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Hawkshead Brewery shows good growth
Lake District brewer Hawkshead grew sales by 9% in the last year and profits before tax by 50%. The financial year 2015/16 saw sales of £2.4 million and an EBITDA of £300,000 with the brewery reaching full capacity. Alex Brodie, who founded Hawkshead in 2002 said:...
Cask Report 2016-17
he latest 2016-17 Cask Report is out and ready for reading. According to the Report's author, Sophie Atherton, “It is clear that it’s no longer enough to be able to pour a decent pint. Bar staff need to understand how cask ales are...
CAMRA names top 16 pubs
As its launches the latest edition of its Good Beer Guide, CAMRA has named the top 16 pubs in the country as part of its nationwide search for the National Pub of the Year. The top 16 features a wide range of different types of pubs, from community owned, to pubs...
90th birthday Ale Trail for number 11 bus
Europe’s longest urban bus route, Birmingham’s famous number 11, is celebrating its 90th birthday with an anniversary Ale Trail and a locally-brewed commemorative beer. Transport for West Midlands and National Express West Midlands have been working with the CAMRA and...
Camerons to launch beer with Motörhead
Camerons Brewery have teamed up with legendary rock band Motörhead and Global Merchandising Services to create an exciting new collaboration beer. The North East brewer has been working alongside the band to develop the beer over the last few months and are looking to...
BBPA relaunches campaign to help licensees & customers understand laws around serving drunks
The BBPA has today relaunched a poster campaign to help raise awareness and understanding of the law around serving drunks, to coincide with Global Beer Responsibility Day on Friday, 16th September. Partnering with Drinkaware and National Pubwatch, the poster campaign...
New ‘safe drinking’ limits are rocky road to prohibition
The 2017 Good Beer Guide says the move to restrict drinking to no more than 14 units a week for men and women is bad science. “This is the rocky road to Prohibition,” the Guide’s editor, Roger Protz, says. “I’m glad that in August the government rowed back on the...
London is Beer Boom City
The 2017 edition of the Good Beer Guide published by CAMRA charts the remarkable rebirth of brewing in London. The capital was dubbed a “beer desert” by the Campaign in the 1970s but now the guide lists 69 breweries, with five more due to open in the near future....
Good Beer Guide warns global brewers threaten choice
Real ale may be the success story of British beer, but the new Good Beer Guide, published by CARMA, warns of possible threats posed by global brewers moving into the buoyant cask sector. The new edition of the Guide - this year sponsored by beer quality assessor Cask...
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