14-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Campaign for Real Ale will approach the Office of Fair Trading about making a "super-complaint" about the operation of the beer tie to ensure a thorough investigation and swift resolution to the issue.
Hamish Champ: Cask Ale Week? Wot Cask Ale Week?
14-Apr-2009 By Hamish Champ
Did you realise that last week was National Cask Ale Week? Yes, it was, really.Now I know this because I work for a trade publication that ran a...
CAMRA to talk to OFT about beer tie
14-Apr-2009 By James Wilmore
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) says it will consider making a fast-track "super complaint" to the Office of Fair Trading about the beer tie, after...
14-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Fair Pint campaign has welcomed the intervention of John Grogan in urging Camra to approach the Office of Fair Trading about an investigation...
09-Apr-2009 By Roger Protz
Australian brewery Cooper's blends traditional values with chutzpah to produce highly distinctive beer, says Roger Protz.
09-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
AB InBev has confirmed its management team following its merger in November 2008. The new team for the UK and Ireland is: Andreas Hilger —...
08-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
Cains Export has become the first lager to be awarded the Assured Food Standards Red Tractor logo. Cains Export is made only from UK ingredients that...
08-Apr-2009 By John Harrington
Old Speckled Hen could be the next Greene King beer to get the dual-pour font that offers a northern or southern-style pour. That's according to...
07-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
Britons know very little about our national drink, cask beer, new research has shown — half do not know that it is only available in pubs.
Boris calls on Londoners to back their local
07-Apr-2009
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has called on Londoners to celebrate cask ale and support their local pubs.Speaking at the King's Arms in Tooley...
Brits show lack of cask ale knowledge
07-Apr-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Cask Ale Week is underway but research by Greene King shows that Brits are surprisingly ignorant about the country's national brew. A survey of 1,000...
07-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
The beer tie can survive as long as licensees are given a bigger share of the discounts — that's the view of FLVA chief executive Tony Payne.
07-Apr-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Californian winery E&J Gallo is to launch a new male-oriented wine brand into the UK market. The Redwood Creek brand is to be rolled out across...
07-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
Meantime Brewery has officially signed the deal with Greenwich Foundation for a new brewery and bistro operation in Greenwich. The Old Brewery will...
06-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
Over 200 MPs have now called for the Government to scrap its planned duty hike on beer at the Budget — including 97 Labour backbenchers.
Fair Pint to invest in Enterprise Inns and Punch Taverns
06-Apr-2009 By Hamish Champ
Fair Pint campaigners are set to buy what they describe as 'activist stakes' in the country's leading listed pub companies.Members of the group,...
Adnams' bosses accept pay freeze in 2009
06-Apr-2009 By Hamish Champ
With trading conditions unlikely to see an imminent improvement in 2009 directors at Adnams, the Suffolk brewer and pub operator, have agreed to see...
06-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
Suffolk brewer and pub operator Adnams experienced a 63% drop in operating profits as the economic decline hit — and warned things may get worse in...
06-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
A 100-foot image of Wychwood's Hobgoblin character was beamed on to Big Ben last night urging consumers to back British beer. The Hobgoblin adopted...
03-Apr-2009 By Roger Protz
It's not all about super cold — there's a great variety of beers Down Under
'NUS wants end to cheap student beer'
03-Apr-2009 By James Wilmore
The National Union of Students (NUS) has decided to campaign for alcohol prices to be raised because of concerns about binge drinking. At its annual...
Get ready to toast Cask Ale Week
02-Apr-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubs across the country will be encouraging customers to raise a glass next weekend in an attempt to break a world record. Around half a million...
Greene King and the art of promotion
02-Apr-2009
IT'S BEEN a busy few months for Greene King and one in which the timing of Wetherspoons' brutally-budget 99p-per-pint price promotion on its IPA...
Drinks giants launch new training scheme
02-Apr-2009
The giants of the drinks trade have partnered to launch a major new barstaff training scheme.Coordinated by Cask Marque, companies including Diageo,...
'Traders try to scupper Tesco alcohol plans'
02-Apr-2009
Traders and shoppers have launched a last-ditch attempt to scupper Tesco's plans to move in to Wanstead - by urging the council not to grant the...
