Bulmers sale signals end for bottled Amstel
21-Jul-2003
Heineken UK has announced that from now on there will only be one version of its Amstel brand available in the UK.The bottled version of Amstel, five...
One great leap for ale-kind
17-Jul-2003
If travel broadens the mind, then my little grey cells have been revitalised by two long trips to remote parts of the country. They are trips that...
Holsten Pils now packaged in non-returnable bottles
17-Jul-2003
Holsten Pils is to be packaged in new non-returnable bottles in a move which the brewer says will bring major commercial and environmental benefits...
S&N allowed to keep Beer Seller
17-Jul-2003
Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) has put the brakes on plans to sell the Beer Seller after the competition authorities waved through the brewing...
Holsten launches first non-alcoholic beer
17-Jul-2003
Amid talk of responsible drinking, Holsten UK is doing its bit by launching its first non-alcoholic beer (NAB).Brewed in Hamburg, Germany, and with...
Madge hops to it
17-Jul-2003
Pop icon Madonna, who recently revealed she is a big fan of Timothy Taylor's Landlord, won third place in the 2003 Beer Drinker of the Year awards,...
Cask Beer Week aims to raise profile
17-Jul-2003
The great and the good of British brewing have come together to launch Cask Beer Week, which is being supported by the Morning Advertiser. The...
Adnams' Powell-Evans wins Brewer of the Year award
17-Jul-2003
Adnams' head brewer Dr Mike Powell-Evans has been named Brewer of the Year at the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group annual dinner. John Grogan MP,...
Tradeteam lorries will get beer message on the road for Coor
10-Jul-2003
A new fleet of Tradeteam malt lorries have been specially designed by Coors Brewers to promote the naturalness of beer. The six eye-catching vehicles...
Beer image initiatives
10-Jul-2003
By Graham Stewart-Reed Pressure is mounting for more co-operation across the industry to improve the image of beer. This week, the British Beer and...
Clean up with a perfect pint
10-Jul-2003
There's no escaping the fact that cleanliness is next to the perfect pint. This should be the maxim of all licensees and cellar staff. When it...
Buy a Foster's and get a free play the latest offer from S
10-Jul-2003
Scottish & Newcastle Retail has teamed up with Leisure Link, its major machine supplier, to trial what is believed to be an industry first. The...
Interbrew UK defends quality of Czech lager
10-Jul-2003
By MA Reporter Beer columnist Roger Protz has launched a scathing attack on the authenticity of Staropramen, being brewed by Interbrew in the last...
German trip is child's play for Thwaites pair
10-Jul-2003
Trips that involve licensees and journalists can usually be relied on for a number of things. It goes without saying that late nights are de rigueur...
Goddards Brewery, Isle of Wight
10-Jul-2003
By Claire Hu Who are they? The island's most famous brewer, which last month celebrated its 10th birthday. Housed in a 19th-century stone barn in the...
St Peter's Brewery has produced the first of this year's bat
10-Jul-2003
Marketing director Steve Holt said: "We use freshly-cut nettles in the brew and, given the popularity of the product, we never somehow make enough to...
Mixed messages in a tale of two brewers
10-Jul-2003
Britain's two biggest brewers had conflicting messages last week. Scottish & Newcastle, by far the nation's top beer power with a stock market...
Viva Las Vegas
10-Jul-2003
Three additional international associations are set to exhibit at
Coors Brewers has reinforced its commitment to cask ale by i
03-Jul-2003
White Shield head brewer Steve Wellington described St Modwen as: "A thirst-quenching blend of wheat and White Shield's traditional pale-ale malts,...
Tipping back prompts pours for thought
03-Jul-2003
It's not often that editors like receiving angry letters from their readers. But when they started pouring in last week from all over the country,...
Carling is waiting in the wings to make its mark
26-Jun-2003
The Scottish on-trade is patiently waiting for the Carling invasion to take hold. It's been something of a phoney war so far, with England's number...
Nation divided on beer prices
26-Jun-2003
The north west has the cheapest beer in the UK, a Campaign for Real Ale survey has revealed. The annual prices survey carried out in March by...
Rebellion Beer Company
19-Jun-2003
by Claire Hu Who are they? A 10-year-old Buckinghamshire microbrewery that has just won the supreme champion award in the Society of Independent...
Nicholson spills the beans in new book
19-Jun-2003
The "inside story" of the closure of Vaux Breweries has been put into words in a new book written by the company's former boss, Sir Paul Nicholson....
Freedom brewer is on verge of closure
19-Jun-2003
Yet another of Britain's niche beer brewers is on the verge of closing down. The Freedom Brewing Company is fighting for survival and has issued a...
