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Since 1997 Cask Marque has been ensuring that the cask ale you drink in pubs in the UK is in perfect condition.
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Pub walking app from Thwaites
Users of Android devices will now be able to access an innovative pub walking app from Thwaites brewery. The Wainwright pub walking app has already strolled its way to 10,000 downloads via the Apple store and is set to prove just as popular with Android users....
SIBA Cask Champion 2014
All Gold, Silver and Bronze medal-winning beers were chosen at a judging session which marked the start of SIBA's BeerX. A panel of around 100 brewers, industry experts, local licensees and beer enthusiasts assessed the 300 finalist beers, which had all earned their...
CAMRA Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2014
The winning beer is described as a classic old-style English porter; creamy, full-bodied and packed with flavour. It is the second year a porter has won the overall Champion Winter Beer of Britain. Dunham Massey owner John Costello, had this to say on the win: “We’re...
Marston’s Cask Ale Report 2013
This report from Marston's Brewery offers an overview of the cask ale market, including key trends and drinker insights. It will help retailers to develop their cask ale offer and continue category growth. The report concludes that continuing to recruit new to...
Sales increase for managed pubs
Coffer Peach Business Tracker has reported that managed pub and restaurant groups are enjoying a strong start to 2014 with collective like-for-like sales up 4.4% in April against the same month last year. This follows a 4.6% increase in March and 13 months of like for...
Beer sales fall in Q1 2014
The late Easter and the extreme weather at the start of the year hit quarterly beer sales say the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA). The latest figures, released in the BBPA Quarterly Beer Barometer, show sales falling by 3.1 per cent in the first quarter of...
Alcohol consumption falls in 2013
UK alcohol consumption per head fell again in 2013, new figures show. This is the seventh year in the past nine that there has been a fall. Consumption per head is now 18 per cent lower than it was in 2004, when the current trend began, says the British Beer & Pub...
Positive outlook for pubs according to Geoff Collyer, Deutche Bank
The pub sector is in the best shape its been for three decades and it has plenty of scope to grow and take market share as the economy improves, according to leading analyst Geof Collyer in an extensive report published in April on the UK’s pub and restaurant...
SIBA Beer Report 2014
Each year SIBA publishes a report examining the state of the British Beer Market. The headlines from this report are: 72 breweries joined SIBA in 2013. Beer production increased 5.7% from 2011-2012. 4000 permanent cask brands are now sold by SIBA members. There are...
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