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CAMRA’s Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2016
After over a year of local tasting panels and regional heats leading up to the finals, the Campaign for Real Ale, CAMRA, has announced that today Chocolate Marble has been crowned the Best Winter Beer in Britain at the National Winter Ales Festival, Derby. The...
Rachel Evans joins Cask Marque assessment team
Trade quality expert Rachel Evans has joined industry beer quality champions Cask Marque and will be checking beer quality in the Midlands area as well as supporting the Mitchells and Butlers a Cask Marque Corporate Member. Rachel, joins Annabel Smith as the UK’s...
Beer Day Britain
Beer Day Britain 2016 is the country’s national beer day and will take place on June 15th. The date is also significant because it was on June 15th 2015 that the Magna Carta was sealed in 1215. Ale is mentioned in Clause 35 of Magna Carta. The aim of Beer Day Britain...
Cut beer tax campaign launches film
With the 2016 Budget just around the corner, a new campaign short film calls for cut in beer duty. The campaigning film uses key facts to makes a convincing case for a one penny cut in beer duty in the Budget. The one-minute animated film, now available on YouTube,...
National Winter Ales Festival 2016
Find out which beer will be named the CAMRA Champion Winter Beer of Britain (CWBOB) this year at CAMRA’s National Winter Ales Festival. CAMRA’s second biggest national festival will be taking place at the Derby Roundhouse for a second year in a row. This is the...
Craft Beer Rising 2016
Craft Beer Rising has a mission: ‘To take great beer to the masses’. This year's CBR features a mix of cask, kegged, canned and bottled beer all under one roof at the Old Truman Brewery in London. There will be over 150 breweries from the UK and beyond as well as...
PUB16 February 9 & 10
PUB16 launched in 2015 to celebrate the UK pub industry's innovations, trends, products, services and people. Bringing together key trade associations, business leaders, key decision makers, pub owners, entrepreneurs and pub companies, PUB16 runs from February 9-10th...
Ale on the rise as lager goes flat
It seems that Britain’s lager segment is struggling to retain its fizz, as it faces particularly strong competition from the rising popularity of ales and bitters, whose success has been fuelled by the craft beer boom. Indeed, new research from market intelligence...
Going to the pub is good for you
New research from Oxford University today reveals that people who have a ‘local’ pub are not only significantly happier than those who do not, but also have higher life satisfaction and have more close friends. The report (which you can download here), written by...
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