Pub group to stage mass 'beercott'
09-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A group of disgruntled licensees are aiming to "finish off" the pub companies by staging a mass rent boycott. Members of the Pub Revolution group...
09-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Abolishing the beer tie would be another nail in the coffin of the British beer industry — that's the stark warning from Charles Wells to shadow...
09-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
A group of tied tenants is threatening to stop paying rent and buying beer from their pubcos in a bid to kill their cashflow. The Pub Revolution...
09-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Greene King has signed a three-year shirt sponsorship deal with Conference League side Cambridge United. The club, just 25 miles down the road from...
08-Oct-2009 By Sonya Hook
The BitterSweet Partnership is currently working with a designer to create some bespoke beer glasses that will appeal to a female audience.
08-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
A total of £10m will be invested by the Cobra Beer Partnership, the joint venture between Molson Coors and Cobra founder Karan Bilimoria, over the...
Comment: Onwards and upwards with cask's good news
08-Oct-2009
Propaganda [prop-uh-gan-duh ]1) Information, ideas or rumours deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution,...
Theakstons ads claim cask beer is 'sign of a better pub'
08-Oct-2009
Theakstons is running a series of adverts in the national press based around a play on traditional pub signs. The 'sign of a better pub' campaign is...
Licensee's fury over beer delivery dispute
08-Oct-2009 By James Wilmore
An angry licensee is being forced to carry his own beer kegs to his cellar because of an on-going safety dispute between his landlord and Carlsberg....
Magners cider sales still sliding
08-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
The UK's love affair with Magners cider continued to cool in 2009, with sales of the brand slipping two per cent in the six months to August 31,...
£10m campaign to boost Cobra's food credentials
08-Oct-2009
The Cobra beer brand is getting a makeover in a drive to take it from its Indian Restautant roots and promote it as an accompaniment to a wide range...
Punch tenants given access to guest ale scheme
07-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Punch Taverns is running a trial allowing a greater number of its pubs to buy locally produced beer direct from the Society of Independent Brewers...
Stella Artois names the best pourer of its beer in the UK
07-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
Will Maltby, a member of the bar team at the Princess Victoria pub in West London, has been crowned Stella Artois UK Draught Master 2009. Maltby won...
Greene King launches Head Brewer's Club
07-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Cask masters have been rewarded by brewer Greene King with the launch of its Head Brewer's Club. The Suffolk brewer has hand-picked 300 of its best...
Carlsberg links-up with Mirror for free pint promotion
07-Oct-2009 By James Wilmore
Carlsberg is aiming to help pubs get customers through the door this Saturday with a free pint promotion with the Daily Mirror. Despite pubs not...
07-Oct-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Around 300 Greene King licensees are to be rewarded for their work with cask beer, with the launch of a new initiative called the Head Brewer's Club....
07-Oct-2009 By Sonya Hook
Brains is brewing a unique beer to mark 15 former Wales rugby captains' trek to climb Kilimanjaro. The Welsh brewer is the headline sponsor of the...
06-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Office of Fair Trading is to look at ABInbev's sale of Tennent's lager to Magners producer C&C Group.
05-Oct-2009 By Roger Protz
With the Tories odds on to win the next election, hosts face threats to their freedom, says Roger Protz.
Music to their Beers
05-Oct-2009 By Caroline Nodder
"I've got two words for you," exclaims the burly Scottish roadie type who has just burst through the big wooden double doors into the dimly lit stone...
Cask beer: the pub trade's saviour
05-Oct-2009
Cask beer is in such growth that it offers a lifeline during the pub trade's present struggles, according to a major new report. With cask sales...
05-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
Up to 50 real ales from across the world will be on sale at Wetherspoon pubs during the company's 19-day beer festival. Customers will be able to...
National Trust launches ale
05-Oct-2009 By Sonya Hook
The National Trust is bringing out its first branded beer as part of a new affordable British food and drink range. The 5% abv beer, Viceroy India...
05-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Cask ale has gone from zero to hero in the space of five years with volumes up once again in a declining beer market. The Cask Ale Report...
02-Oct-2009 By Sonya Hook
Cobra, Grolsch and Stella Artois have all been recognised as three of this year's CoolBrands. The annual list, which is compiled by the Superbrands...
