch’s successful rotational cask scheme, Finest Cask, where Punch partners have access to...
Cask Ale Week – Charles Wells Activity
Monday 29th September - Tutored Beer Tasting at The Nightingale, Peregrine Way, Bicester OX26 6XX Hosted by Brewers Karl Ottomar and Chris Reid Arrival at 7pm Small tasting plates available http://www.nightingalebicester.co.uk/index.asp Friday 3rd October -...
Everards’ Project William scheme lauded by CAMRA
A groundbreaking £11.5 million scheme that has so far saved 28 community pubs from closure, and is now spreading out from its Midlands base to other parts of the country, is being highlighted by the 2015 Good Beer Guide published today. Project William, the brainchild...
Britain has 1285 breweries according to CAMRA
There are now 1,285 breweries operating in Britain and more breweries per head of population than any other country in the world. This is the largest number of British breweries since the 1930s and 40s and the industry is growing at over 10% a year, with nearly all...
CAMRA names top real ale pubs in UK
The best pubs in Britain, as judged by CAMRA, have been released to mark the launch of the Good Beer Guide 2015, which publishes today. These 16 regional finalists of CAMRA’s Pub of the Year competition will go forward to the National Pub of the Year competition, won...