Guinness launches Perfect Pour campaign
14-May-2007
Diageo has launched a new advertising campaign for Guinness this summer aimed at encouraging "The Perfect Pour".The campaign will include a new...
Don't sell on price
11-May-2007
Late last month I was talking to Michael Turner, chief executive of Fuller's. We were discussing the supermarket pricing issue and something he said...
Troublemakers named and shamed on beermats
10-May-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Cleveland pubs are being issued with beermats displaying the faces of troublemakers under a new scheme to target disorder.Stockton Council has...
10-May-2007 By Roger Protz
My copy of the MA arrived last week at the same time as I took delivery of two bottles of beer from the Westerham Brewery in Kent and the latest...
Challenge-25 example set by Asda
10-May-2007
Asda is trialling a Challenge-25 scheme at 10 stores in Scotland and has called on its off-trade rivals to follow suit. The supermarket giant already...
Binge drink anger over bargain beer
10-May-2007
A trade leader has slammed a beer "giveaway" deal by Sainsbury's which sees a bottle of 330ml Budweiser on sale for just 37 pence. The supermarket...
Thwaites installs flow monitoring
10-May-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Brewer and retailer Daniel Thwaites has become the first regional operator to install beer flow monitoring equipment that allows the quality of beer...
Could the beer industry do more to help?
09-May-2007
The Dump the Deals campaign has been running for four months now and in that time a lot of attention has been drawn to the issue of supermarket...
Drinking in a session style
09-May-2007
The darling suds of May are of the mild variety. Yes, if you hadn't heard, this month has been dedicated by the tireless sabre-rattlers at the...
Brulines: more than a spy for the beer-tie
05-May-2007 By Hamish Champ
Brulines. Mention the name of the country's leading installer of beer dispense monitoring technology and many of the nation's licensees come out in...
Winning ales
05-May-2007
Adrian Tierney-Jones profiles the nine beers that satisfied the punters and scooped the top Cask Marque awards across 10 regionsSouth West St...
Marston's away victory
04-May-2007
The winners of Marston's Fantasy Ashes competition, run in association with The Publican, have been treated to the ultimate cricketing prize - a trip...
Don't judge a book by its cover
03-May-2007
I'm known as someone who is prone to making outlandish statements. For example, I still stand by my belief that Premiership footballer of the year...
03-May-2007 By Ewan Turney
Daniel Thwaites has become the first regional brewer to install beer flow monitoring equipment throughout its tenanted estate. The Blackburn based...
Pub chief bitter at Harveys turnabout
03-May-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.
A Greene King lessee has criticised the company's decision to re-introduce Harveys to the Lewes Arms, East Sussex, while his pub opposite is not...
03-May-2007
Imagine the scene: a family is sitting round the dinner table. A bottle of wine or beer accompanies the evening meal, enjoyed by the parents and...
Beer and bombay mix
03-May-2007
Morning Advertiser's PubChef magazine went beer and Indian food-matching with the Beer Academy and Coors at the famous Bombay Brasserie in London's...
NEWS OF THE BREWS
03-May-2007
Banks's e-zine Banks's has published an electronic magazine to keep its drinkers up-to-date with the latest news from the music scene. Banks's List...
Coors appeals for unity on keg thefts
03-May-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Coors has called for the industry to unite to stop the epidemic of keg thefts. This follows comments by Tadcaster Pub Company boss James...
02-May-2007 By Iain O'Neil
Robert Humphreys, PASS chairman and parliamentary beer group secretary, was this year's recipient of the BII's prestigious Bill Hannon Award. The...
Focus Midlands: brewery listing
27-Apr-2007
Banks'sWolverhampton01902 711811www.marstons.co.ukGeorge Bateman & SonLincolnshire01754 880317www.bateman.co.ukDaniel Batham & SonBrierley...
Focus Midlands: safe as Banks's
27-Apr-2007
There is much written in the food and drinks press about regionality - the growing importance of local produce, of provenance and heritage of...
Young's unveils new advertising
26-Apr-2007
Wells & Young's has unveiled its first advertising campaign for Young's Bitter since the creation of the new brewing company last year.The...
26-Apr-2007
Scottish & Newcastle produced a 'robust' set of results for 2006, chairman Sir Brian Stewart will tell today's Annual General Meeting. Sir Brian...
26-Apr-2007 By Roger Protz
American friends often say when we meet up, "We must raise a couple of cold ones". But it's more of a warning than an invitation. I like cool beer....
Local protest wins return for Harveys
26-Apr-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Greene King has confirmed that Harveys Best Bitter will return to the Lewes Arms in Sussex this week. The beer was removed from sale in December last...
