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BBPA comments on growth in low and alcohol-free sales
The BBPA has commented on the findings of a survey by the Portman Group, which found that there has been a boom in the...
Castle Rock’s Brews New Nottinghamian Celebration Ale
Arthur Skill, a 19 year old Nottinghamian, owned a fish lorry. The year was 1919, and with the early morning rounds...
BII launches search for 2019 Licensee of the Year
Entries are now open for this year’s BII Licensee of the Year award, sponsored by Sky. The British Institute of...
Beers For New Year’s Eve
The Christmas decorations are starting to wilt, the turkey carcass is finally in the bin, and you’re ready...
Beers For Your Festive Cheeseboard!
Put away the port, retire the red wine, and bring out the beer with the Christmas cheeseboard this year....
Beers For Your Christmas Dinner!
Flicking through all the Christmas food brochures which appear on my door mat around this time of year, I...
News
Nicholsons Pubs Launch Autumn Showcase
Nicholson’s Pubs have announced the launch of their third annual Autumn Beer Showcase, a month-long event championing all things beer. Running from 24th September to 4th November, it will allow hop heads and guests the chance to try some of Britain’s best...
Formation of ‘Independent Brewers of Europe’
The independent craft brewing associations of nine European countries have announced successful discussions towards the formation of a new body, the Independent Brewers of Europe (IBE), whose aim is to work together to promote and advance the mutual interests of their...
St Austell unveils new pump clip designs
t Austell Brewery has unveiled new pump clip designs for flagship brands, Tribute Cornish Pale Ale and Proper Job IPA. The clips will launch in pubs nationwide from this week. Designed to define the strong, individual characteristics of both...
Hogs Back Hop Party
Hogs Back Brewery celebrated its fourth annual hop harvest with a party for more than 1000 residents, families, friends and members of the Tongham TEA Club. Despite rainfall on the day, spirits were high among the guests enjoying live music, a Kids Zone, street food,...
Brighton & Hove Beer Week Kicks Off This Friday!
The inaugural Brighton & Hove Beer Week kicks off this Friday (24th August). With more than sixty events taking place across thirty venues throughout the ten-day period, it looks set to be the biggest celebration of beer and brewing the city has ever seen. ...
Robinsons Launch ‘Best In Glass’ Scheme in Relentless Quest For Beer Quality
T he 180-year-old Stockport-based family brewers, ROBINSONS, have launched a new quality assurance scheme – ‘Best in Glass’ – in a quest to improve beer quality across their 260-strong tenanted and managed pub estate. For the first time this new initiative will...
Ale Trail
BBPA Annual Dinner Award Winners Announced
St Austell Brewery, Joseph Holt, S.A. Brain, Molson Coors and Ian Payne MBE scooped up the honours at this year’s British Beer & Pub Association Annual Awards, presented at the BBPA’s Annual Dinner in London; a celebration of Britain’s beer and pub industry. ...
Cloudwater Brewery returns to Cask
Cloudwater Brewery announced last week that it was bringing back production of cask beer. The brewery had chosen to dispense with cask a couple of years ago and instead to concentrate on keg, in a move that was widely debated in the beer industry. The...
Nicholsons Pubs Launch Autumn Showcase
Nicholson’s Pubs have announced the launch of their third annual Autumn Beer Showcase, a month-long event championing all things beer. Running from 24th September to 4th November, it will allow hop heads and guests the chance to try some of Britain’s best...
Formation of ‘Independent Brewers of Europe’
The independent craft brewing associations of nine European countries have announced successful discussions towards the formation of a new body, the Independent Brewers of Europe (IBE), whose aim is to work together to promote and advance the mutual interests of their...
St Austell unveils new pump clip designs
t Austell Brewery has unveiled new pump clip designs for flagship brands, Tribute Cornish Pale Ale and Proper Job IPA. The clips will launch in pubs nationwide from this week. Designed to define the strong, individual characteristics of both...
Hogs Back Hop Party
Hogs Back Brewery celebrated its fourth annual hop harvest with a party for more than 1000 residents, families, friends and members of the Tongham TEA Club. Despite rainfall on the day, spirits were high among the guests enjoying live music, a Kids Zone, street food,...
Cask Ale
Know Your Beers – Our Guide To Pale Ale
I bet you all have a friend or a colleague who tells you they don’t like beer? I know. It’s unfathomable to you and I. But these mad, sad fools need our guidance because their experience or perception of beer has probably been a poor one. We know that not...
Pete Brown talks about Cask Report research
Here’s a video of beer journalist, and 9 time Cask Report writer Pete Brown talking about his research for the 2018-19 Cask Report. Interesting Points: People are interest in benefits, not features... Quality always matters! Closely linked to awareness and knowledge....
What Ails Cask Ale? (Part One)
(Reproduced courtesy of Pete Brown. Follow him here.) The latest edition of the Cask Report has prompted quite the debate around the plight and possible future of cask. I didn’t write the Report this year (well, only bits of it) but I did do the research behind it....
Know Your Beers – Our Guide To Stouts & Porters!
I bet you all have a friend or a colleague who tells you they don’t like beer? I know. It’s unfathomable to you and I. But these mad, sad fools need our guidance because their experience or perception of beer has probably been a poor one. We know that not...
