Focus Scotland: Tennent's profile
27-Mar-2007
In this world we now live in, where provenance, local sourcing and genuineness is king, standard lager has taken a bit of a knocking. A former head...
Focus Scotland: the Year of Rebus
27-Mar-2007
For the Scottish pub trade, 2007 is set to be the Year of Rebus.Twenty years ago Ian Rankin's first crime novel to feature the 'not very good'...
Make sure your cask is good
23-Mar-2007
The smoking ban has concentrated thinking among pub retailers like nothing else. For the last two years investment strategies have been torn up and...
23-Mar-2007 By Ewan Turney
Hosts should not underestimate the impact good quality beer can have on driving profits after the smoking ban, according to cask-ale think tank Why...
Q&A: Bowled over by Deuchars
22-Mar-2007
Many sports fans, particularly cricket fans, will know the name Gavin Hamilton. After starting his career in county cricket, his exploits for the...
Cheers, landlord!
22-Mar-2007
IT'S NOT every day that when someone has the opportunity to invite anyone in the world on a VIP trip to a rugby international that they invite their...
NEWS OF THE BREWS
22-Mar-2007
Thwaites launches Wainwright Ale Lancashire brewer Thwaites has launched a seasonal ale named after a famous local author as part of its bicentenary...
Beer to drive sales post ban
22-Mar-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Hosts should not underestimate the impact good quality beer can have on driving profits after the smoking ban, according to cask-ale think tank Why...
Slap in the face for pubs and brewers
22-Mar-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
l Beer up 1p l Cider up 1p l Wine up 5p l Sparkling wine up 7p l Spirits frozen Chancellor Gordon Brown has been accused of turning his back on...
21-Mar-2007 By Iain O'Neil
Gordon Brown ignores pleas from the trade and raises tax on bar by 1p a pint
Look out for the beer snobs
20-Mar-2007
For those with ambitions of wine connoisseurship, be warned: it's not worth the hassle. Believe me, I tried it once. It was the most confusing day of...
St Peter's plans new £3m brewery
20-Mar-2007 By Hamish Champ
Increased demand for its beers has prompted Suffolk's St Peter's Brewery to look at building a new brewery at a cost of £3m.The company's existing...
Carling Premier to be relaunched
15-Mar-2007
Coors Brewers has announced it is to relaunch its nitrokeg lager brand Carling Premier.The Burton-based brewer will be putting serious marketing...
Q&A: Keeping your cool
14-Mar-2007
Where did the idea for Filton come from?Filton Brewery Products began life as Filton Engineering - a division of Cox & Hughes - in 1981 when...
14-Mar-2007 By John Harrington
Wells and Young's has released two new varieties of Bombardier Premium Bitter - both with a patriotic theme. Wells Bombardier Burning Gold and Wells...
14-Mar-2007
WaverleyTBS and Welsh brewer and operator SA Brain have announced a 10-year strategic partnership. Under a reciprocal trading agreement, WaverleyTBS...
Lager is not your enemy
13-Mar-2007
Last week I was invited to chair the main debate at the SIBA conference in Leeds. Taking up such a role you silently pray for the audience to be a...
13-Mar-2007
Daniel Thwaites is continuing to use its 200 year celebrations to highlight the company's investment in cask ale, with Wainwright ale the latest...
Don't blame us: Asda responds to Dump the Deals
10-Mar-2007
IT WAS way back in October that we first put the calls out to the big four supermarkets - Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons. We, like The...
08-Mar-2007 By Tony Halstead
Another regional brewery boss has called for a review of progressive beer duty (PBD) to create a fair system for all small brewers.
Young's restructure nears completion
08-Mar-2007
London pub company Young's is continuing to streamline itself following the sale of its Wandsworth brewery last year.With new offices due to open...
08-Mar-2007
A plan to charge licensees deposits of around £50 on kegs is now expected to be implemented at the end of the year. The call to have a deposit...
08-Mar-2007 By John Harrington
Carlsberg has become the first major brewer to outsource its business-loans division to a specialist credit management company, Avance Group, as it...
Our great brewing traditions
08-Mar-2007
When people describe Britain as a "post-industrial society" they imply that we don't make things any more. I appreciate we don't dig coal, fashion...
Brewer calls for urgent PDB review
08-Mar-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
Another regional brewery boss has called for a review of progressive beer duty (PBD) to create a fair system for all small brewers. Guy Newell, of...
