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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...
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...
Going for Gold
Nicholson's, the pub chain owned by Mitchells & Butlers, has revealed that golden and pale ales are increasingly...
Latest trends in pub going
Foodservice industry figures from global information provider The NPD Group show that pubs are increasingly more a...
Cask Beer Uncovered – the videos
Cask Beer Uncovered was launched in March and is free of charge to all pubs and their staff. Developed by the Cask...
Brewology launches new products
Leeds based start-up, Brewology has launched a brand new range of machines developed for micro-breweries. In less than...
News
Entries open for International Brewing Awards & Cider Awards
Brewers are invited to enter their beers to the International Brewing Awards. Around 1,000 beers and ciders are expected to enter the competition, with judging taking place in February 2015 in Burton-on-Trent. Last year’s contest attracted entries from brewers and...
Adnams brewery says “Hop to it”
Adnams has launched a county-wide appeal for donations of wild and garden hops and is urging beer lovers to report sightings of them growing to help create a new Wild Hop beer, due to be launched this autumn. The recipe for the new beer – which is set to be an amber...
Cask Ale Week 2014
There are plenty of opportunities to get involved in Cask Ale Week and, if you run a pub, why not replicate some of these ideas in your own pub? See below for plans so far from breweries and pubs around the UK including beer festivals and tastings, food and beer...
CAMRA calls for brewers to include tasting notes on pump clips
CAMRA has called upon British breweries to revolutionise the way they promote their beers in pubs by making it standard to clearly show what a beer looks, smells and tastes on handpumps. The campaigning organisation claims that this can help grow the real ale market...
Otley Brews ales for Knife and Fork Food Pubs
Knife & Fork Food have collaborated with Otley Brewing Company to launch a series of ales exclusive to the South Wales pub company which has pubs in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. The new ale was launched in August at a number of Meet the Brewers events,...
Champion Beer of Britain 2014
The winner of the Champion Beer of Britain is Boltmaker brewed by Keighley brewery Timothy Taylor. The brewery has previously won the award four times for its well-known brew Landlord. Timothy Taylor describes Boltmaker as a well-balanced, genuine Yorkshire Bitter,...
Ale Trail
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...
Entries open for International Brewing Awards & Cider Awards
Brewers are invited to enter their beers to the International Brewing Awards. Around 1,000 beers and ciders are expected to enter the competition, with judging taking place in February 2015 in Burton-on-Trent. Last year’s contest attracted entries from brewers and...
Adnams brewery says “Hop to it”
Adnams has launched a county-wide appeal for donations of wild and garden hops and is urging beer lovers to report sightings of them growing to help create a new Wild Hop beer, due to be launched this autumn. The recipe for the new beer – which is set to be an amber...
Cask Ale Week 2014
There are plenty of opportunities to get involved in Cask Ale Week and, if you run a pub, why not replicate some of these ideas in your own pub? See below for plans so far from breweries and pubs around the UK including beer festivals and tastings, food and beer...
Cask Ale
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...
Brewers of Nottingham Collective
The strength of Nottinghamshire’s brewery offer is being brought to the county's attention, thanks to the newly formed Brewers of Nottinghamshire collective. The Brewers of Nottinghamshire currently brings together 12 of Nottinghamshire’s leading breweries, and aims...
Nicholsons Autumn Beer Festival
Nicholsons pubs will be hosting a an autumn beer festival with a difference from 31st October to 16th November. As well as an interesting selection of dark, autumnal beers from breweries including Wild Beer Co and Red Squirrel, there will also be an unusual...
Advice on the new allergen legislation
Changes to UK labelling regulations mean that pubs are required to provide allergen advice to customers from 13th December 2014. This advice must be provided by pubs for all non pre-packaged food and drinks including cask ale. Allergen advice can be on printed lists,...
Beer and Food
Old Ale revived by Brakspear after 12 year gap
Henley brewer and pub operator Brakspear has brought back Old Ale, one of the favourite beers from the original Brakspear brewery in the town. The ale is now being brewed at the Bell Street Brewery, the microbrewery which opened in 2013. Old Ale was last brewed in...
What to expect at BeerX
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has unveiled speakers for BeerX, its celebration of British beer taking place in Sheffield this March. Speakers addressing delegates on BeerX Industry Day, Thursday 19 March, are: Bob Pease, chief executive officer of the...
Woodforde’s enhances its summer ale trail
Woodforde's brewery has confirmed that its Ale Trail will return this year and that it will be accompanied by the launch of a new App. The brewery is compiling a trail guide containing details of participating pubs across East Anglia and London. Drink a pint of...
UK drinkers loath to try new alcholic drinks
A new report from research company Canadean has found that eight out of ten consumers who drink alcohol out of their homes rarely or never try new alcoholic drinks. According to Canadean, 77% of out-of-home drinkers rarely or never try new products, with 32% sticking...
Tribute taxis into London
St Austell Brewery has launched a London-based taxi advertising campaign, promoting their flagship beer Tribute Cornish Pale Ale. The full livery advertising campaign will run for 12 months on taxis across Central London. The campaign shows taxi users where they can...
National Winter Ales Festival – a moveable feast
The National Winter Ales Festival (NWAF) will be held at The Roundhouse in Derby from 11th-14th February and is organised by Gillian Hough. This is the second time Gillian has organised the festival and previously she has organised the Derby Winter Beer Festivals and...
Insight
Brewers of Nottingham Collective
The strength of Nottinghamshire’s brewery offer is being brought to the county's attention, thanks to the newly formed Brewers of Nottinghamshire collective. The Brewers of Nottinghamshire currently brings together 12 of Nottinghamshire’s leading breweries, and aims...
Nicholsons Autumn Beer Festival
Nicholsons pubs will be hosting a an autumn beer festival with a difference from 31st October to 16th November. As well as an interesting selection of dark, autumnal beers from breweries including Wild Beer Co and Red Squirrel, there will also be an unusual...
Advice on the new allergen legislation
Changes to UK labelling regulations mean that pubs are required to provide allergen advice to customers from 13th December 2014. This advice must be provided by pubs for all non pre-packaged food and drinks including cask ale. Allergen advice can be on printed lists,...
Charles Wells Cellar Management Course
Charles Wells Pub Company provide the Award in Beer and Cellar Quality courses each month. Please see the list of dates below and for further information contact Charles Wells. Course includes: Profit through Quality Cask / Keg Beer Cellar Management Deliveries...
Cask Ale Week – Caledonian Brewery activity
The Caledonian Brewery in Edinburgh has declared Cask Ale Week a success following its social media-led tutored tasting night which attracted a record audience to the Brewery. More than 150 drinkers, who like Caledonian Beer and its award-winning Deuchars IPA on...
European Beer & Health Symposium presents research on effects of moderate beer consumption
The recent European Beer & Health Symposium in Brussels saw scientists presenting some of the latest research on the potential effects for health of moderate* beer consumption. The results confirmed that moderate beer consumption by healthy adults can be fully...
Cask Reports
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...
Entries open for International Brewing Awards & Cider Awards
Brewers are invited to enter their beers to the International Brewing Awards. Around 1,000 beers and ciders are expected to enter the competition, with judging taking place in February 2015 in Burton-on-Trent. Last year’s contest attracted entries from brewers and...
Adnams brewery says “Hop to it”
Adnams has launched a county-wide appeal for donations of wild and garden hops and is urging beer lovers to report sightings of them growing to help create a new Wild Hop beer, due to be launched this autumn. The recipe for the new beer – which is set to be an amber...