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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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Beer still number one
Despite a general decline in consumption, beer is still the most popular alcoholic drink in the on-trade, accounting for 48% of drinks sold in GB and 44% of drinks sold in the U.S, according to out-of-home experts CGA and its U.S.-based consultancy, Nielsen CGA.Cask...
Great British Beer Festival Preview
The Great British Beer Festival is returning to Olympia London this week boasting more than a thousand beers from 250 breweries all under one roof.Taking place from 6-10 August, this is a festival not to be missed for anyone with an interest in the drinks industry....
Stonegate buys Ei Group for £3bn
Stonegate Pubs has reached agreement with the Ei Group (formerly Enterprise) to buy their entire pub estate. EIG is the largest owner of pubs in the UK with over 4,000 properties across England and Wales. Stonegate is a managed pub company and has a national estate...
London Craft Beer Festival
This August, Tobacco Dock will see the London Craft Beer Festival return for its seventh year. Featuring a bolstered line up of 80 breweries from the UK and around the world descending on Wapping for the three-day festival and close to 500 different beers on tap...
SIBA partners with British Guild of Beer Writers
SIBA has today announced their partnership with the British Guild of Beer Writers for their annual awards. SIBA will sponsor the ‘Brewer of the Year Award’, which is open to brewers of all kinds from across the UK, as well as bringing a new ‘independent craft brewers...
Brighton & Hove Beer Week is back
Brighton & Hove Beer Week returns next month for a second city-wide annual celebration of beer and brewing. Brighton & Hove Beer Week runs from Friday 23rd August until Sunday 1st September 2019 and will showcase the very best the city has to offer both local...
Hop Stuff sold to Molson Coors
Hop Stuff Brewery founder has confirmed that the brewery has been sold to Molson Coors following financial problems. According to a post on the brewery's website the company entered into administration on Friday 12th July and were then bought by Molson Coors. The...
Champion Beer of Britain up for grabs on 6th August
71 breweries are in the running for the prestigious Champion Beer of Britain Award, taking place on the opening day of the Great British Beer Festival (6 August) at London Olympia.Ranging from Swannay Brewery’s farmhouse brews hailing from the windswept tip of Orkney...
Sambrook’s set to move to site of the old Young’s Brewery
Sambrook’s has announce that it is relocating production to the Ram Quarter in the heart of Wandsworth. The new brewery will be set within the restored Grade-II listed brewery buildings at the site of the old Young’s Brewery. Alongside a commercial brewery operation...
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