31-Mar-2009 By John Harrington
1,131 tied pubs owned by seven pubcos have closed since December 2005 and action is needed, says GMB - but BBPA argues the tie has "nothing to do with closures
'Pub selling "cheapest beer" faces probe'
31-Mar-2009
A pub in West Bromwich which claimed to sell the cheapest beer in the country faces having its opening hours slashed after complaints about...
New company name and product range for Coors
31-Mar-2009
Coors freetrade customers will soon be able to order from a new range of premium products. But they will be doing so from the Molson Coors Brewing...
Germans opt to share beer treasure
30-Mar-2009
YOU KNOW economic times are bad when a foreign brewer looks to the English market to bolster dwindling consumption at home.That's exactly what...
27-Mar-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Hundreds of thousands of people all over the country will be raising their glasses at 7pm on Saturday 11 April in a bid to break the record for the...
Brewers open taps for Cask Ale Week
26-Mar-2009
Brewers are fermenting plans to get people into the pub and sampling their products during this April's Cask Ale Week.Get involved with initiatives...
Comment: Brewers unite to promote beer!
26-Mar-2009
Popping into a pub last weekend with some lager-drinking friends, they were agog when I asked for a try-before-you-buy sample of cask beer and was...
26-Mar-2009 By Roger Protz
Wells & Young's is spending £4.5m to promote its cask portfolio this year, says Roger Protz.
26-Mar-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Greene King is to offer drinkers the choice of two styles of its flagship IPA beer as it begins a trial of a dual-pour "Revolution" font. The...
BrewDog Vs The Portman Group
24-Mar-2009
James Watt talks about David Poley, chief of alcohol watchdog the Portman Group, as most people would refer to a cherished but eccentric old...
Could cask ale be the lifeline?
24-Mar-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Cask ale might just be the lifeline that could save your pub's sales, according to latest statistics. Research by Nielsen indicates that while beer...
24-Mar-2009 By Tony Halstead
Regional brewers have formed a new marketing body dedicated to raising the profile of cask beer. The Why Handpull? Marketing Group hopes to launch a...
Adam Withrington: Can the BBPA properly represent both beer and pubs?
23-Mar-2009
Since the debacle that was November's pre-Budget report there has been speculation that the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) would be...
Cask brewers form new body to promote category
23-Mar-2009
A new alliance of regional brewers has been formed with the long-term aim of funding a generic marketing campaign for cask beer.It is hoped that...
Heineken signs up to United Nations' water saving plan
23-Mar-2009 By Hamish Champ
Brewing giant Heineken announced today it had endorsed a major water conservancy initiative created by the United Nations (UN).The UN's CEO Water...
23-Mar-2009 By Ewan Turney
St Austell is to kick-off its Cask Ale week celebrations with a tasting session aimed at women. Head brewer Roger Ryman will host the event at the...
20-Mar-2009 By Roger Protz
For some, children in pubs are a minor irritation but the history of the Butt & Oyster features some interesting characters — fictional and real, says Roger Protz.
20-Mar-2009 By Tony Halstead
A group of South Yorkshire licensees plan to launch a national campaign to force Enterprise Inns to review the price of tied beer and other trading...
Beer advertising neglects women, says panel
19-Mar-2009
The beer industry has failed to target women effectively according to a hand-picked panel of experts from various fields. The new female-led Coors...
Janet Street-Porter backs minimum pricing
19-Mar-2009
Outspoken social commentator Janet Street-Porter has backed chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson's calls for minimum pricing of alcohol.Speaking...
19-Mar-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Coors Brewers has established a new business arm in a bid to win over women to beer. The BitterSweet Partnership has been set up following research...
BII backs minimum pricing
19-Mar-2009 By John Harrington
The BII has given its backing to plans for a minimum pricing of alcohol. The issue remains on the radar after Gordon Brown said he wasn't keen on the...
Raise a glass to Cask Ale Week
18-Mar-2009
It is one of the most overused mantras in the cask ale industry: "We need to throw off company rivalries and work together, to get behind the...
Comment: SIBA HAS excluded the big boys
17-Mar-2009
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) claims new terms governing membership of the organisation that designates bigger brewers as 'associate...
2008 saw new dawn for beer
17-Mar-2009
Rock 'n' roll in 1956/57, the summer of love in 1967/68, punk and new wave in 1976/77, acid house and the dawn of rave culture in 1987/88… These...
