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Good Beer Guide to be sponsored by Cask Marque
Cask Marque is sponsoring the 2017 Good Beer Guide. The 44th edition of the Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) Good Beer Guide will be published in September and will list the best 4,500 pubs in the country chosen by its 180,000-plus membership. The book also lists the...
Beer and Food matching – a short video
There are no hard and fast rules when it comes to beer and food matching, but it helps to have a few guidelines. Beer sommelier Annabel Smith explains more in this new, short video from There's a Beer for That.
Tribute goes Up North
The taste of Cornwall is clearly going down well in the north of England, with growing demand from pub landlords leading St Austell Brewery to supply more of its flagship Tribute Cornish Pale Ale to the region. The brewery has teamed up with regional drinks...
Champion beer of Scotland crowned
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is proud to announce that 2016 Champion Beer of Scotland is Raj IPA from the Tryst Brewery in Larbert. Raj IPA, an India Pale Ale was chosen as Champion Beer of Scotland today (Thursday) in a blind tasting competition by a panel of...
Butcombe Brewery Lead The Way With Grain to Glass Salsa Accreditation
Butcombe Brewery has today been announced as the first brewery to be accredited with Grain to Glass quality assurance by Cask Marque. The Grain to Glass programme was developed by Cask Marque, and saw SALSA auditors assess the whole Butcombe beer making process right...
St Austell buys Bath Ales
Cornwall-based St Austell Brewery Company Limited has this morning announced the acquisition of fellow West Country brewer and pub company, Bath Ales Limited. The deal, which has been completed for an undisclosed amount, includes: The Bath Ales brewery, situated...
Greene King Results
The following is taken from Greene King's press release for their preliminary results for the 52 weeks to 01 May 2016: In Brewing & Brands, our strategy is to drive growth and cash generation through building consumer loyalty to our core ale brands and our...
New author for the Cask Report
This year, the Cask Beer Report celebrates its 10th anniversary. The much heralded publication has a new author and a new look for 2016. Sophie Atherton, widely respected national journalist and Britain’s first female beer sommelier has been passed the authorship...
1st Beer Club Live to be held at Robinsons
Robinsons Brewery have partnered with There’s A Beer For That to bring the first ‘Beer Club Live’ event to their award-winning Visitors Centre in Stockport on Wednesday 13th July. The event will see six handpicked ales and beers matched against a six course taster...
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