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Greene King announces programme to serve better cask ale
Greene King has launched an online training platform, Beer Genius, to give licensees all the tools they need to pour...
The Brewer’s Palette: how the choice of raw materials determine beer style and flavour
The Brewer’s Palette: how the choice of raw materials determine beer style and flavour Lecture by Toby Heasman, Head...
CAMRA calls for beer duty cut
CAMRA is calling on the Chancellor to cut beer duty for a historic third time in next month’s Budget, as a report...
CAMRA National Pub of the Year 2014
The Salutation Inn, a rural freehouse in the small village of Ham, Gloucestershire, has today won CAMRA's National Pub...
Pub15
Pub15 is a new show for pub owners, managers and industry figures running on 18th and 19th February and its aim is to...
CAMRA’s Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2015
Elland 1872 Porter has today been crowned CAMRA’s Supreme Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2015 by a panel of judges at...
News
SIBA Cask Champion 2014
All Gold, Silver and Bronze medal-winning beers were chosen at a judging session which marked the start of SIBA's BeerX. A panel of around 100 brewers, industry experts, local licensees and beer enthusiasts assessed the 300 finalist beers, which had all earned their...
Craze for hoppy beers may cause hop shortage
New brewers hoping to tap into the burgeoning craft beer market could struggle to source hops in the States and should consider British varieties, the British Hops Association has claimed Spokeswoman Alison Capper made the recommendation in the wake of reports that a...
Great British Beer Festival 2014
2014 Great British Beer Festival London Olympia 12-16th August Britain’s Biggest Beer Festival The UK’s biggest beer festival, which this year has a circus theme complete with live action performers is now on at London Olympia. The winner of the Champion Beer of...
Ale Trail
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...
SIBA Cask Champion 2014
All Gold, Silver and Bronze medal-winning beers were chosen at a judging session which marked the start of SIBA's BeerX. A panel of around 100 brewers, industry experts, local licensees and beer enthusiasts assessed the 300 finalist beers, which had all earned their...
Craze for hoppy beers may cause hop shortage
New brewers hoping to tap into the burgeoning craft beer market could struggle to source hops in the States and should consider British varieties, the British Hops Association has claimed Spokeswoman Alison Capper made the recommendation in the wake of reports that a...
Great British Beer Festival 2014
2014 Great British Beer Festival London Olympia 12-16th August Britain’s Biggest Beer Festival The UK’s biggest beer festival, which this year has a circus theme complete with live action performers is now on at London Olympia. The winner of the Champion Beer of...
Cask Ale
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...
Your Guide to Beer Blogging
Your Guide to Beer Blogging Reading about beer is great fun and to help you in your quest, we have listed some of the most popular beer bloggers and tweeters. Here are the top 20 beer blogs as compiled by Ebuzzing for July 2014 Blog Link Twitter 1 Brew Dog Blog...
Top 5 Beers List
Top 5 Beers List Anthony Hunt Mike Capener 1. Barnsley Bitter from Acorn Brewery 1. Jaipur from Thornbridge Brewery 2. Fortyniner from Ringwood 2. Yakima IPA from Great Heck Brewery 3. Londinium from Roosters 3. ESB from Fullers 4. Oracle from Salopian 4. WPA from...
Beer and Food
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 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...
Insight
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...
Your Guide to Beer Blogging
Your Guide to Beer Blogging Reading about beer is great fun and to help you in your quest, we have listed some of the most popular beer bloggers and tweeters. Here are the top 20 beer blogs as compiled by Ebuzzing for July 2014 Blog Link Twitter 1 Brew Dog Blog...
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 Reports
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...
SIBA Cask Champion 2014
All Gold, Silver and Bronze medal-winning beers were chosen at a judging session which marked the start of SIBA's BeerX. A panel of around 100 brewers, industry experts, local licensees and beer enthusiasts assessed the 300 finalist beers, which had all earned their...
Craze for hoppy beers may cause hop shortage
New brewers hoping to tap into the burgeoning craft beer market could struggle to source hops in the States and should consider British varieties, the British Hops Association has claimed Spokeswoman Alison Capper made the recommendation in the wake of reports that a...