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Fancy a pint of bath water?
In this day and age of technology where you can control the temperature of your house from another country, play different music in different rooms of your house using your phone, run away from a bunch of zombies using a pair of google glasses, why is it that we still...
Ale pythons and how to look after them
Recent research by Cask Marque shows that 39% of Ale Pythons are not working effectively thus leading to warm beer and increased call out charges. The cause is invariably low water levels or poor water circulation problems. The industry over the last 10 years spent...
Five Bells at Wickham, Berks
The Five Bells at Wickham has been named Pub of the Year 2014 by the West Berkshire branch of CAMRA. Licensee Mark Genders, who also runs the John O’Gaunt pub in Hungerford, said: “We constantly change the ales and ciders that we offer and pride ourselves on not...
Vital statistics from the BBPA
The British Beer and Pub Association helps you to keep abreast of trends within the beer and pub industry. This page on the BBPA website shows the price of a pint over the last ten years, the UK Quarterly Beer Barometer and the decline in pub numbers since 1982. You...
Ideas for food and beer pairings in the pub
When it comes to dining, beer is being given a major push by brewers and beer writers as an accompaniment to food. With the variety of flavours derived from different hop strains and ingredients, different beers are able to contrast and complement a range of different...
Try before you buy
Customers want to 'try before you buy' as its breaks down barriers to them purchasing cask ale and also increases your sales. Try before you buy also helps grow your pub's reputation as a customer friendly pub with quality beer. Download the 'Try before you buy' full...
Gas & Safety Quality
Licensees are under immense cost pressures, with competition from other leisure activities and increasing consumption of alcohol in the home. Increasingly, outlets are being targeted by seemingly attractive offers from non-reputable suppliers of dispense gas. However,...
Distributor Charter
What is it about? The objective of the charter is to highlight best practice in the supply chain to ensure that there are the highest levels of service standards, thus ensuring beer is delivered in prime condition. Any distributor must adhere to the following criteria...
Running a Beer Festival
A beer festival offers customers a great opportunity to taste a variety of different beers. Cask Ale Week is a great opportunity to run a Beer Festival and allows you to raise awareness of your pub in your local area and attract new customers and maximise sales...
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