Moorhouse's reveals plans for £1m brewery
28-Jun-2006
Award-winning brewer Moorhouse's has announced its £1m vision for a new brewery in Burnley.David Grant, managing director of the brewer, last week...
Comment: Legislation is needed to save local beers and brewers
26-Jun-2006 By Hamish Champ
In 1989 the UK's independent brewing community breathed a sigh of relief as the Beer Orders finally broke the stranglehold of the national brewers...
23-Jun-2006 By The PMA Team
World Champion cask-ale brewer Moorhouse's has unveiled its £1m vision for the future of its Lancashire brewery. The investment will allow...
Coors Sub Zero 'coldest in world'
23-Jun-2006 By Rosie Davenport
Coors Brewers is launching a new drink it claims is the world's coldest-ever draught beer. Served at -2.5ºC, Coors Sub Zero uses "space age"...
Batemans tenant takes on red-tape buster role
22-Jun-2006 By The PMA Team
Lincolnshire family brewer and retailer George Bateman & Son has appointed one of its tenants as a full-time red-tape buster. David Philips,...
Coors Fine Light goes Sub Zero
22-Jun-2006
Coors Brewers has unveiled new technology enabling licensees to serve the world's first sub-zero pint of lager.Coors Sub Zero has been eight years in...
22-Jun-2006 By Roger Protz
Jonathan Webster, the managing director of Hardys & Hansons in Nottingham, says: "ale lovers will get a better deal" from his company's takeover,...
Calling all micros!
22-Jun-2006
SIBA's Local Brewing Business Awards aim
BAR. 06 round-up
16-Jun-2006
Despite not having the loudest stand (that honour belonged to Charles Wells' Corona) Cobra certainly had one of the most striking. And it was at the...
16-Jun-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Heineken UK launches a new promotion giving consumers the chance to win a KEF 'instant DVD theatre' in selected bars throughout June and July. The...
15-Jun-2006 By The PMA Team
London brewer and retailer Fuller's has joined the growing clamour over progressive beer duty and the way it is distorting the cask ale market....
Pub trade says "aye" to Cyclops
15-Jun-2006
Leicester brewer Everards' new tasting notes system looks set to be adopted as an industry standard.The Cyclops system displays simple eyes, nose and...
15-Jun-2006 By Jo Grobel
Licensees Richard Strzyzewski and Jacquie Ackroyd have won the ultimate prize - their annual rent of about £25,000 will be paid for them in the...
Sam Smith gets tough on 5% head
15-Jun-2006 By Ewan Turney
Yorkshire brewer and operator Samuel Smith has put pressure on its managers to serve every pint of draught beer with a 5% head. The company has...
In Session... with Ben McFarland
14-Jun-2006
It's a fair bet that the drinking demands of hordes of England fans will be somewhat lost in translation this summer. Reebok Classics twitching in...
13-Jun-2006 By The PMA Team
Nottingham brewer and retailer Hardys & Hansons has admitted it is in the early stages of take-over discussions after a number of approaches....
13-Jun-2006 By The PMA Team
Everards agrees to sell its independent free trade business to WaverleyTBS
08-Jun-2006
The Dusanj brothers, the entrepreneurs who rescued the Cains brewery business in Liverpool, have made their first profit at the company after...
Magnificent seven ride to rescue of cask beer
06-Jun-2006
Research by seven of Britian's biggest regional brewers has shown licensees need to cut down the number of cask ale brands in their pubs to ensure...
06-Jun-2006 By Andrew Pring
Leading ale brewers have formed a think-tank dedicated to breathing new life into the declining cask market. Called "Why Handpull?", the new group...
Sheps fancies its chances...
01-Jun-2006
Shepherd Neame has launched a new advertising campaign for its award-winning Bishops Finger Kentish Strong Ale.The £250,000 campaign will see...
The Drinks Editor says...
01-Jun-2006
I'm not sure the beer and pub fraternity has cottoned on to how big a story the merger of Charles Wells and Young's brewing concerns actually is....
Beck's back on TV with £12m campaign
01-Jun-2006
Beck's beer is back on TV for the first time brewer InBev took on the UK distribution rights nine months ago.The advertising is part of a £12m...
01-Jun-2006
Cains Brewery has seen demand for its FA branded Formidable Ale double since Liverpool's dramatic win over West Ham in the FA Cup. Sales rocketed on...
