Carlsberg hits back at Scottish & Newcastle over BBH agreement claims
31-Oct-2007 By Hamish Champ
The war of words between Carlsberg and Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) was stepped up yet again today, with the Danish brewer officially rebuffing...
Harveys revamps range
31-Oct-2007
Beam Global has unveiled brand new packaging for Harvey's sherry, a move Beam is calling the most radical change for the brand on over a decade.The...
The English Beer Revolution
29-Oct-2007 By Hamish Champ
On entering the director's boardroom of Charles Wells there is no escaping the beady eye of the man who founded the Bedford brewer in 1846, the...
Bud brewer reports £13.7m pre-tax loss
25-Oct-2007 By The PMA Team
Pre-tax losses at Budweiser brewer Anheuser Busch Europe, whose key market is the UK, have jumped to £13.7m for its most recent financial year to...
London regional focus: Back to the old school
25-Oct-2007
If you go onto the Meantime Brewery website and click on the biography link for brewmaster Alistair Hook, you are taken to a mugshot of Hollywood...
25-Oct-2007 By Rosie Davenport
Greene King is investing in a major ale launch it believes will take the category into new territory by combining the best attributes of leading...
Tynemill to be renamed Castle Rock
25-Oct-2007
The Nottingham-based pub operator, Tynemill, which operates over 20 pubs in the East Midlands and Yorkshire, is to take on the name of the company's...
NEWS OF THE BREWS
25-Oct-2007
Castle Rock Castle Rock Brewery has been given a makeover, with redesigned pump-clips for all of its beers. This includes Harvest Pale and new...
Carlsberg brings in delivery charges
25-Oct-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Brewer Carlsberg has rocked the freetrade by introducing a delivery supplement charge. The brewer will introduce a charge of £5 to all scheduled...
Whisky focus: Caledonian conquerors
23-Oct-2007
Perhaps the strangest piece of the rather complex scotch whisky puzzle is the huge strength of the export market for scotch whisky distillers in...
Hamish Champ: Drinking lots of beer in Paris has consequences
22-Oct-2007 By Hamish Champ
Sometimes one comes across cultural differences between the peoples of two nations that are so stark, so… gulf-like in their make-up, that one...
S&N, pubco's and food
19-Oct-2007 By Hamish Champ
Things can move fast in the pub and brewing game. By the time you read this Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) could have sent Carlsberg and Heineken...
Chang Beer launched to UK pubs
19-Oct-2007
WITH THAI food now a staple of many pub menus, the brewer behind Thailand's best-selling beer is launching a concerted assault on the UK market.Chang...
Q&A: Glen Cooper
18-Oct-2007
Australian beers are largely seen in the UK as quite neutral thirst quenchers. How do the Coopers brands differ?It's chalk and cheese. The blandness...
S&N blasts "unwelcome move
18-Oct-2007 By Hamish Champ
Consolidation fever has swept through the UK's brewing sector after European giants Carlsberg and Heineken confirmed they were launching a bid for...
18-Oct-2007 By Ewan Turney
Carlsberg has rocked the free trade by introducing a delivery supplement charge. The brewer will introduce a charge of £5 to all scheduled...
What every good microbrewer should know
18-Oct-2007
The assembled group comprised a smattering of the great and the good of the cask-beer world. The location was the Edgar Wallace pub in the centre of...
Ale's golden age has dawned
18-Oct-2007
There was a buzz of optimism at Lord's cricket ground last Saturday. No cricket was being played, of course: too cold and damp for that. The...
Everards plans buy-to-lease pub estate
18-Oct-2007 By Ted Bruning
Leicester family brewer Everards is looking to break out of its East Midlands heartland by buying pubs and leasing them to local microbrewers. The...
Roy Beers: Dining disaster
17-Oct-2007
It's always nice to agree with a man you've never even met, but who puts your own point over quite succinctly and with the benefit of actual...
Beer at its best
17-Oct-2007
So what does one make of Edward Theakston? When you first meet him he is everything you would expect of a member of the Theakston brewing clan - and...
Carlsberg and Heineken to bid for Scottish & Newcastle
17-Oct-2007 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Scottish & Newcastle S&N rocketed today as European brewing giants Carlsberg and Heineken confirmed they were in talks regarding...
16-Oct-2007
A Scottish brewery established just two years ago has won the overall championship in the SIBA awards
15-Oct-2007 By Andrew Pring
MA editor Andrew Pring questions if the pubcos are willing to make changes to help struggling licensees
Elector Bavarian Gold launched into UK
12-Oct-2007
A new German beer is being launched into the UK specifically targeting the mid-strength session lager market.Elector Bavarian Gold, which is a 3.2...