Keg with a positive spin
08-Mar-2007
Intrepid Suffolk brewer Adnams has bucked a prevailing trend to create Spindrift, a keg beer that's actually worth drinking. Andrew Jefford reckons...
Members' clubs fuss: storm in a pint pot
08-Mar-2007
The Scottish licensed trade has been stirred up by the press recently over a story that the Scottish Executive was to allow members' clubs an...
Day in the Life: the lunchtime pint
07-Mar-2007
The cheeky pint or two at lunchtime is a pub tradition that has been suffering a slow, painful death. There have been many reasons for this: from...
St Patrick's Day: stout support
05-Mar-2007
THERE ARE plenty of drinks brands out there with good, solid Irish heritage. Indeed, with the Celtic Tiger continuing to roar on, a marketing guru...
St Patrick's Day: raise a glass to the saint
05-Mar-2007
March is an eagerly anticipated month for licensees in Great Britain, and indeed around the world, as with it comes one of the most well established...
Snowy retires after shifting 1.5bn pints
01-Mar-2007
Greene King has waved goodbye to one of its longest-serving employees - Derek "Snowy" White, who has retired after racking up 1.5bn pints during his...
King Cobra goes small for pubs
01-Mar-2007
Cobra Beer is launching a mini-version of its award-winning King Cobra lager. Supplied in single-serving half-bottles (375ml), the smaller pack...
NEWS OF THE BREWS
01-Mar-2007
Beer style matters Herefordshire micro Wye Valley Brewery has launched a range of half-pint glasses branded with its beer logos in a bid to...
01-Mar-2007 By Rosie Davenport
Anheuser-Busch is hoping to increase its share of the imported beer market by adding Spanish lager Estrella Damm to its range. The Budweiser brewer...
28-Feb-2007
Daniel Thwaites director writes to Culture Secretary asking for review of decision not to award Blackpool the 'supercasino' licence.
28-Feb-2007
Heineken UK is launching a major new marketing campaign for 2007, as it hopes to build on the 24% volume growth the brand achieved during 2006. The...
Keep them under pressure
27-Feb-2007
The Dump the Deals campaign is gaining real momentum. Our inboxes and letterboxes are being deluged with responses from licensees fully supporting...
27-Feb-2007
A soft toy gift pack containing alcohol has been removed from sale after breaching The Portman Group's Code of Practice on the Naming, Packaging and...
26-Feb-2007
Daniel Thwaites has held a string of roadshows designed to inform its licensees about the smoking ban. The brewer has also produced a brochure which...
North West Focus: brewery listing
23-Feb-2007
This list is an update on information contained in the Good Beer Guide 2007. Use it to order local beers for your pub3 riversStockport0161 477...
North West Focus: brewers forum
23-Feb-2007
Adam Withrington, drinks editor of The Publican, chaired a discussion among brewers in the North West, including:Oliver Robinson - marketing...
No super brew review
22-Feb-2007 By James Wilmore
The Portman Group has ruled out looking at the issue of super-strength lagers as part of a review of its Code of Practice.The group has just finished...
Brewers go Fairtrade
22-Feb-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Westerham Brewery and Freeminer from the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, have received Fairtrade accreditation for their draught beers. Having the...
Wainwrights wins CaskForce
22-Feb-2007
Wainwrights, a Lake District pub serving seven different cask ales, has won one month's free beer in Marston's CaskForce February draw. The pub in...
Marston's unveils Cricket World Cup trade activity
21-Feb-2007
After inflicting Australia's first home one-day series defeat for 14 years, the England team is in good spirits and Marston's hopes drinkers will be...
Carlsberg strikes Glastonbury deal
20-Feb-2007
Carlsberg UK has signed an exclusive four year deal with Glastonbury Festival to become the event's "official beer" until 2011.The agreement gives...
A Czech original
16-Feb-2007
Do you think Anheuser-Busch (A-B) will ever back down in the trademark dispute?A universal solution to this dispute does not exist. The only possible...
A boost for Bud
16-Feb-2007
Budweiser has launched its biggest ever UK consumer campaign, giving drinkers the chance to win trips to major music and sporting events.Bud Bucks...
Tax hike 'will cause brewery closures'
15-Feb-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Brewery closures will escalate if the annual tax hike on beer continues. That is the stark message from the British Beer & Pub Association...
City Dispense opens first pub in quest for perfect pint
15-Feb-2007
Technical services provider City Dispense has opened its first pub with a mission to showcase the best in cellar maintenance and beer quality. The...