01-Jun-2006 By Iain O'Neil
The British Beer and Pub Association has slammed an EU report which claims Britain is in the Premier League of binge-drinking. The report, compiled...
30-May-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Scottish and Newcastle says plans are in place to protect supplies after staff back week-long walkout.
Beer we go
25-May-2006
There are pubco and brewery sales types who are on their knees right now, praying England have a long run in next month's World Cup. Quite simply, a...
Wells and Young's: good news for licensees
25-May-2006
Licensees look set to be the big winners from the brewing and brands merger between Young's and Charles Wells' breweries last week.Production is to...
25-May-2006 By Roger Protz
The heart is being ripped out of a small town in Belgium. The town is called Hoegaarden, home of a brewery of the same name that produces a cult...
Brakspear beers in growth
25-May-2006
Sales figures indicate that beer drinkers have accepted that the unique flavour of Brakspear beers has been successfully replicated by their current...
24-May-2006
London Pride is set to benefit from a whole package of activity for the summer - starting with the beer's reappearance on TV. Based around a summer...
23-May-2006 By Iain O'Neil
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has expressed its shock and disappointment at the news Young's is to close its Ram brewery in Wandsworth.
Young's closes door on Wandsworth brewing operations
23-May-2006 By Hamish Champ
In a statement issued today Young's said that following a "comprehensive review" it would be combining its brewing, beer brands and wholesale...
22-May-2006
Liverpool brewer Cains has gone back to the brewery's Irish roots by launching a 'full-flavoured creamy stout' to challenge the likes of Guinness and...
19-May-2006 By Lucy Britner
Beer consumption among older drinkers is to drop 50% in the next four years as they "trade up" to spirits and wine, according to market analysts...
Grogan pushes for PBD review
18-May-2006
Parliamentary Beer Group chairman John Grogan MP is to invite brewers to a House of Commons meeting to push for a review of progressive beer duty...
Grolsch has gone green
18-May-2006
Grolsch has officially gone Dutch, after announcing the launch of its "Green Light District" promotion last week. Members of the sales and brands...
Healthy side of beer revealed
12-May-2006
Leading medical and scientific experts from around Europe shared the latest scientific evidence on the role responsible beer drinking can play in a...
11-May-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Scientific research carried out by St Thomas' Hospital in London shows beer is good for our bones. The researchers said drinking a pint of beer a day...
10-May-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Heineken UK has scooped two awards, including the top prize, at the Scottish Sport Sponsorship awards organised by sportscotland. The 2005 Heineken...
Amstel out to raise its profile in the UK
05-May-2006
The campaign is designed to introduce consumers to "The Amstel Way" which is to have fun, socialise and enjoy the beer but to drink sensibly and at a...
05-May-2006 By Iain O'Neil
A few beers a day can help keep the doctor away says leading scientific conference in Brussels.
03-May-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Carlsberg UK is extending its Holsten Pils portfolio through the launch of a draught version available in 30 litre kegs from May. Darran Britton,...
In session...with Ben McFarland
01-May-2006
At a rough guess, I'd say you probably know its strength, possibly where it's made and, most importantly, what it tastes like and whether you like...
Drink talking
01-May-2006
Last night in Strangers' Bar, a regular haunt of many an ale-loving MP, I was pondering which real ale to choose from the guest ales on offer. After...
Licensees encouraged to visit LIWSF
27-Apr-2006
Licensees have been encouraged to take advantage of this year's London International Wine & Spirit Fair, particularly the on-trade section.The...
27-Apr-2006 By Jo de Mille
Anheuser-Busch is backing its bid for World Cup sales success with a new 30-second TV ad for Budweiser. The advert, entitled "Wave", launches this...
Beer keg thefts on the increase
26-Apr-2006
Beer keg thefts are reaching epidemic proportions across the UK, losing pub businesses thousands of pounds.Well-organised gangs have been targeting...
25-Apr-2006 By John Harrington
Scottish & Newcastle UK risks a run-in with unions after contracting out its distribution services for pubs. S&NUK says the deal with...
Small can be beautiful
19-Apr-2006
As Nigel Huddleston discovers, life can be hard work for small producers While Strongbow, Bulmers and Mag-ners fight over the rich pickings to be...
