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St Austell Brewery hires new quality manager
St Austell Brewery has appointed Paola Leather as its new quality manager. Paola’s role will be to ensure the...
Punch launches Quality Drinks awards
Independent pub operator, Punch, has launched its very own Quality Drinks award in partnership with Cask Marque, to...
Crossfire kicks off Shepherd Neame’s 2020 Cask Club
Shepherd Neame’s first Cask Club beer of 2020 will be Crossfire (4.2% ABV), an English IPA bursting with apricot and...
LOYA 2020 competition launches
Entries are now open for the 2020 BII Licensee of the Year award, sponsored by Sky. The BII are celebrating all that...
SIBA looks forward to Budget
SIBA has responded to the news that Chancellor Sajid Javid’s first budget will take place on the 11th March, a day...
Popularity of low and alcohol-free drinks increases amongst midlifers
As millions of people embark on a Dry January, new research from independent alcohol education charity Drinkaware...
News
Change of leadership at Norwich City of Ale
After nine years at the helm, during which time Norwich’s City of Ale festival has gone from strength to strength, co-chair Dawn Leeder is stepping down to spend more time with her research interests. City of Ale pioneered the concept of a beer festival taking place...
Hogs Back to go TEA Total in January
Hogs Back Brewery is reprising its successful ‘Support Your Local, Go TEA Total' campaign in January, with the aim of encouraging more consumers to support their local at the pub trade's quietest time of year. ‘Go TEA Total' ran for the first time in January this...
Pub numbers increase in 2019
Scottish hospitality company Stampede is reporting that, over the course of 2019, the number of pubs and bars in the UK actually went up instead of down – according to Official Labour Market Statistics from the ONS/Nomis. Between 2010-2018, the UK had a net loss of...
The Tale of an Ale Trail
Following on from his last Ale Trail experience, Suffolk-based Will Ridgard recently decided to venture to North Norfolk and try out a section of Adnams’ Ghost Ship Way Ale Trail. Armed with the CaskFinder App, here’s his take on the Trail… “North Norfolk is nice,” I...
Jonny Garrett named Beer Writer of the Year
London-based beer writer and filmmaker Jonny Garrett has been named Beer Writer of the Year 2019 at the Guild of Beer Writers’ Annual Awards, presented on 3rd December in London. Beer Writer of the Year is the top accolade in the Guild’s annual competition for writing...
BII Training Awards announced
The BII has unveiled the winners of the 2019 National Innovation in Training Awards, their national awards programme celebrating the very best in training excellence and innovation within the licensed industry. Hosted again this year at the Café de Paris in London’s...
Ale Trail
Change of leadership at Norwich City of Ale
After nine years at the helm, during which time Norwich’s City of Ale festival has gone from strength to strength, co-chair Dawn Leeder is stepping down to spend more time with her research interests. City of Ale pioneered the concept of a beer festival taking place...
Hogs Back to go TEA Total in January
Hogs Back Brewery is reprising its successful ‘Support Your Local, Go TEA Total' campaign in January, with the aim of encouraging more consumers to support their local at the pub trade's quietest time of year. ‘Go TEA Total' ran for the first time in January this...
Pub numbers increase in 2019
Scottish hospitality company Stampede is reporting that, over the course of 2019, the number of pubs and bars in the UK actually went up instead of down – according to Official Labour Market Statistics from the ONS/Nomis. Between 2010-2018, the UK had a net loss of...
The Tale of an Ale Trail
Following on from his last Ale Trail experience, Suffolk-based Will Ridgard recently decided to venture to North Norfolk and try out a section of Adnams’ Ghost Ship Way Ale Trail. Armed with the CaskFinder App, here’s his take on the Trail… “North Norfolk is nice,” I...
Jonny Garrett named Beer Writer of the Year
London-based beer writer and filmmaker Jonny Garrett has been named Beer Writer of the Year 2019 at the Guild of Beer Writers’ Annual Awards, presented on 3rd December in London. Beer Writer of the Year is the top accolade in the Guild’s annual competition for writing...
BII Training Awards announced
The BII has unveiled the winners of the 2019 National Innovation in Training Awards, their national awards programme celebrating the very best in training excellence and innovation within the licensed industry. Hosted again this year at the Café de Paris in London’s...
Cask Ale
Change of leadership at Norwich City of Ale
After nine years at the helm, during which time Norwich’s City of Ale festival has gone from strength to strength, co-chair Dawn Leeder is stepping down to spend more time with her research interests. City of Ale pioneered the concept of a beer festival taking place...
Hogs Back to go TEA Total in January
Hogs Back Brewery is reprising its successful ‘Support Your Local, Go TEA Total' campaign in January, with the aim of encouraging more consumers to support their local at the pub trade's quietest time of year. ‘Go TEA Total' ran for the first time in January this...
Pub numbers increase in 2019
Scottish hospitality company Stampede is reporting that, over the course of 2019, the number of pubs and bars in the UK actually went up instead of down – according to Official Labour Market Statistics from the ONS/Nomis. Between 2010-2018, the UK had a net loss of...
The Tale of an Ale Trail
Following on from his last Ale Trail experience, Suffolk-based Will Ridgard recently decided to venture to North Norfolk and try out a section of Adnams’ Ghost Ship Way Ale Trail. Armed with the CaskFinder App, here’s his take on the Trail… “North Norfolk is nice,” I...
