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Made for the table

24-Mar-2022 By Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company

Nestled at the foot of the Italian Campo Dei Fiori mountains, the Birrificio Angelo Poretti brewery has been producing crisp, fresh beers for more than a century. Thanks to the innovative and meticulous art of blending hops, the beer has clarity, flavour...

'Super Saturday' sees 11.4m pints sold

22-Mar-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Almost 11.5m pints of draught beer and cider were sold in pubs across the UK on Saturday 19 March as the nation cheered ‘Super Saturday’s’ culmination of the Guinness Six Nations championship, according to data from real time market intelligence business...

BrewDog's James Watt: 'a criminal prosecution for fraud is under way'

17-Mar-2022 By Restaurant

BrewDog co-founder and CEO James Watt says a criminal prosecution is under way for fraud and malicious communication over an alleged campaign of online harassment directed against him.

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Making the most of 2022 with Guinness

17-Mar-2022 By Diageo

The number one stout in GB[1], Guinness is synonymous with quality. A strong reputation among consumers, Guinness is a trusted and reliable brand, and one that many customers will expect to see on the bar.

Cask sales ‘under serious threat’

17-Mar-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Traditional cask beer is “under serious threat” due to consumer drinking habits changing to ordering online and drinking more at home, according to a new report.

Cost of a pint sees biggest increase for 10 years

15-Mar-2022 By Rebecca Weller

The average cost of a pint in the UK has increased by 23p in the past two years, the third biggest increase since records began in 1987, data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has revealed.

Heineken launches new light lager backed by £20m marketing spend

07-Mar-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Brewer Heineken UK has unveiled its latest new product – Heineken Silver, aimed at a younger drinker demographic.

CAMRA relaunches ‘Real Ale in a Bottle’ scheme

07-Mar-2022 By Rebecca Weller

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has relaunched its ‘Real Ale in a Bottle’ accreditation scheme, with a new name and new look.

Albert’s Schloss announces Liverpool opening

07-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Albert’s Schloss – the bar, restaurant and live entertainment brand operated by Mission Mars – is set to open a site in Liverpool as part of a £3m investment.

People's Captain announces new partnership with Punch

04-Mar-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Craft beer maker People’s Captain has announced a nationwide partnership with pub operator Punch Pubs & Co.

Diageo and Unilever hit back at removal from Prompt Payment Code

03-Mar-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Diageo Scotland, Diageo Global Supply IBC, Diageo Northern Ireland, Diageo Great Britain and Unilever UK have been formally removed from the Government’s Prompt Payment Code (PPC) after “failing to honour their commitments”.

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Celeb chef teams up with craft brewery, ciders from Brothers and Cider is Wine

03-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

This week’s huge round-up of new products includes Sikh chef Tony Singh launching a range of beer roars with Fierce Brewing plus a number of beers, ciders, spirits and mixers.

London Fields Brewery brought to market

28-Feb-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

A property consultancy has been instructed to launch Hackney-based site London Fields Brewery to the market.

Black Sheep Brewery campaign to entice younger people into cask ale

25-Feb-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Black Sheep Brewery has launched a campaign to encourage younger drinkers to enjoy cask ale as the category goes through a difficult period.

Cost of a pint could be more than £10 by the end of the decade

22-Feb-2022 By Rebecca Weller

An average a pint could cost more than £10 by the end of the decade, new research from marketing analysists Admirals has revealed.

Property round-up

Beartown breaks ground on brewery, first Bounce site in seven years

22-Feb-2022 By Gary Lloyd

The latest property news includes Beartown Brewery’s investment plans, a new Bounce site from State of Play, a pub purchase by Greene King, BrewDog to open in Cheltenham, Star Pubs & Bars to double managed estate in Scotland, Inn Collection Group's...

Beer cost rise to have 'significant negative effect' on 'battered sector'

18-Feb-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Rising beer costs will have a “significant negative effect on pubs” as Heineken UK has “created the precedent” for increases while the sector faces “record levels of debt”, according to a number of voices across the sector.

