Beer

More pours: which new products have launched in the past week?

New product round-up

Shipyard, Grolsch, Thatchers draft on-trade launches

By Stuart Stone

Shipyard, Grolsch and Thatchers have lined up new brews to help them tap into the on-trade while new sparkling mead, banana rum and English vermouth launches have also hit the market.

Return: Asahi brings back Grolsch

Grolsch makes UK return

By Nicholas Robinson

Grolsch will return to the UK on-trade after its 35-year presence here ended last November.

Why is BrewDog carbon negative?

‘It was 50/50 whether BrewDog would make it through lockdown’

By Nikkie Thatcher

The enforced coronavirus lockdown meant Scottish brewer and bar operator BrewDog lost 70% of its revenue overnight, causing co-founder James Watt serious concerns over whether the business would be able to trade once restrictions were lifted.

New venue: “Beaverworld has been a long time in the making and we are thrilled we have now started brewing on site in Enfield,

Beavertown to open new £40m brewery

By Nikkie Thatcher

Beavertown Brewery has announced it is launching ‘London’s largest brewery’, allowing 90,000,000 pints to be produced a year – 10 times more than at its current Tottenham location.

Sustainability scheme: BrewDog has announced it plans to become carbon negative

BrewDog is now ‘carbon negative’

By Nikkie Thatcher

Scottish brewer and operator BrewDog has announced it takes twice as much carbon out of the air as it emits in a bid to become the “world’s first carbon negative international beer business”.

Attention: Ryan Fritsch outlines his plans for BBG's future

Big Interview

From bombs to beer – AB InBev’s new UK head of on-trade talks pubs

By Nicholas Robinson

Yes that’s right, from bombs to beer. As it turns out, Budweiser Brewing Group’s (BBG) recently appointed on-trade sales director for the UK and Ireland Ryan Fritsch has an extensive background in bomb defusal, a skill he’s hopefully unlikely to need...

Committed AF: “at BrewDog, we are on a mission to prove that alcohol-free does not equate to taste-free,

In association with BrewDog

Why draught alcohol-free beer is a winner

By Stuart Stone

Alcohol-free beer has long been the preserve of the fridge, but new brewing techniques and a 'punk' focus could see that change as BrewDog looks to put its stink on the sprouting category.

How has lockdown affected consumer behaviour?

In association with Molson Coors

Understanding consumers to rebuild your business

By MA editorial

The re-opening of pubs, bars and restaurants has been long awaited, with enforced closures of 15 or more weeks being something that is truly unprecedented for the industry.

Brewer response: Heineken has issued a statement in reply to claims it had been relabelling date on beer (stock image)

Heineken responds to ‘relabelling’ keg claims

By Nikkie Thatcher

Global brewer Heineken has responded to claims it had been relabelling kegs of beer that had previously been taken from pubs amid the lockdown to replace, with new best before dates.

Fourpure No Passport Required Cosmic Café Coffee Sour

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Taste test: Fourpure ‘No Passport Required’ beers

By Nicholas Robinson

Fourpure has launches a series of six beers to take drinkers on a ‘no passport required’ journey, featuring a gose, a SIPA, two sours, a DIPA and a coffee stout.

Cost cutting: a recent study by Beer Piper found the average pub wastes 20 pints a week with inefficient line cleaning

Opinion

What cellar management tips can help reopened pubs save money?

By Jeff Singer, Beer Piper

With Britain’s pub and bar industry still riding out the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s natural that operators and bar managers will be looking at ways to operate as efficiently as possible when they open again.

How do I serve the perfect pint of Guinness?

Promoted content in association with Guinness

How to serve the perfect pint of Guinness

By Nicholas Robinson

Being the granddaddy of beer, Guinness is held to a high standard by consumers across the UK who will expect their first draught pint of the world-famous stout to be perfect on their return to the pub. But what exactly does that entail?

Millions of pints: pubs should contact their water company to arrange the disposal of beer as soon as they can

Pubs advised to act fast on beer disposal

By Emily Hawkins

Water companies have encouraged pubs to get in touch as soon as possible to arrange the disposal of waste beer as the hospitality sector gears up to reopen next month.

Optimistic approach: Camden Town Brewery's managing director Adam Keary says the beer maker is preparing for pubs to reopen in early July

On-trade may shrink up to 20%, predicts Camden Town MD

By Emily Hawkins

Camden Town Brewery's managing director Adam Keary has said the beer maker has been “having to have a stab in the dark” as its pub customers remain confused about how they will be allowed to reopen.

Time is ticking: the beer sector asked for water companies to speed up the process for pubs to dispose of waste beer

Fee waiver for waste beer disposal

By Emily Hawkins

Water companies will waive fees for permitted disposal of waste beer to public sewers, after concerns about publicans experiencing difficulties in this process.

Ready, set: breweries have restarted brewing cask beer ahead of pubs potentially being able to reopen at the start of next month.

Cask ale brewers gear up for pubs reopening

By Emily Hawkins

Breweries across the country have restarted their cask ale operations as pubs get ready to reopen this summer, with 4 July earmarked as the earliest date this could be allowed.

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