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TV’s Neil Morrissey returns to the pub trade
Neil Morrissey, star of Men Behaving Badly, has relaunched his newly refurbished pub, The Plume of Feathers in...
SIBA’s Manifesto for Beer
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) is launching its ‘Manifesto for British Beer’ today (9 March), calling on...
Norwich City of Ale 21st-31st May
The annual City of Ale festival is back for its fifth year, which will see hundreds of real ale drinker’s return to...
Brewing masterclass at Shepherd Neame
This video takes you through much of the brewing process and shows how to brew a ginger porter. Stewart Main was...
Sheffield Beer Week March 16-22
March 2015 sees the launch of Sheffield Beer Week, the first of its kind for the city. Running from Monday 16th to...
Renowned brewer Stuart Howe moves to Butcombe Brewery
Butcombe Brewery has appointed Stuart Howe as Director of Brewing. Mr Howe is recognised as one of the leading brewers...
News
Daniel Thwaites to build new brewery and head office in 2015
Richard Bailey, CEO of Daniel Thwaites announced the move from Blackburn where the brewery has been based for over 200 years. Mr Bailey said: “Thwaites’ new brewery and head office will be located on the A59, at the foot of the Ribble Valley and will be very...
Fuller’s Master Cellarman of the Year 2014
Fuller's has named Helen Wilson at the Mad Bishop and Bear as this winner of the Company’s 2014 Master Cellarman of the Year competition. This is the first time one of Fuller’s station pubs has been awarded this accolade. The Mad Bishop and Bear received the award...
BBPA Annual Barrelage Survey 2013
The BBPA has published Annual Barrelage Survey results for 2013. The Survey showed the total beer market down 0.1 per cent on 2012, with a 3.4% decline in on trade sales and a 3.5% increase in off trade sales. Over the full year on trade sales accounted for 50.8 per...
Tour de France – Punch takes opportunity to sell more cask ale
Punch Taverns has launched a range of marketing support for its pubs along the Tour De France route to maximise the sporting event. Punch will be stocking two limited edition Tour De France-themed cask ales in its current rotation: ‘Velo’ by Black Sheep Brewery and...
Call for all brewers to get involved in Cask Ale Week
Brewers across Britain are being urged to be part of the nationwide launch of Cask Ale Week on Thursday 25th September. “We’re calling on all caskale brewers to become involved,” says Paul Nunny from Cask Marque. “It doesn’t matter whether they’re from national,...
CAMRA Champion Beer of Wales 2014
After a year of local tasting panels and regional heats leading up to the finals, CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has crowned Fubar from Tiny Rebel the 'Supreme Champion' in Wales at the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. The South...
Ale Trail
Brewers join Cask Marque
Brewers join Cask Marque - Lancaster Brewery and Oakham Ales have both committed themselves to being champions of cask ale by joining Cask Marque as corporate members. Paul Nunny welcomed the new members “Working with Cask Marque will deliver both companies commercial...
New release of CaskFinder app
The CaskFinder app is used over 50,000 times a month to discover Cask Marque pubs, and following consumer feedback a major new release has been issued for both iPhone and Android versions. Much of the upgrade is based around aspects of the ‘World’s Biggest Ale Trail’:...
Cask Marque awareness grows
In a recent NOP Survey, 57% of cask ale drinkers recognised the Cask Marque plaque and 62% related the sign to beer quality. Interestingly, awareness is higher; 67% in the 21 to 35yr old category, which must in some part be due to the CaskFinder app, which is used...
Daniel Thwaites to build new brewery and head office in 2015
Richard Bailey, CEO of Daniel Thwaites announced the move from Blackburn where the brewery has been based for over 200 years. Mr Bailey said: “Thwaites’ new brewery and head office will be located on the A59, at the foot of the Ribble Valley and will be very...
Fuller’s Master Cellarman of the Year 2014
Fuller's has named Helen Wilson at the Mad Bishop and Bear as this winner of the Company’s 2014 Master Cellarman of the Year competition. This is the first time one of Fuller’s station pubs has been awarded this accolade. The Mad Bishop and Bear received the award...
