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Tribute taxis into London
St Austell Brewery has launched a London-based taxi advertising campaign, promoting their flagship beer Tribute...
National Winter Ales Festival – a moveable feast
The National Winter Ales Festival (NWAF) will be held at The Roundhouse in Derby from 11th-14th February and is...
Cask Marque Makes New Appointments
Cask Marque are delighted to announce two important appointments made to the management team. Keith Bott, previous...
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...
Burton MP Andrew Griffiths joins campaign to save Draught Burton Ale
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to save a historic Burton ale after a brewing giant confirmed that it was going to stop...
Membership of SUSTAIN increases
Nine new members have formally signed up to the BBPA-operated SUSTAIN waste packaging compliance scheme, marking a...
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Cask Marque spreads its wings
8th June 2012 - With over 8,000 pubs in the UK achieving the Cask Marque award, demand for the scheme is spreading into Europe and America. This week The Bombardier in Paris achieved the award with its owners, Charles Wells, investing not only updating the dispense...
Cask Marque gets a ringing endorsement from licensees
16th February 2012 - The results of the Cask Marque annual survey with the licensees showed how important the award is in generating cask ale sales. 88% of licensees stated that it had helped increase sales with over 40% showing a growth in cask ale sales of over 10%....
Cask Marque pubs benefit
The power of digital media has proved a success as the CaskFinder app is used 110,000 times to find Cask Marque pubs in a 9 week period. The app which can be downloaded free from the iPhone store and the Android Market locates the consumers nearest Cask Marque pub and...
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’:...
Beer and Food
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...
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Cask Marque pubs benefit
The power of digital media has proved a success as the CaskFinder app is used 110,000 times to find Cask Marque pubs in a 9 week period. The app which can be downloaded free from the iPhone store and the Android Market locates the consumers nearest Cask Marque pub and...
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...
BBPA Beer Story: Facts on Tap
Prior to the 2014 UK budget, the BBPA provided a compelling case as to why the Government should freeze Beer Duty. You can read all the facts here, and see the role that beer and pubs play to support the British economy. See for yourself how much beer duty Britons pay...
Cask Reports
Cask Report 2008 summary
Download the 2008-summary here