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Where Next for Cask Ale and CAMRA?
Unless you've been on holiday somewhere really nice, you've probably seen the furore around CAMRA's AGM last month....
BBPA welcomes proposed extension of the low alcohol threshold by the European Commission
The BBPA has welcomed the proposal by the European Commission to extend the threshold for low alcohol beers that can...
Star Pubs & Bars licensees now have access to additional 300 cask beers
Star Pubs & Bars is increasing its cask beer range to over 300, giving it one of the most comprehensive beer...
Alcohol-free beers to be served at GBBF
The Great British Beer Festival will be offering an alcohol-free beer range for the very first time from the...
Badger Beer relaunches
Badger Beer, from Hall & Woodhouse, brewed in Dorset since 1777, is unveiling a new brand identity across its...
Robinsons marks 180 years with review of its beers
2018 marks a special milestone for Robinsons Brewery, 180 years of brewing beer and running pubs. In honour of their...
News
CAMRA’s Club of the Year
T he Flixton Conservative Club in Manchester has won the prestigious CAMRA Club of the Year award after a recent transformation has seen an even wider range of real ales and ciders brought in. On top of a friendly atmosphere and good beer selection, the well...
CAMRA Pub of the Year 2018
he Cricketers Arms in St Helens, Merseyside, has won the prestigious Pub of the Year title from CAMRA just five years after it was boarded up for closure. When owners Andy and Denise Evans took over the running of the pub in 2013, it...
SIBA to tackle sexist marketing
ollowing a recent Board meeting of independent brewers in Burton on Trent, SIBA is moving forward with plans to create a marketing ‘Code of Practice’ for its members. SIBA members and a panel of experts will be discussing the...
Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2018 Announced
ipper from Green Jack brewery has won CAMRA’s prestigious Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2018 award on the opening day of the Great British Beer Festival Winter in Norwich. Green Jack Brewery, which is local to the festival and based...
Fuller’s takes over Dark Star
ark Star, the renowned West Sussex craft brewer, has today joined forces with Fuller’s to grow the business and take the brewer’s brands to a wider audience. The deal, which sees Fuller’s take a 100% stake in the business, will give...
BeerX announces 2 big names at this year’s event
IBA has announced that BBC Radio 2 presenter Nigel Barden and famed beer writer Pete Brown will both play important roles at this year's BeerX, the UK’s biggest beer and brewing trade event. Mike Benner,...
Ale Trail
Charles Wells planning for new brewery
amily brewer Charles Wells has submitted a planning application for a brand-new brewery and visitor centre that will lay the foundation for the future of Charles Wells as a brewing family and pub company. The planning application for...
SIBA Business Awards 2018 Finalists revealed
he UK’s top craft beer and brewing businesses have been named as Finalists in the SIBA Business Awards 2018, with winners due to be announced on the 14th March at BeerX in Liverpool. The prestigious awards, run by the Society of...
New Look for Cask Ale Week
o celebrate its 10th anniversary, Cask Ale Week 2018 has been launched with a new look. The new logo for the ‘Week’ incorporates the shape of the cask end and a pump handle. “The look feels more positive,” says Frances Brace, promoter...
CAMRA’s Club of the Year
T he Flixton Conservative Club in Manchester has won the prestigious CAMRA Club of the Year award after a recent transformation has seen an even wider range of real ales and ciders brought in. On top of a friendly atmosphere and good beer selection, the well...
CAMRA Pub of the Year 2018
he Cricketers Arms in St Helens, Merseyside, has won the prestigious Pub of the Year title from CAMRA just five years after it was boarded up for closure. When owners Andy and Denise Evans took over the running of the pub in 2013, it...
SIBA to tackle sexist marketing
ollowing a recent Board meeting of independent brewers in Burton on Trent, SIBA is moving forward with plans to create a marketing ‘Code of Practice’ for its members. SIBA members and a panel of experts will be discussing the...
Cask Ale
Greene King Pre-Close Trading Statement
reene King has issued a pre-close trading statement for the last 12 months. "Pub Company like-for-like (LFL) sales for the 49 weeks to 8th April were -1.8%. The weather over the last 12 weeks impacted trading, particularly in our destination...
SIBA responds to Cambridge University Study
C ommenting on today's Cambridge University Study into the dangers of moderate alcohol consumption, which asserts that as little as one alcoholic drink a day could shorten your life, James Calder, Head of Communications at the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA)...
Beyond the Pales: How the UK’s independent craft brewers are embracing the thirst for hazy IPAs and Sour Beers
he consumer thirst for craft beer is showing no signs of wavering, with hazy New England style IPAs and tart, sour beers in the style of Belgian brews becoming commonplace not only in specialist craft beer bars, but pubs and even supermarkets...
CAMRA warns storm brewing for pubs unless Government acts soon
AMRA is calling for a new deal for pubs in response to fresh data which reveals 18 pubs are being lost each week. The consumer group says that urgent action is needed to cut the tax burden placed on pubs. Pubs are being hit hard by a...
