Kiwi pours perfect Stella
02-Nov-2009 By Alex Kent
Avril Maxwell of New Zealand has been crowned Stella Artois 2009 World Draught Master. Contestants from over 25 countries around the world took part...
02-Nov-2009 By Alex Kent
Welsh beer brand Brains is to launch its new "Positively Welsh" advertising campaign next week. The launch coincides with the four match...
30-Oct-2009 By Tamara Sender, M&C Report
Bay Restaurant Group and of Town & City Pub Company chairman Ian Payne said he believes the beer tie is not the problem.
Pete Brown: Binge-drinking - the problem is only with the minority, stop distorting the truth
30-Oct-2009
On Monday, October 19, the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) revealed new figures, compiled using government data, which show alcohol...
'Heineken buys Tchenguiz's pub chain from receivers'
30-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Heineken has arranged to buy the assets of Globe Pub Company, owned by property entrepreneur Robert Tchenguiz, from receivers for £180m. The money...
29-Oct-2009 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Heineken will takeover the Globe Pub Company in late 2010 - following its £180m acquisition today by a holding company.
Pub beer sales continue to drop
29-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Beer sales in pubs are continuing to plummet and the government should cut tax to give the sector a boost, according to the British Beer & Pub...
29-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
Freedom Brewery has become the first lager brewer to get involved in the Direct Delivery Scheme (DDS), which gives local brewers access to pubco estates.
29-Oct-2009 By Sonya Hook
Abbot Ale will make a TV appearance from the end of this week as part of a campaign featuring Brian Blessed. Green King's Abbot Ale will sponsor...
Hobgoblin ready for Halloween mischief
29-Oct-2009 By Sonya Hook
Pub visitors could be in for a Halloween surprise this weekend when the Hobgoblin goes on tour. The character, representing Wychwood Brewery...
29-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
Greene King is rolling out a high-tech beer-flow monitoring system, which it says could increase tenants' profits by "several thousands of pounds a...
29-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Government needs to cut beer tax when VAT returns to its normal level next year or face the prospect of more pubs closing. The Government missed out on £174m worth of revenue from beer duty in first nine months of year.
An ale tribute to cricket legend Fred Trueman
27-Oct-2009
Due for launch early in 2010 to coincide with the unveiling of a bronze statue of the cricketing legend in the town, the beer is being developed...
Racing into 2010 with John Smith's
27-Oct-2009
Pub-goers are to be invited to take a share in a race horse as part of a major new promotion from John Smith's. Every drinker buying a pint of John...
27-Oct-2009 By Sonya Hook
North Yorkshire-based brewer Copper Dragon is to launch a new ale to honour the county's legendary cricketer Freddie Trueman. Freddie Trueman...
26-Oct-2009 By Roger Protz
It was stretching things to brew Newky Broon in Gateshead, but moving it to Tadcaster? I ask you, writes Roger Protz.
Beer Matters: Bucking the trends
26-Oct-2009
The draw of the beer at Hertfordshire pub the Woodman is so strong that drinkers propping up the bar while the Craig family has been in charge have...
Hamish Champ: A Tale of Two Brewers
26-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
Last week I probably put away more units of alcohol than I did in the whole of the previous month. I'm neither proud nor indeed ashamed of this fact,...
26-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Lancashire brewer Moorhouse's has recorded record sales for October — it sold 150,337 pints last week alone. The brewer said the success was down...
26-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
Fair Pint says it's "full steam ahead" for lobbying Europe over the beer tie despite the UK's OFT giving the tie a clean bill of health last week.
S&NPE: Changing tactics
25-Oct-2009
In a novel deal with an entrepreneur best known for branded coffee houses, Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) next month launches...
23-Oct-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A Shropshire micro-brewery has stepped up to save one of the UK's most historic pubs — where beer was served directly from casks.
23-Oct-2009 By Robyn Lewis
A luxury lager from Down Under is set to hit UK shores later this month — limited edition Crown Ambassador Reserve Lager will sell for £35 a bottle.
22-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Office of Fair Trading has proved it does not understand the pubco business model, says Fair Pint.
The Nightingale sings again in Guinness contest
22-Oct-2009
Arthur's Day, which took place on September 24, was a celebration of 250 years of Guinness. But it was also a celebration of the pubs that have...
Brains picks its chef of the year
22-Oct-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Welsh pub company S. A. Brain has named its chef of the year 2009 after a hotly fought contest between six of the best chefs from its managed estate....
