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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...
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...
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...
SABMiller takes over Meantime Brewery
SABMiller is to become the new owner of London-based modern craft brewer Meantime Brewing Company (“Meantime”)....
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...
Manchester Brewery Expo
This new event provides the opportunity to meet some of Manchester's most exciting breweries during the last weekend...
News
US Gallup poll shows beer increasing in popularity at the expense of wine
According to an annual Gallup poll of preferences among Americans who drink alcohol, 41 percent of drinkers say they typically drink beer; 31 percent wine and 23 percent liquor. The ten percent divide between beer and wine is one of the largest recorded since 2005,...
Beer Day Britain 2015
Beer Day Britain is a grass roots project ‘for the love of beer’. It has been set up by Jane Peyton (Britain’s Beer Sommelier of the Year), Sophie de Ronde (head brewer at Brentwood Brewery), and Sara Barton (founder of and head brewer of Brewsters’ Brewing Company,...
Marston’s to showcase on Channel 5 in September
Marston’s Brewery is to feature in a new Channel 5 programme airing in September called One Ale Of A Job, narrated by Al Murray “The Pub Landlord”. This three part series produced by Shine TV follows the men and women of Marston’s, as one of the biggest and oldest...
Cask Marque accredits 9000 pubs
Cask Marque, the industry watchdog responsible for assessing the quality of cask ale in pubs nationwide has reached a milestone by awarding the accreditation to the 9000 th pub. The Court Inn in Durham was nominated for Cask Marque by Timothy Taylors, and received two...
Pubs see beer sales increase in Q2
The beer industry has more to cheer about following the cut in Beer Duty as beer sales increased from April to June. According to the latest figures from the BBPA sales increased at the highest level since the the quarterly survey began in 1997. Following the historic...
Team effort brew from Punch and Everards
Everards Brewery and Punch Taverns have teamed up to give publicans the chance to brew their own beer. Eight Punch Partners came together at The Brunswick pub in Derby for the Everards Gold Cask Ale Champion course. Hosted by Graham Giblett, Everards Head Brewer, the...
Ale Trail
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,...
US Gallup poll shows beer increasing in popularity at the expense of wine
According to an annual Gallup poll of preferences among Americans who drink alcohol, 41 percent of drinkers say they typically drink beer; 31 percent wine and 23 percent liquor. The ten percent divide between beer and wine is one of the largest recorded since 2005,...
Beer Day Britain 2015
Beer Day Britain is a grass roots project ‘for the love of beer’. It has been set up by Jane Peyton (Britain’s Beer Sommelier of the Year), Sophie de Ronde (head brewer at Brentwood Brewery), and Sara Barton (founder of and head brewer of Brewsters’ Brewing Company,...
Marston’s to showcase on Channel 5 in September
Marston’s Brewery is to feature in a new Channel 5 programme airing in September called One Ale Of A Job, narrated by Al Murray “The Pub Landlord”. This three part series produced by Shine TV follows the men and women of Marston’s, as one of the biggest and oldest...
Cask Ale
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 Ale Week – Palmers activity
There is a wealth of activity from Palmers Brewery in Dorset: A celebrity chef will be cooking bacon and sausage sandwiches/buns – the buns will include Tally Ho beer! The Brewery will be open to the public, with between 3-5 free brewery tours throughout the day. The...
CAMRA appoints new Chief Executive from Charity Sector
CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has announced Tim Page as its new Chief Executive, who will start work on 1st November. Mr Page brings a wealth of experience from the charitable sector, having previously held positions as Chief Executive of the East Anglian Air...
What happens on a Cask Marque visit?
Have you ever wondered what happens during a Cask Marque visit? Well here is everything you need to know to make sure you're serving great cask ale. You won't be surprised to here that we get lots of people applying for jobs with Cask Marque. A typical conversation...
Beer and Food
Cask Marque Makes New Appointments
Cask Marque are delighted to announce two important appointments made to the management team. Keith Bott, previous Chairman of SIBA and owner of Titanic Brewery joins us as a non Executive Director. Keith was keen to be involved in an organisation that champions cask...
BBPA urges MPs to support Beer Duty cut
The BBPA’s Brigid Simmonds has written to Members of Parliament this week, urging them to support a Parliamentary motion urging a cut in beer duty in the Budget on 18th March. Early Day Motion 625 has been tabled by campaigning MP Andrew Griffiths, and already has the...
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...
Insight
Cask Ale Week – Palmers activity
There is a wealth of activity from Palmers Brewery in Dorset: A celebrity chef will be cooking bacon and sausage sandwiches/buns – the buns will include Tally Ho beer! The Brewery will be open to the public, with between 3-5 free brewery tours throughout the day. The...
CAMRA appoints new Chief Executive from Charity Sector
CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has announced Tim Page as its new Chief Executive, who will start work on 1st November. Mr Page brings a wealth of experience from the charitable sector, having previously held positions as Chief Executive of the East Anglian Air...
Cask Report 2014-15 Launch Presentation
At the Cask Seminar on 25th September 2014, held at Brew Wharf London, Pete Brown presented his 8th volume of the Cask Report to a selection of prominent brewers, pub companies and journalists. There’s a beer revolution going on in Britain – and cask ale is right at...
Cask Report 2014-15
he Cask Report 2015, by beer writer Pete Brown, has just been launched with up-to-date data and commentary on the state of the UK cask industry. The Report also provides a six-point plan to help licensees get the most out of cask ale...
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 Reports
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,...
US Gallup poll shows beer increasing in popularity at the expense of wine
According to an annual Gallup poll of preferences among Americans who drink alcohol, 41 percent of drinkers say they typically drink beer; 31 percent wine and 23 percent liquor. The ten percent divide between beer and wine is one of the largest recorded since 2005,...
Beer Day Britain 2015
Beer Day Britain is a grass roots project ‘for the love of beer’. It has been set up by Jane Peyton (Britain’s Beer Sommelier of the Year), Sophie de Ronde (head brewer at Brentwood Brewery), and Sara Barton (founder of and head brewer of Brewsters’ Brewing Company,...