BBPA Annual Barrelage Survey 2013
The BBPA has published Annual Barrelage Survey results for 2013. The Survey showed the total beer market down 0.1 per cent on 2012, with a 3.4% decline in on trade sales and a 3.5% increase in off trade sales. Over the full year on trade sales accounted for 50.8 per...
Cask Ale
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...
Wadworth’s Brew your own beer competition
Ahead of this year's National Cask Ale Week, Wadworth Brewery of Devizes in Wiltshire is offering ale lovers the unique opportunity to create their very own ‘perfect pint’. In a competition available throughout the 43 – strong Managed Estate, beer lovers will be asked...
Marston’s joins with The Sun to create the ‘pub of the future’
Marston's, operator of over 1,800 pubs and is the world's largest brewer of cask ale, is joining forces with The Sun to future proof its pubs and ensure they remain relevant to future generations of pub-goers. As one of the largest pub groups in the UK Marstons is...
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...
Beer and Food
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 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...
Insight
Greene King Leisure Tracker July 2014
The on-trade had hoped that the FIFA World Cup would increase spending in pubs for the duration of the tournament. However spend on drinking outside of the home fell in this period with the average British household cut back spend on Drinking Out by £3 to £40 in June...
Wadworth’s Brew your own beer competition
Ahead of this year's National Cask Ale Week, Wadworth Brewery of Devizes in Wiltshire is offering ale lovers the unique opportunity to create their very own ‘perfect pint’. In a competition available throughout the 43 – strong Managed Estate, beer lovers will be asked...
Video of the ‘best pub on the planet’, the Fat Cat in Norwich
Find out what makes the Fat Cat in Norwich such a favourite with its local community. This video has been made by students of the University of East Anglia and includes interviews with the pub's staff and its customers. The pub's well-kept cask ale is at the heart of...
Marston’s joins with The Sun to create the ‘pub of the future’
Marston's, operator of over 1,800 pubs and is the world's largest brewer of cask ale, is joining forces with The Sun to future proof its pubs and ensure they remain relevant to future generations of pub-goers. As one of the largest pub groups in the UK Marstons is...
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...
Cask Reports
Marstons Old Empire has been voted the No.1 beer by user of CaskFinder app
The participants on the CaskFinder app Ale Trail have been encouraged to taste beers and give their feedback on how they rate them on a score of 1 to 5. The top beer in 2013 to date is Marstons Old Empire which overall received a 95% rating. Thornbridge have two beers...
Brewers join Cask Marque
Brewers join Cask Marque - Lancaster Brewery and Oakham Ales have both committed themselves to being champions of cask ale by joining Cask Marque as corporate members. Paul Nunny welcomed the new members “Working with Cask Marque will deliver both companies commercial...
New release of CaskFinder app
The CaskFinder app is used over 50,000 times a month to discover Cask Marque pubs, and following consumer feedback a major new release has been issued for both iPhone and Android versions. Much of the upgrade is based around aspects of the ‘World’s Biggest Ale Trail’:...
Cask Marque awareness grows
In a recent NOP Survey, 57% of cask ale drinkers recognised the Cask Marque plaque and 62% related the sign to beer quality. Interestingly, awareness is higher; 67% in the 21 to 35yr old category, which must in some part be due to the CaskFinder app, which is used...
Daniel Thwaites to build new brewery and head office in 2015
Richard Bailey, CEO of Daniel Thwaites announced the move from Blackburn where the brewery has been based for over 200 years. Mr Bailey said: “Thwaites’ new brewery and head office will be located on the A59, at the foot of the Ribble Valley and will be very...
Fuller’s Master Cellarman of the Year 2014
Fuller's has named Helen Wilson at the Mad Bishop and Bear as this winner of the Company’s 2014 Master Cellarman of the Year competition. This is the first time one of Fuller’s station pubs has been awarded this accolade. The Mad Bishop and Bear received the award...