CAMRA: OFT has failed consumers
22-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
CAMRA has slammed the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for "failing to protect consumers" by taking no further action over the consumer group's...
OFT will take no action over beer tie
22-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has found "no evidence" that the beer tie is having a detrimental effect on consumers and will to take no further...
21-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Beer flow monitoring company Brulines believes its products will become more important than ever before in a challenging trading environment.
20-Oct-2009 By Roger Protz
Environmental awareness runs through every level of Adnams, from its chairman's mode of transport to the brewery's energy sources, says Roger Protz.
Everards offers a year's beer for best memorabilia
20-Oct-2009 By James Wilmore
Everards is offering a year's worth of beer to the customer who comes up with the best piece of memorabilia to help celebrate the brewery's 160th...
BrewDog looking to raise £2.3m from share sale
20-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
BrewDog, the maverick brewery responsible for producing the UK's strongest beer, is to invite the public to invest in the company via the internet....
Everards offers free beer for a year
20-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Leicestershire brewer Everards is offering a year's supply of beer to one lucky person as part of its 160th anniversary celebrations. The brewer is...
Purity Brewing Co: Pure and simple
19-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
To look at the home page of Purity Brewery's website you'd think times were tough for the company. A wide-angled photograph shows a pretty grim-faced...
Play it a Hen, Sam
19-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A musical beer lover has combined his two passions to create a new version of Beethoven's Ode to Joy. Old Speckled Hen devotee Jonathan Vincent...
Marstons debuts cask beer festival
19-Oct-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Marston's is launching its first ever cask beer celebration with 23 different brews on offer at 425 of its pubs. The celebrations will kick off for...
16-Oct-2009 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
The Wye Valley Brewery has been named the overall winner at this year's SIBA Brewing Business Awards. The independent brewer's association singled...
'CVC buys AB InBev arm in $3.03bn deal'
15-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
The biggest European private equity deal of the year was revealed today, as CVC Capital Partners announced that it will pay as much as $3.03 billion...
AB InBev sells brewing interests for £1.4bn
15-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
In its second major deal in as many weeks AB InBev has agreed to sell its Central European brewing businesses to private equity giant CVC Partners...
Pete Brown: The deeper meaning of cask
14-Oct-2009
Cask beer, cask ale, real ale, hand-pulled ale… when we can't even agree what to call the stuff, the revitalisation of Britain's national drink is...
14-Oct-2009 By Karl Harrison
There is nothing to fear from a free-of-tie future, argues Fair Pint campaigner and Enterprise tenant Karl Harrison.
S&N to close Dunston brewery
13-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
Scottish & Newcastle has announced its intention to close its Dunston brewing operations in Gateshead, by mid 2010. The company proposes to...
Scottish & Newcastle to close Dunston brewery
13-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) has announced plans to close its Dunston brewery in Gateshead - which produces its Newcastle Brown Ale - by the...
12-Oct-2009 By Roger Protz
Next month, S&N becomes Heineken UK and a piece of British brewing history disappears, says Roger Protz.
Pete Brown: Festival time - normal rules don't apply…
12-Oct-2009
If you'll forgive the blatant plug, I've learned an interesting lesson this summer while touring the UK promoting my new book, Hops and Glory. I've...
Carlsberg commits to cask with new Christmas beer
12-Oct-2009
Carlsberg UK is claiming that its launch of a special edition Christmas cask beer signals its long-term commitment to the cask version of Tetley's....
Shadow chancellor told 'beer tie must stay'
12-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Lib Dem shadow chancellor Vince Cable has been told by Wells and Young's top brass that getting rid of the beer tie would be "a nail in the coffin"...
Greene King signs sponsorship deal with Cambridge United FC
12-Oct-2009 By James Wilmore
Greene King has been unveiled as the new shirt sponsors of Cambridge United Football Club, which will include the brewer's flagship IPA brand being...
Pub bitch: Mountaineers, Loonies, Boris, Football frustration and how to pour Stella
09-Oct-2009
On the table I can be a cynical old thing at times but I'm also a sucker for a good cause. Billing themselves as the Three Mountaineers, Lee Cash...
Brands poised to score at World Cup
09-Oct-2009
Brands are clamouring to associate themselves with the cash cow that is the 2010 South African World Cup. South African drinks and major global...
