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CAMRA clarifies its position on real ale and other beers
Members of CAMRA, Europe’s largest beer consumer group, have reinforced the organisation's positive approach to...
SIBA membership reaches 800
The Society of Independent Brewers now has more than 800 UK breweries signed up to the trade organisation and has set...
Bob Mortimer is the new Bombardier
Brewer Charles Wells has announced that legendary comedy performer Bob Mortimer will star in a new advertising...
CAMRA announces the UK’s 200 best local pubs
CAMRA has announced their list of 200 Local Pubs of the Year to help launch April’s Community Pubs Month. CAMRA...
Cask Beer Uncovered proving a hit
The new, free e-learning course, Cask Beer Uncovered is proving popular with many companies involved in selling cask...
Marston’s takes over Thwaites beer division
Marston’s PLC is to acquire the trading operations of Thwaites' beer division,including Wainwright and Lancaster...
News
Champion Beer of Scotland 2014
Kelburn Brewing Company's Dark Moor has been awarded the title of 'Champion Beer of Scotland' for 2014 at the Scottish Real Ale Festival in Edinburgh. The winning brewery is based in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire. Dark Moor, a 4.5% ABV Old Ale, is described as 'A dark,...
Let There Be Beer
Let There Be Beer is an initiative by a group of global breweries to promote the versatility of beer and to raise its profile with the British public and reinvigorate the beer market. The breweries are AB InBev, SAB Miller, Heineken, Molson Coors and Carlsberg. June...
What is cask ale?
What is cask ale - It is known popularly as "real ale" thanks to more than a quarter-century of feverish and dedicated activity by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). But a brewer and a connoisseur will prefer the term "cask-conditioned beer", for it best expresses the...
A Great Pint?
If you are wondering how to tell a great pint from an average or a duff one, then here are some tips. 1. Unless advertised as being hazy, cask beer should be clear and bright in appearance in the glass, this even applies to the dark milds and stouts. 2. Always look...
Research
Cask Marque was originally formed after the following piece of research was undertaken. Since then we have undertaken research in a number of different areas of beer quality and also consumer recognition of Cask Marque and what it stands for. Original Research Back in...
Leeds Brewery Tasting
A group of women in Leeds yesterday joined the growing number of female beer drinkers when the Leeds Brewery Tap hosted a pre-Easter beer and chocolate tasting. The tasting was organised by Dea Latis - named after the Celtic goddess of beer - a nationwide group aiming...
Ale Trail
Bradford Brewery and Brewfactory
BREWING is set to return to Bradford city centre for the first time in almost 60 years under plans which should also secure the future of a historic industrial building and boost the night-time economy. The £400,000 move would see an initial production of 16,000 pints...
New Master of the Worshipful Company of Brewers celebrates with a new brew
Chairman of Wiltshire family brewery Arkell’s, James Arkell, has been inaugurated in London as the Master of the Worshipful Company of Brewers, one of the oldest City Guilds which dates back to the 12th Century. In celebration, Arkell's has brewed The Master, a dark...
Emma Gilleland wins All Party Parliamentary Beer Group Brewer of the Year 2014
Emma Gilleland, Supply Chain Director for Marston’s was last night awarded the honour of Brewer of The Year by Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group, Andrew Griffiths MP, the first time a woman has been given the award. Brewer of the Year is nominated by...
Champion Beer of Scotland 2014
Kelburn Brewing Company's Dark Moor has been awarded the title of 'Champion Beer of Scotland' for 2014 at the Scottish Real Ale Festival in Edinburgh. The winning brewery is based in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire. Dark Moor, a 4.5% ABV Old Ale, is described as 'A dark,...
Let There Be Beer
Let There Be Beer is an initiative by a group of global breweries to promote the versatility of beer and to raise its profile with the British public and reinvigorate the beer market. The breweries are AB InBev, SAB Miller, Heineken, Molson Coors and Carlsberg. June...
What is cask ale?
What is cask ale - It is known popularly as "real ale" thanks to more than a quarter-century of feverish and dedicated activity by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). But a brewer and a connoisseur will prefer the term "cask-conditioned beer", for it best expresses the...
Cask Ale
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...
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...
Beer and Food
Tim Martin Speaks
You can listen to an interview with Tim Martin which has been produced by Propel Tim talks about his early days and how he first got involved in pubs, his proudest moments, the importance of the service ethic to JDW, staff loyalty, customer expectations and the...
TCG’s Proud of our Ale campaign sees sales of cask soar
Managed pub and bar operator TCG is celebrating the success of its fourth annual Proud of Our Ale festival, held in 40 of its pubs for seven weeks. Over the four years since the first campaign in autumn 2011, TCG’s cask ale volumes during Proud of Our Ale have grown...
Parliament passes rent only option for tied tenants
After a fierce debate, and to the surprise of many campaigners, the House of Commons passed a bill on the 18th November which will allow a Market Rent Only Option to be provided by large pub-owning businesses for tenants and leaseholders. This means that these...
BeerX 2015
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) is returning to Sheffield next March to stage its third annual celebration of British beer, BeerX. BeerX 2015 is being held from 17-21 March, at iceSheffield, where last year’s event was staged, to great success. It will...
Beer Marketing Awards 2015
This new set of awards reflects the UK consumer’s increased interest in beer and dynamism in the market. The Beer Marketing Awards will celebrate the marketeers and creative teams behind the brands, with categories that recognise any brewer, large or small. Leading...
Carlsberg UK’s Consumer Insights Report 2014
This new report from Carlsberg UK shows that going to the pub is still the number one social activity for adults with 34% visiting the pub on a weekly basis. The report segments the population and shows significant growth coming from Families up 36% from 33%, Single...
Insight
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 Report 2013-14 Launch presentation
Download the cask-report-2013-14-launch-presentation here
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 Reports
Moorhouse’s puts local barley at the heart of its business
Lancashire brewer Moorhouse’s is aiming revive the cultivation of Britain’s favourite ‘brewing barley’ in the North West. The brewer is encouraging farmers to grow the traditional Maris Otter barley in the region as it seeks to secure crucial sustainable supplies for...
Bradford Brewery and Brewfactory
BREWING is set to return to Bradford city centre for the first time in almost 60 years under plans which should also secure the future of a historic industrial building and boost the night-time economy. The £400,000 move would see an initial production of 16,000 pints...
New Master of the Worshipful Company of Brewers celebrates with a new brew
Chairman of Wiltshire family brewery Arkell’s, James Arkell, has been inaugurated in London as the Master of the Worshipful Company of Brewers, one of the oldest City Guilds which dates back to the 12th Century. In celebration, Arkell's has brewed The Master, a dark...
Emma Gilleland wins All Party Parliamentary Beer Group Brewer of the Year 2014
Emma Gilleland, Supply Chain Director for Marston’s was last night awarded the honour of Brewer of The Year by Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group, Andrew Griffiths MP, the first time a woman has been given the award. Brewer of the Year is nominated by...
Champion Beer of Scotland 2014
Kelburn Brewing Company's Dark Moor has been awarded the title of 'Champion Beer of Scotland' for 2014 at the Scottish Real Ale Festival in Edinburgh. The winning brewery is based in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire. Dark Moor, a 4.5% ABV Old Ale, is described as 'A dark,...
Let There Be Beer
Let There Be Beer is an initiative by a group of global breweries to promote the versatility of beer and to raise its profile with the British public and reinvigorate the beer market. The breweries are AB InBev, SAB Miller, Heineken, Molson Coors and Carlsberg. June...