Young's fights on
13-Jun-2003
Brewer battles tough market conditions. By Mark Stretton.London brewer and pub operator Young's described the trading conditions of last year as some...
Hands up for S&N's estate
13-Jun-2003
The man who bankrolled billions from the UK tenanted and lease pub sector has thrown his hat into the ring for S&N Retail.City financier Guy...
ScotCo's absinthe concept blasted by critics
11-Jun-2003
It's sparked the kind of controversy that Oscar Wilde would have been proud of.The attempt by Scottish Courage to rekindle the mood of 19th century...
Pub cooking is gastronomic-ale!
10-Jun-2003
Spirit Group chefs have boosted sales of Belgian beers in gastropubs. Ben McFarland, knife and fork in hand, finds out how.There are few brewers...
Premier Cru is new Champagne' lager
05-Jun-2003
Scottish Courage is also launching Kronenbourg Premier Cru, a new luxury lager it hopes will become the Champagne of the beer sector. The 6% abv beer...
InnSpired finds the perfect pint
03-Jun-2003
Top ten pub company InnSpired, has announced the winners of its competition to find the perfect pint. The InnSpired Beer and Cellar Quality...
W&DB launches Banks's brand in Birmingham
02-Jun-2003
Wolverhampton & Dudley (W&DB) is looking to take up the slack in the Midlands ale sector with the launch of a new version of its Banks's ale...
Cuckmere Haven Brewery
29-May-2003
Who are they? A micro-brewery which forms a joint business with the adjoining Golden Galleon pub, set in the idyllic heart of the East Sussex Downs...
Sunchaser is a new seasonal ale from Everards that will be a
22-May-2003
With an abv of 4%, the new brew is not as potent as its 4.6% abv predecessor and is being produced using lager malt, which gives the ale its elegant...
FastPour trial was it the stuff of bitterness?
22-May-2003
Was FastPour Guinness a trial that followed a bitter experience by a very senior Guinness executive? One story circulating in the trade is that he...
It's time to get the Fuller's picture of your pint...
22-May-2003
Customers who want to know the characteristics of Fuller's beers will benefit from a new aid for barstaff pump clip descriptors. The new addition...
Beer notes are such bitter pills
22-May-2003
Tasting notes for beer lack the spirit of wine and whisky, says Andrew Jefford, but it's not too late for the trade to pen more tempting descriptions...
Scrap' fails to deter cask-ale champions
22-May-2003
Tenants Keith Braithwaite and Toni Phillips have won a national cask-ale award for the third year in a row despite operating a pub described by...
Hop of the class
21-May-2003
The newly-launched Beer Academy aims to educate the pub trade on all there is to know about brews and brewing. Ben McFarland reports.As hordes of...
W&DB makes an IPA return with Marston's Old Empire
16-May-2003
Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries (W&DB) has spiced up its portfolio with the rebirth of its Burton-brewed India Pale Ale (IPA).In launching...
Just a few decades ago, Daniel Thwaites merely traded in its
15-May-2003
They do not really need to bother giving visitors maps or directions to find Daniel Thwaites. Approach Blackburn from any direction and the Star...
Pub drinks prices rising at fastest ever rate
15-May-2003
The increasingly wide gap between the price of drinks in pubs and the off-trade threatens the survival of many pub operators, warned research out...
Diageo scraps Guinness FastPour system
15-May-2003
Diageo's bid to launch a quick-pouring Guinness has flopped after a three-month test in 30 busy outlets proved that drinkers and barstaff prefer the...
Camra fears time limit threat to beer festivals
15-May-2003
by Claire Hu The Campaign for Real Ale is, among other organisations, fighting new Government time limits on temporary events, which it fears could...
Beer labels face a fishy proposal from EU
09-May-2003
Bottles and cans of beer may soon have to include the warning "contains fish products" if a controversial European directive is given the green...
Red Stripe heads for the surf
08-May-2003
Red Stripe, a lager that has long been associated with students and musicians, hopes to boost its "cool" credentials and widen its appeal through...
l Coors, brewer of Carling, Worthington and Grolsch, saw its
08-May-2003
Net sales in Europe saw a book increase of 50.1% in the first quarter of 2003 because of the timing of the acquisition by Coors of Carling Brewers in...
Brakspear sells brewery site for £10m
08-May-2003
Claire Hu Brakspear has sold the site of its former brewery in Henley-on-Thames to developers for £10m, finally closing the book on a tradition...
Beer bodies up in arms at Euro labelling plan
08-May-2003
By Clive Smith A new European law which would call for every beer pump, can and bottle to be labelled as containing fish products would be damaging...
S&N sale prompts turbulent time on the high street
01-May-2003
The UK's 14,000 managed houses face turbulent times with a record number of pubs up for sale and more companies facing collapse.This week Scottish...