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Trio of beers from Wild Card, Allsopp’s launches two classics

17-Feb-2022 By Gary Lloyd

In the latest new product launches we have a trio of beers from Wild Card Brewery, two new beers from an almost forgotten historic brewer in Allsopp’s, Scottish brewer Cold Town Beer backs it national rugby team with a limited-edition ale, Indian spirit...

Heineken UK announces price increase

17-Feb-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Heineken UK has announced an increase in its prices as the company expects to be “significantly impacted by inflation and supply chain pressures” this year, according to the companies 2021 full year results report.

BrewDog to launch new site in Cheltenham

17-Feb-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Scottish craft brewer and operator BrewDog has announced plans to open a new bar in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

BrewDog’s Watt lodging official complaint about BBC documentary

14-Feb-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Scottish brewer and operator BrewDog co-founder James Watt is set to launch an official complaint with the BBC and regulator Ofcom for “dozens of inaccuracies and false claims” aired in a documentary about the business.

'Price rises are only going to widen the gap between the on and off-trade'

14-Feb-2022 By Ed Bedington

The MA's Ed Bedington catches up with Lincoln Green Brewing's founder Anthony Hughes to talk beer, recycling, unsustainable price rises and what challenges the next few months hold for brewers and pub operators across the UK.

Beer sales plummeted by 1.4bn pints in 2021

11-Feb-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Pubs lost £5.7bn of revenue from beer sales in 2021, equivalent to 1.4bn pints, new data from the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has revealed.

Theakston brings back a favourite, North Brewing’s new two

10-Feb-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Theakston is bringing its XB beer back to its core range after a two-year absence, North Brewing Co has released two new brews and Macnair’s unveils a 10-year-old blended whisky.

Beavertown to reopen taproom after revamp

10-Feb-2022 By Gary Lloyd

North London-based brewer and pub operator Beavertown Brewery is set to reopen its Tottenham Taproom on Saturday (12 February) after a huge renovation that includes an upstairs area that overlooks the workspace.

CAMRA announce special edition beer box for International Women’s Day

07-Feb-2022 By Rebecca Weller

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has announced a new special edition beer box and accompanying brewer-led virtual tasting event set to feature five of the nation’s top female brewers to celebrate International Women’s Day (Tuesday 8 March 2022).

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Beer releases for Six Nations kick off latest product launches

03-Feb-2022 By Gary Lloyd

The Six Nations rugby union tournament starts this weekend and there are beer launches to coincide with it among the new product releases.

SIBA Business Awards 2022 entry deadline extended

01-Feb-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

The entry deadline for the SIBA Business Awards 2022 has been extended to Sunday 13 February to ensure a wide variety of businesses from across the beer, brewing, hospitality and retail sectors are able to enter.

Small brewers barred from Gov’s plan to help pubs

31-Jan-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

The Chancellor’s plan to help pubs through a new way of taxing alcohol will exclude small brewers and cider producers, new research from the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has revealed.

Diageo to pump £73m into new Guinness microbrewery

31-Jan-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Drinks firm Diageo has announced plans to invest more than £70m into a new microbrewery and culture hub in Covent Garden, central London.

Pressure mounts on BrewDog CEO over claims of inappropriate behaviour

26-Jan-2022 By Finn Scott-Delany, MCA

BrewDog CEO James Watt is facing mounting pressure after being accused of inappropriate behaviour towards women and abuse of power in the workplace.

Only 5.1% of customers understand the difference between 'no' and 'low' alcohol

17-Jan-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Licensees have been urged to ensure customers understand the difference between ‘low’ alcohol and ‘no’ alcohol beverages with regards to ABV this January.

Budweiser Budvar targets volume sales increase after 38% rise in 2021

13-Jan-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Budweiser Budvar UK plans to beat its 38% increase in volume sales in the UK for 2021 after a brand refresh in 2020.