Trade up trial
01-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Training staff to recommend specific drinks could mean they sell more profitable products in at least a quarter of all transactions. These are the...
British lager campaign body launches
01-Oct-2009
A campaign to promote British-produced lagers will be formally launched with a beer festival in London between October 12 and 18. Craft lager brewer...
30-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Lancashire brewer Daniel Thwaites has unveiled its new £700,000 bottling line that will double output to 24,000 barrels a year. The bottling line...
Roy Beers: Scottish minimum pricing carries a sting in the tail for pubs
29-Sep-2009
The latest press release from the Scottish Government trumpeting the hoped-for benefits of minimum pricing comes up with the curiously exact figure...
Fair Pint founder loses High Court arbitration case
29-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
Licensee Mike Bell, one of the founder's of the Fair Pint campaign, has lost his chance to appeal against a decision made in arbitration over a rent...
28-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Pubs will soon be allowed to serve beer in two-thirds of a pint measures, under new Government plans. The option of introducing a two-thirds — or...
28-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Scottish & Newcastle UK (S&NUK) will change its name to Heineken UK from 23 November.
28-Sep-2009 By Roger Protz
CAMRA is backing the fight to save the Tetley's brewery and Roger Protz states the case to save the brewery.
Beer and food matching: Match pint
28-Sep-2009
Some reputations take some living up to, and even the most ardent beer pundit might think twice about being dubbed 'the Beer Messiah'. Not so Rupert...
Enterprise says no to beers without tasting notes
28-Sep-2009
More beers are likely to come with tasting notes because of a move by Enterprise Inns to only accept guest beers accredited by the Cyclops tasting...
It's 'bye bye' Scottish & Newcastle, 'hallo' Heineken UK
28-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
The Scottish & Newcastle UK (S&N) name is effectively set to disappear in two months time following the brewer's take-over by Dutch group...
BrewDog hits back at critics with 'Nanny State' brew
28-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
The brewers of the UK's strongest beer have hit back at attempts to get it banned by producing a 1.1 per cent ABV ale. BrewDog courted controversy...
28-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Controversial Scottish brewer BrewDog has launched a 1.1% abv Nanny State ale in a stinging riposte to complaints over its 18.2% Tokyo stout....
28-Sep-2009 By Sonya Hook
More brewers have pledged their support to British forces flying home after completing their tour of duty in Afganistan. Everards has donated cases...
25-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Isaac Sheps took over the reins of Carlsberg UK last October. The PMA Team spoke to him.
New company forms to run Cyclops
25-Sep-2009
The biggest brewing trade bodies have formed a company that will attempt to persuade more breweries to register their beers on the Cyclops tasting...
Beer Matters: World beers defying the slump
24-Sep-2009
Pubs need to think carefully about which world beers they are stocking in order to get the most from this growing drinks category, according to...
Chris Maclean: Last week saw the publication of the 2010 Good Beer Guide
24-Sep-2009 By Chris Maclean
This week sees the publication of the 2010 Good Beer Guide. I am delighted to say we are, once again in it. As explained in previous blogs I take a...
Brewers provide 'Beer for Our Boys'
24-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Brewers across the country are helping to quench the thirst of troops returning from service in Afghanistan by providing them with beer. Marston's,...
24-Sep-2009 By Sonya Hook
Beer experts are already urging pubs to think about their festive beer line-ups, including brands especially aimed at women. The BitterSweet...
23-Sep-2009 By Stephen Oliver
Cask ale is one of Britain's glorious legacies to the world, says Marston's managing director Stephen Oliver.
Cask Ale Week 2010 launches
23-Sep-2009
More effective point of sale (PoS) material and greater coverage in local media will make Cask Ale Week 2010 an improvement on last year's inaugural...
23-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Changes are planned for next year's week-long national celebration of cask ale. More regional PR, better and cheaper point-of-sale kits, and fewer...
Highgate Brewery goes into administration
22-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Midlands-based Highgate Brewery went into administration last week with debts to the taxman in excess of £1m. The Publican has learned the brewer...
Chris Maclean: Bishops Finger announced "Best Beer in the World" in Hong Kong
21-Sep-2009 By Chris Maclean
The news for my brewery is good. Bishops Finger, one of their traditional brands has been entered into a competition in Hong Kong and pronounced...