Wolf Brewery wins top Cask Prize at SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2018
olf Brewery and North Brewing Co have taken home Overall Champion Gold in the Cask and Keg Awards at the SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2018, with Tring Brewery being named the best bottled or canned beer. Judged by brewers and industry...
Beer Week Battle Off
ive of England’s best brewing cities are set to face this summer as part of an exciting new competition organised by Manchester Beer Week. Teams from Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, and London, as well as two from host city Manchester, will...
Beer and Food
Something for the Weekend – Adnams Ghostship
intended writing about Adnams’ Ghostship next summer because of its sunny lemon and lime flavours. However, one of our readers emailed me and asked me to write about it and it seemed quite fitting with Halloween coming up...
Something for the Weekend – Wychwood Hobgoblin
here’s a good reason I didn’t write about Hobgoblin on Hallowe’en, even though the people at Wychwood have closely associated this beer with that date on the calendar. Bonfire Night seems much more fitting for this smoky, roasted beer....
Something for the Weekend – Robinson’s Trooper
his weekend is a thirtieth anniversary for me. It is thirty years since I went to my first gig (as we used to call them). Bradford St George’s Hall. A seething mass of badge strewn denim, pounding drums and mosh pits. Iron Maiden.The...
Something for the Weekend – Marston’s Pedigree
hilst I was in Burton upon Trent last week, I got first glance of the new branding and advertising campaign for Marston’s Pedigree. Marston’s have very cleverly used people scouted from the streets of Burton to use in the adverts...
Something for the Weekend – Shepherd Neame Bishop’s Finger
f your knowledge of Kent is limited to news items about queues of lorries stacked on the M20, think again. This is the most beautiful county, steeped in hop growing history, dotted with oast houses, and widely known as the ‘Garden of...
Something for the Weekend – Theakston’s Old Peculier
ight folks, we’ve hit December. A great excuse for this week’s beer – Theakston’s Old Peculier. Although I’ve got to say, I don’t need a time of year to drink this. I absolutely love it when I walk into a pub and see this beer on the...
Insight
SIBA Chairman steps down
IBA has announced that Buster Grant has resigned as Chairman of the Society with immediate effect to dedicate more time to his business activities. Ian Fozard, Vice Chairman will provide leadership for the organisation until a new Chairman is...
Greene King Pre-Close Trading Statement
reene King has issued a pre-close trading statement for the last 12 months. "Pub Company like-for-like (LFL) sales for the 49 weeks to 8th April were -1.8%. The weather over the last 12 weeks impacted trading, particularly in our destination...
SIBA responds to Cambridge University Study
C ommenting on today's Cambridge University Study into the dangers of moderate alcohol consumption, which asserts that as little as one alcoholic drink a day could shorten your life, James Calder, Head of Communications at the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA)...
Beyond the Pales: How the UK’s independent craft brewers are embracing the thirst for hazy IPAs and Sour Beers
he consumer thirst for craft beer is showing no signs of wavering, with hazy New England style IPAs and tart, sour beers in the style of Belgian brews becoming commonplace not only in specialist craft beer bars, but pubs and even supermarkets...
CAMRA warns storm brewing for pubs unless Government acts soon
AMRA is calling for a new deal for pubs in response to fresh data which reveals 18 pubs are being lost each week. The consumer group says that urgent action is needed to cut the tax burden placed on pubs. Pubs are being hit hard by a...
Wolf Brewery wins top Cask Prize at SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2018
olf Brewery and North Brewing Co have taken home Overall Champion Gold in the Cask and Keg Awards at the SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2018, with Tring Brewery being named the best bottled or canned beer. Judged by brewers and industry...
Cask Reports
SIBA Business Awards 2018 Finalists revealed
he UK’s top craft beer and brewing businesses have been named as Finalists in the SIBA Business Awards 2018, with winners due to be announced on the 14th March at BeerX in Liverpool. The prestigious awards, run by the Society of...
New Look for Cask Ale Week
o celebrate its 10th anniversary, Cask Ale Week 2018 has been launched with a new look. The new logo for the ‘Week’ incorporates the shape of the cask end and a pump handle. “The look feels more positive,” says Frances Brace, promoter...
CAMRA’s Club of the Year
T he Flixton Conservative Club in Manchester has won the prestigious CAMRA Club of the Year award after a recent transformation has seen an even wider range of real ales and ciders brought in. On top of a friendly atmosphere and good beer selection, the well...
CAMRA Pub of the Year 2018
he Cricketers Arms in St Helens, Merseyside, has won the prestigious Pub of the Year title from CAMRA just five years after it was boarded up for closure. When owners Andy and Denise Evans took over the running of the pub in 2013, it...
SIBA to tackle sexist marketing
ollowing a recent Board meeting of independent brewers in Burton on Trent, SIBA is moving forward with plans to create a marketing ‘Code of Practice’ for its members. SIBA members and a panel of experts will be discussing the...
Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2018 Announced
ipper from Green Jack brewery has won CAMRA’s prestigious Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2018 award on the opening day of the Great British Beer Festival Winter in Norwich. Green Jack Brewery, which is local to the festival and based...