BrewDog launches charity beer SAD AF

13-Jan-2022 By Rebecca Weller

BrewDog has partnered with #IAMWHOLE to launch an alcohol-free charity beer, SAD AF, as part of a mental health campaign to encourage men to talk to friends and family about depression and has pledged to donate 100% of the profits into mental health research....

Unlimited pint refills at BrewDog, new vegan range and deal extension

12-Jan-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Scottish brewer and bar operator BrewDog has brought back its ‘All You Can Drink Jan’ offer, introduced a new vegan food range and extended its two-for-one vegan Mondays offer to cover every day of January.

M&B increases non-alcoholic beer range with Big Drop

12-Jan-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) pubs will be serving a greater range of alcohol-free beer in January after a trial with craft brewer Big Drop has been agreed.

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Meet the operators: Heineken showcases the industry's smart sustainability stars

07-Jan-2022 By Heineken

Following COP26 there is renewed focus on sustainability and our impact on the planet. This requires us as an industry to continue to innovate and adopt new initiatives that can improve our businesses and impact on the planet.

Sharp's looks to tackle quality challenges on cask

07-Jan-2022 By Ed Bedington

It has been 10 years since the deal that saw Molson Coors snap up cask disruptor Sharp’s, and the combined business continues to go from strength to strength with the launch of new initiatives to drive the brand and the category forward.

BBPA estimates 7.8m non-alcoholic beers will be sold in January but not in pubs

05-Jan-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Customers have been urged to support their local this month by enjoying a pint of low or non-alcohol beer at the pub as 7.8m pints of low and no alcohol beer will be sold this January, but not in pubs, according to the British Beer and Pub Association...

15m fewer pints sold in last fortnight of 2021 versus 2019

04-Jan-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Hospitality venues lost an average of £4,300 in draught beer and cider sales in the 14 days to 30 December 2021, new analysis has found.

The last new product launches of 2021

24-Dec-2021 By Gary Lloyd

The final new products round-up of the year includes a new brewery named after Roger Daltrey’s fishing lakes releases six beers, rums from the amazing terroir of Grenada brought to the UK, whisky start-up Woven launches limited-edition collaboration spirit...

1 in 10 small brewers wouldn't survive two-week lockdown, SIBA warns

23-Dec-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

A tenth of small brewers would not be able to survive a rumoured two-week circuit breaker, the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has said.

Pubs encouraged to offer free pints to tackle vaccine crisis

22-Dec-2021 By Rebecca Weller

House of Greenland has launched a campaign in a bid to tackle low vaccination rates in the under-30s and encourage customers to visit the pub, as well as their nearest vaccination centre, before Christmas.

Anspach & Hobday smashes crowdfunding target

15-Dec-2021 By Gary Lloyd

South London-based brewer and operator Anspach & Hobday has almost doubled its crowdfunding target as it looks to expand its production facilities in a bid to take on Guinness with its London Black stout.

CMBC closes London Fields Brewery with view to sell

08-Dec-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company (CMBC) has closed London Fields Brewery (LFB), shutting the taproom and stopping brewing immediately, and is looking to sell the site and brand.

Stella Artois knocks £1 off pints for politeness over Christmas

08-Dec-2021 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Stella Artois has joined forces with Michelin-starred chef Marco Pierre White in the ‘Stella Please’ campaign after new research revealed increasing rudeness to hospitality staff.

BrewDog opens new site in one of the UK's biggest towns

03-Dec-2021 By Rebecca Weller

BrewDog opened its latest site in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, on 3 December and the first 100 customers through door were offered the chance to win several prizes.

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Hofmeister crowdfunding, Bone Daddies and Deya collab beer

03-Dec-2021 By Gary Lloyd

Among the new products on offer this week are a collaboration brew from Bone Daddies and Deya, Beavertown's new hard seltzer range and a liqueur range from Witch Kings Rum. There is also news on a crowdfunding campaign from Hofmeister.

Brewers welcome Small Brewer Relief changes

01-Dec-2021 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Brewers and trade bodies have today welcomed the Government’s proposals to improve the current structure of Small Brewer Relief (SBR) to align more closely with economies of scale and remove barriers to growth.