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BBPA launches new website to step up beer duty campaign
The campaign to secure a third, historic cut in beer duty moved up another gear today, with the launch of a new...
The odd truth about “choice”
One sunny Saturday morning in 1999, two American psychologists opened a pop-up in a large grocery store in Menlo Park,...
Cask Ale Week 2015
This year’s Cask Ale Week runs Thursday 24th September to Sunday 4th October, and theme is “Celebrating Britain’s...
Campaign to urge Chancellor to cut beer duty strengthened by new report
There is growing evidence of the compelling case for a third, historic cut in beer duty in the Budget, as a new report...
Sales of cask ale increasing each year
Cask ale continues to grow and to increase its share of the on-trade beer market according to recently-released...
Wetherspoon’s Spring Festival focuses on British hops
Wetherspoon pubs across the UK will be serving ten real ales from across the world alongside a selection of beers from...
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Seven Beers for Seven Breakfasts
Dea Latis, the women and beer group held its second Beers with Breakfasts event last week in a seven-beer hair-of-the-dog morning session at the Somers Town Coffee House in London. The female gathering of journalists, bloggers, brewers and marketeers assembled to test...
Dea Latis Beer & Breakfast Matching
Women in beer group Dea Latis held a beer and breakfast matching event at the Parcel Yard, Kings Cross, London, on Friday, December 7, with guests voting on matches selected by Kathy Britton of Oldershaw Brewery. For more information see dealatis.org.uk and follow...
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 vs Keg?
Cask beer, also known as real beer, cask ale, cask conditioned beer and real ale is what we are all passionate about, but what’s the difference between cask and lager or keg ales? Cask Beer: This is a fresh, unpasteurised product which needs...
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...
Beer and Food
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...
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...
Insight
Five Bells at Wickham, Berks
The Five Bells at Wickham has been named Pub of the Year 2014 by the West Berkshire branch of CAMRA. Licensee Mark Genders, who also runs the John O’Gaunt pub in Hungerford, said: “We constantly change the ales and ciders that we offer and pride ourselves on not...
Vital statistics from the BBPA
The British Beer and Pub Association helps you to keep abreast of trends within the beer and pub industry. This page on the BBPA website shows the price of a pint over the last ten years, the UK Quarterly Beer Barometer and the decline in pub numbers since 1982. You...
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...
Beer & Chocolate
Beer and chocolate – a match made in heaven? Beer-loving ladies from across the industry have marked an early end to Lenten promises by hosting their annual Beer and Chocolate tasting at the Draft House, Tower Bridge. With Easter firmly in their sights, the women...
Cask Reports
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 Report Summary 2013-14
Download the Cask Report Leaflet 2013 here
Cask Report 2013-2014
This Cask Ale Report 2013-14 by beer writer Pete Brown, covers the cask ale market, the cask drinker and offers advice on range and stocking policy. Did you know that cask ale drinkers are amongst the most affluent and well educated consumers in the UK? Did you know...
Cask Report 2012-13 Launch presentation
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Cask Report 2012-13 press release
Download the Cask-Ale-Report_2012-13 Press Release here
Cask Report 2012-13
Download the Cask_Ale_Report_2012_13 here