Ale Enthusiasts bound together by Cask Marque Ale Trail
A group of ale enthusiasts brought together by Cask Marque’s ‘Ale Trail’ have forged a firm friendship after becoming Ale Ambassadors for the brand. Drinkers are awarded ‘Ale Ambassador’ status by Cask Marque when they scan 500 or more Cask Marque...
BBPA Annual Dinner Award Winners Announced
St Austell Brewery, Joseph Holt, S.A. Brain, Molson Coors and Ian Payne MBE scooped up the honours at this year’s British Beer & Pub Association Annual Awards, presented at the BBPA’s Annual Dinner in London; a celebration of Britain’s beer and pub industry. ...
Beer and Food
What Ails Cask Ale? (Part One)
(Reproduced courtesy of Pete Brown. Follow him here.) The latest edition of the Cask Report has prompted quite the debate around the plight and possible future of cask. I didn’t write the Report this year (well, only bits of it) but I did do the research behind it....
BBPA Annual Dinner Award Winners Announced
St Austell Brewery, Joseph Holt, S.A. Brain, Molson Coors and Ian Payne MBE scooped up the honours at this year’s British Beer & Pub Association Annual Awards, presented at the BBPA’s Annual Dinner in London; a celebration of Britain’s beer and pub industry. ...
Cloudwater Brewery returns to Cask
Cloudwater Brewery announced last week that it was bringing back production of cask beer. The brewery had chosen to dispense with cask a couple of years ago and instead to concentrate on keg, in a move that was widely debated in the beer industry. The...
Nicholsons Pubs Launch Autumn Showcase
Nicholson’s Pubs have announced the launch of their third annual Autumn Beer Showcase, a month-long event championing all things beer. Running from 24th September to 4th November, it will allow hop heads and guests the chance to try some of Britain’s best...
Formation of ‘Independent Brewers of Europe’
The independent craft brewing associations of nine European countries have announced successful discussions towards the formation of a new body, the Independent Brewers of Europe (IBE), whose aim is to work together to promote and advance the mutual interests of their...
Cask Report 2018-19
ownload the Cask Report 2018-19 and read about the action plan to tackle cask's decline in sales. One of the key points in the report is TEMPERATURE Research found that 85% of licensees interviewed say they take pride in cask ale and getting it...
Insight
Know Your Beers – Our Guide To Pale Ale
I bet you all have a friend or a colleague who tells you they don’t like beer? I know. It’s unfathomable to you and I. But these mad, sad fools need our guidance because their experience or perception of beer has probably been a poor one. We know that not...
Know Your Beers – Our Guide To Lager
The Cask Marque Guide To Beer Styles:I bet you all have a friend or a colleague who tells you they don’t like beer? I know. It’s unfathomable to you and I. But these mad, sad fools need our guidance because their experience or perception of beer has...
What Ails Cask Ale? (Part One)
(Reproduced courtesy of Pete Brown. Follow him here.) The latest edition of the Cask Report has prompted quite the debate around the plight and possible future of cask. I didn’t write the Report this year (well, only bits of it) but I did do the research behind it....
Know Your Beers – Our Guide To Wheat Beer!
The Cask Marque Guide To Beer Styles:I bet you all have a friend or a colleague who tells you they don’t like beer? I know. It’s unfathomable to you and I. But these mad, sad fools need our guidance because their experience or perception of beer has...
Know Your Beers – Our Guide To Stouts & Porters!
I bet you all have a friend or a colleague who tells you they don’t like beer? I know. It’s unfathomable to you and I. But these mad, sad fools need our guidance because their experience or perception of beer has probably been a poor one. We know that not...
BBPA Annual Dinner Award Winners Announced
St Austell Brewery, Joseph Holt, S.A. Brain, Molson Coors and Ian Payne MBE scooped up the honours at this year’s British Beer & Pub Association Annual Awards, presented at the BBPA’s Annual Dinner in London; a celebration of Britain’s beer and pub industry. ...
Cask Reports
Cloudwater Brewery returns to Cask
Cloudwater Brewery announced last week that it was bringing back production of cask beer. The brewery had chosen to dispense with cask a couple of years ago and instead to concentrate on keg, in a move that was widely debated in the beer industry. The...
Nicholsons Pubs Launch Autumn Showcase
Nicholson’s Pubs have announced the launch of their third annual Autumn Beer Showcase, a month-long event championing all things beer. Running from 24th September to 4th November, it will allow hop heads and guests the chance to try some of Britain’s best...
Formation of ‘Independent Brewers of Europe’
The independent craft brewing associations of nine European countries have announced successful discussions towards the formation of a new body, the Independent Brewers of Europe (IBE), whose aim is to work together to promote and advance the mutual interests of their...
Cask Report 2018-19
ownload the Cask Report 2018-19 and read about the action plan to tackle cask's decline in sales. One of the key points in the report is TEMPERATURE Research found that 85% of licensees interviewed say they take pride in cask ale and getting it...
St Austell unveils new pump clip designs
t Austell Brewery has unveiled new pump clip designs for flagship brands, Tribute Cornish Pale Ale and Proper Job IPA. The clips will launch in pubs nationwide from this week. Designed to define the strong, individual characteristics of both...
Hogs Back Hop Party
Hogs Back Brewery celebrated its fourth annual hop harvest with a party for more than 1000 residents, families, friends and members of the Tongham TEA Club. Despite rainfall on the day, spirits were high among the guests enjoying live music, a Kids Zone, street food,...