12-Oct-2007 By Ewan Turney
A dangerous new price war has broken out among the supermarkets - with some slashing the price of booze in half. The trade had feared that the...
All aboard for a taste of beer
11-Oct-2007
The proof of the old saying that England is a nation peopled by eccentrics is on display in the Staffordshire town of Stone. It stages an annual food...
Local ales boost sales!
11-Oct-2007
The Edgar Wallace 40 Essex Street, London WC2R 3JF Licensee: Shane Feeney The famous thriller writer Edgar Wallace is remembered with this high...
Roy Beers: Late night disorder - why not arrest a few more drunks?
09-Oct-2007
In Scotland at weekends you'll see people who are "blootered", "skelped", "mawkit" or "birling" - it is the country of Robert Burns, after all, and...
Globe Pub Co says beer sales down 14 per cent
05-Oct-2007 By Hamish Champ
Globe Pub Company, the pub group owned by property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz, has reported year-on-year beer volumes down 14 per cent in the three...
Ale is the new Christmas pud
04-Oct-2007
Adrian Tierney-Jones samples a range of seasonal beers to tempt trade Christmas comes but once a year, but it's a bumper time for customers as far as...
Growing real ale sales: the report you MUST read
04-Oct-2007
New research says it's a landmark moment for real ale. The MA teamed up with leading industry figures to discuss its potential for pubs. Noli...
NEWS OF THE BREWS
04-Oct-2007
Pumpkin Ale & Poacher's Choice Dorset brewer Hall & Woodhouse has launched two new bottled beers in the Badger range - Pumpkin Ale and...
Don't duck out on cask ale
04-Oct-2007
Psychologists maintain that a positive mental attitude can help transcend many of life's troubles. And the leading lights of the brewing world,...
Roy Beers: Scotland's glass looks to be half empty
03-Oct-2007
The country's finest licensing legal minds were there to discuss the way the run-up to the country's new Licensing (Scotland) Act is shaping.The news...
Pies & pints
01-Oct-2007
Susan Nowak looks at beer matches for a classic pub favourite, the pie What could be simpler or more satisfying than a pie and a pint? And as autumn...
John Dunsmore appointed S&N chief executive
27-Sep-2007 By Hamish Champ
John Dunsmore, Scottish & Newcastle's (S&N) Western Europe boss, is to replace Tony Froggatt as chief executive of the group.The UK's largest...
Stuffing the supermarkets
27-Sep-2007
More than 10 brewers and a pubco have offered their support to licensee Tony Brookes and his bid to "Stuff the Supermarkets" at their own game in the...
Scottish beer slips south
27-Sep-2007
For readers of this paper, Scotland - like Czechoslovakia in the 1930s - is a small, faraway country of which we know little, at least where beer is...
Lager touts need to up the ante
27-Sep-2007
If necessity is the mother of invention, beleaguered brewers need to employ all the surrogates they can get - and quick. Two exceptional years on the...
26-Sep-2007 By Tony Halstead
Cask-ale volumes are predicted to return to growth within the next few years as regional and independent brewers continue to gain market share from...
Cask ale sales set to rise
26-Sep-2007
National sales of cask ale are set to grow for the first time in over ten years, according to a new industry report."The Intelligent Choice", written...
Carling targets Toon Army
21-Sep-2007
This weekend sees the launch of a marketing campaign for Carling in conjunction with Newcastle United Football Club
Stocking Up for Christmas: Best of the brews
21-Sep-2007
Marston'sMarston's Ugly Sisters is brewed using golden promise malt and fuggles and goldings hops , while Jennings' Redbreast "drinks with a full...
Stella ends Channel 4 sponsorship
21-Sep-2007 By Rosie Davenport
InBev UK is pulling the plug on Stella Artois' eight-year sponsorship of films on Channel 4. The association with the broadcaster will come to an end...
Living Stella online
20-Sep-2007
InBev has launched a new global website for its flagship brand Stella Artois, as the brand owner looks to find new ways to communicate with its...
An epic lager saga ... probably!
20-Sep-2007
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers longboat set off for Viking revenge raids on Denmark last week with Snifter aboard. The motley crew,...
NEWS OF THE BREWS
20-Sep-2007
St Michael's Ale Wye Valley Brewery has produced a popular seasonal ale for the second year running and plans to donate 5p from every pint to St...
Adverts for two popular beers are to be banned
19-Sep-2007
Advertisements for two popular beers are to be banned after one was found to be misleading and the other was judged likely to appeal to children. The...
18-Sep-2007
Corona Extra at crucial stage in its annual DJ competition