Jonny Garrett named Beer Writer of the Year
London-based beer writer and filmmaker Jonny Garrett has been named Beer Writer of the Year 2019 at the Guild of Beer Writers’ Annual Awards, presented on 3rd December in London. Beer Writer of the Year is the top accolade in the Guild’s annual competition for writing...
BII Training Awards announced
The BII has unveiled the winners of the 2019 National Innovation in Training Awards, their national awards programme celebrating the very best in training excellence and innovation within the licensed industry. Hosted again this year at the Café de Paris in London’s...
Beer and Food
CAMRA supports Tryanuary
The Campaign for Real Ale has announced that it is sponsoring Tryanuary 2020 in order to encourage more people to support pubs during the month of January. Tryanuary is a nationwide campaign to support the beer industry throughout January. Rather than swearing off...
Change of leadership at Norwich City of Ale
After nine years at the helm, during which time Norwich’s City of Ale festival has gone from strength to strength, co-chair Dawn Leeder is stepping down to spend more time with her research interests. City of Ale pioneered the concept of a beer festival taking place...
Hogs Back to go TEA Total in January
Hogs Back Brewery is reprising its successful ‘Support Your Local, Go TEA Total' campaign in January, with the aim of encouraging more consumers to support their local at the pub trade's quietest time of year. ‘Go TEA Total' ran for the first time in January this...
Pub numbers increase in 2019
Scottish hospitality company Stampede is reporting that, over the course of 2019, the number of pubs and bars in the UK actually went up instead of down – according to Official Labour Market Statistics from the ONS/Nomis. Between 2010-2018, the UK had a net loss of...
The Tale of an Ale Trail
Following on from his last Ale Trail experience, Suffolk-based Will Ridgard recently decided to venture to North Norfolk and try out a section of Adnams’ Ghost Ship Way Ale Trail. Armed with the CaskFinder App, here’s his take on the Trail… “North Norfolk is nice,” I...
Jonny Garrett named Beer Writer of the Year
London-based beer writer and filmmaker Jonny Garrett has been named Beer Writer of the Year 2019 at the Guild of Beer Writers’ Annual Awards, presented on 3rd December in London. Beer Writer of the Year is the top accolade in the Guild’s annual competition for writing...
Insight
Change of leadership at Norwich City of Ale
After nine years at the helm, during which time Norwich’s City of Ale festival has gone from strength to strength, co-chair Dawn Leeder is stepping down to spend more time with her research interests. City of Ale pioneered the concept of a beer festival taking place...
Hogs Back to go TEA Total in January
Hogs Back Brewery is reprising its successful ‘Support Your Local, Go TEA Total' campaign in January, with the aim of encouraging more consumers to support their local at the pub trade's quietest time of year. ‘Go TEA Total' ran for the first time in January this...
Pub numbers increase in 2019
Scottish hospitality company Stampede is reporting that, over the course of 2019, the number of pubs and bars in the UK actually went up instead of down – according to Official Labour Market Statistics from the ONS/Nomis. Between 2010-2018, the UK had a net loss of...
The Tale of an Ale Trail
Following on from his last Ale Trail experience, Suffolk-based Will Ridgard recently decided to venture to North Norfolk and try out a section of Adnams’ Ghost Ship Way Ale Trail. Armed with the CaskFinder App, here’s his take on the Trail… “North Norfolk is nice,” I...
Jonny Garrett named Beer Writer of the Year
London-based beer writer and filmmaker Jonny Garrett has been named Beer Writer of the Year 2019 at the Guild of Beer Writers’ Annual Awards, presented on 3rd December in London. Beer Writer of the Year is the top accolade in the Guild’s annual competition for writing...
BII Training Awards announced
The BII has unveiled the winners of the 2019 National Innovation in Training Awards, their national awards programme celebrating the very best in training excellence and innovation within the licensed industry. Hosted again this year at the Café de Paris in London’s...
Cask Reports
Change of leadership at Norwich City of Ale
After nine years at the helm, during which time Norwich’s City of Ale festival has gone from strength to strength, co-chair Dawn Leeder is stepping down to spend more time with her research interests. City of Ale pioneered the concept of a beer festival taking place...
Hogs Back to go TEA Total in January
Hogs Back Brewery is reprising its successful ‘Support Your Local, Go TEA Total' campaign in January, with the aim of encouraging more consumers to support their local at the pub trade's quietest time of year. ‘Go TEA Total' ran for the first time in January this...
Pub numbers increase in 2019
Scottish hospitality company Stampede is reporting that, over the course of 2019, the number of pubs and bars in the UK actually went up instead of down – according to Official Labour Market Statistics from the ONS/Nomis. Between 2010-2018, the UK had a net loss of...
The Tale of an Ale Trail
Following on from his last Ale Trail experience, Suffolk-based Will Ridgard recently decided to venture to North Norfolk and try out a section of Adnams’ Ghost Ship Way Ale Trail. Armed with the CaskFinder App, here’s his take on the Trail… “North Norfolk is nice,” I...
Jonny Garrett named Beer Writer of the Year
London-based beer writer and filmmaker Jonny Garrett has been named Beer Writer of the Year 2019 at the Guild of Beer Writers’ Annual Awards, presented on 3rd December in London. Beer Writer of the Year is the top accolade in the Guild’s annual competition for writing...
BII Training Awards announced
The BII has unveiled the winners of the 2019 National Innovation in Training Awards, their national awards programme celebrating the very best in training excellence and innovation within the licensed industry. Hosted again this year at the Café de Paris in London’s...