26-Apr-2007 By John Grogan
Brewers will feel the squeeze as climate change affects the cost of malting barley, says John Grogan Last Sunday lunchtime I visited one of my...
Thousands vote for Best of British Beer award-winners
26-Apr-2007
The winners of the first Best of British Beer Awards have been announced. About 30,000 real-ale drinkers turned out to vote in the competition that...
Beer fans" are sophisticated, report claims
25-Apr-2007 By James Wilmore
More than half of all UK beer enthusiasts are under 44, upmarket, affluent and well-educated, a new report has revealed. The research, commissioned...
24-Apr-2007
Beer and cricket have gone hand in hand since the birth of the game, and will continue to do so thanks to a new book from the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).
20-Apr-2007 By Ewan Turney
Greene King tells MA that Harvey's Best Bitter will go on sale again this week.
Thwaites makes clear it's not for sale
19-Apr-2007 By Mark Wingett mark.wingett@william-reed.co.uk
Daniel Thwaites, the Lancashire-based brewer and pub operator, has celebrated its 200th anniversary by declaring it is not for sale and setting out a...
S&N agrees brewing deal for Baltika
16-Apr-2007
Scottish and Newcastle (S&N) has announced a new agreement to produce Russian lager Baltika under licence in the UK.The brand is currently...
Fior Brands re-launches Midori
12-Apr-2007
Fior Brands has unveiled a new bottle design and health-conscious recipe modification for its melon liqueur Midori.The new look was launched today...
Fuller's takes Discovery down the chilled route
12-Apr-2007
Fuller's has announced that blonde beer Discovery will now only be available in chilled format across its own estate and the entire freetrade.The...
NEWS OF THE BREWS
12-Apr-2007
Higsons Bitter reborn A legendary name in Liverpool brewing is returning to the city's pubs after an absence of almost 20 years. The first pints of...
11-Apr-2007
Bottles of a Belgian lager displaying a picture of a woman whose clothing can be removed have been stripped from shelves for breaching The Portman...
10-Apr-2007
Fuller's announces Discovery will only be served through a cooler at a temperature of between eight and 10 degrees.
Brains goes Continental
10-Apr-2007
Brains has launched its first continental style beer targeted at 18 - 35 year olds in Wales called 45. Brewed in Cardiff, 45, is made with pure welsh...
C2 is the beer of the future in Carling's major ad campaign
05-Apr-2007
Coors Brewers has launched a new advertising campaign for C2 - its lower-strength version of Carling. The £3m campaign started airing last Sunday...
PROTZ
05-Apr-2007
A load of 'Horlicks' I went to the pub and found people enjoying alcohol. They weren't sniffing it, injecting it or smoking it. They were drinking...
Wetherspoon beer festival set to be biggest yet
29-Mar-2007 By Graham Ridout & The PMA Team
Managed pub company JD Wetherspoon (JDW) will stage its largest-ever beer festival next month as part of its campaign to double real-ale...
Chris Maclean: cask beer never better
29-Mar-2007 By Chris Maclean
Last night I was invited to give a talk at the district CAMRA AGM on beer keeping. I was flattered to be asked.I duly arrived at the venue and was...
Carlsberg draymen get double digit pay rise
29-Mar-2007 By Hamish Champ
Carlsberg has awarded its UK draymen a ten per cent pay rise.The deal was announced today by the Transport & General Workers Union, which acted...
29-Mar-2007 By Roger Protz
Shame on Young's Michael Hardman has been a special friend of mine for a long time. Without Michael as a mentor, I wouldn't be earning a living as a...
Bells ring for two Brewers
29-Mar-2007
Keith and Vanessa Brewer will celebrate 20 years at Alderminster's Bell pub in Warwickshire this April. And their achievement is no mean feat -...
Lewes locals set on restoring Harveys
29-Mar-2007 By Joe Lutrurio joe.lutrurio@william-reed.co.uk
Lewes residents are still conducting anti-Greene King protests outside the Lewes Arms, East Sussex, four months after the brewer stopped serving the...
InBev at the Forester Arms
28-Mar-2007
InBev at the Forester Arms• Visited Forester Arms on March 21 and opened up new account • Agreed to list Stella Atois, Peeterman Artois, Becks...
28-Mar-2007 By Lucy Britner
Greene King is to launch Greene King IPA Chilled. The new brand is an authentic keg beer designed to be served at 4°C from a condensating font....
Focus Scotland: Scottish brewers
27-Mar-2007
An Teallach AleRoss-shire01854 633306Arran BreweryIsle of Arran01770 302353www.arranbrewery.comAtlas BreweryArgyll01855...
