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Crown stamps

UKIP MEP demands traditional stamps on UK pint glasses

09-Jan-2017 By Daniel Woolfson

The UKIP Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands has called for the return of traditional British crown stamps on pint glasses.

Beer

Hawkshead clocks up a million litres of beers in 2016

09-Jan-2017 By Sara Hussein

Hawkshead Brewery has brewed more than a million litres of beer last year, an 8% rise from 2015 thanks to its £175,000 fermentation investment.

Health

Alcohol 'good for body and mind'

09-Jan-2017 By Sara Hussein

Moderate and low-alcohol consumption could “improve” people’s personal and mental wellbeing, according to a recent study.

Beer

Brewers pump another £5m into There’s A Beer For That

06-Jan-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

Brewing heavyweights Heineken, Molson Coors, AB InBev and Carlsberg have backed the There’s A Beer For That (TABFT) campaign for another year to the tune of £5m.

Beer

‘We’re taking Meantime’s head brewer,’ says Hop Stuff boss

06-Jan-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

Hop Stuff Brewery has hired former Meantime head brewer Andrew Dickson to oversee its £1.5m expansion plans and will announce two more big-league appointments soon.

Beer

Craft Beer Co to expand in London after reporting double-digit growth

06-Jan-2017 By Sara Hussein

The Craft Beer Co hopes to open more sites across London over the next year after reporting a rise in like-for-like sales of 11.3% in 2016.

BEER

Ditching cask and developing DIPAs: Cloudwater's Paul Jones talks plans for 2017

05-Jan-2017 By Daniel Woolfson

Manchester brewery Cloudwater has made a serious name for itself with a series of high-quality, experimental beers. Co-founder and managing director Paul Jones tells Daniel Woolfson his plans for the brewery in 2017.

BrewDog

BrewDog closes popular London site

05-Jan-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Scottish brewer BrewDog has closed a popular London site in a bid to concentrate on its other venues and bottle shops.

Beer

Hop Stuff Brewery kicks off £1.5m expansion

04-Jan-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

Hop Stuff Brewery will expand its brewhouse, open four new bars, hire 40 people and increase its smaller pack offering after raising £750,000 via Crowdcube within three weeks.

Health

Men push women off #DryJanuary wagon

04-Jan-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

Men are more likely to push their female partners off the #DryJanuary wagon, goad them into breaking healthy drinking plans and consume more alcohol than the other way round.

Drinks predictions

What 2017 has in store for the drinks category

03-Jan-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Last year was a mixed bag for the pub trade, from the shockwaves following the ‘Leave’ vote of the EU referendum, to the heavily delayed pubs code and the anguish at the appointment of the US president-elect Donald Trump.

Beer

‘I always believed in the great British pub’: Titanic Brewery’s Keith Bott to be awarded MBE

03-Jan-2017 By Sara Hussein

Titanic Brewery director Keith Bott is to receive an MBE for his dedication to the brewing industry.

Property

‘We couldn’t see another pub go to waste’: Brighton brewery to save 200-year-old pub

03-Jan-2017 By Sara Hussein

A Brighton brewery has announced today (Tuesday 3 January) plans to save a 200-year-old pub from closing.

Beer

Innis & Gunn targets 'Dry January' market with non-alcoholic beer

03-Jan-2017 By Daniel Woolfson

Scottish brewer Innis & Gunn has launched a non-alcoholic beer to coincide with an increasing number of Brits choosing to abstain from drinking through January.

BrewDog

BrewDog announces £70m turnover after crowdfunding success

22-Dec-2016 By Sara Hussein

BrewDog has announced a turnover of £70m after setting up two successful crowdfunding initiatives on Crowdcube this year.

Beer

Castle Rock brewery to use green-energy brewing process

21-Dec-2016 By Sara Hussein

Castle Rock Brewery has launched a new year-long renewable energy scheme to make its brewing process more environmentally-friendly.

Beer

Camerons brewery launches Motörhead beer collaboration

20-Dec-2016 By Sara Hussein

Camerons brewery has launched a new beer, Röad Crew, as part of a collaboration with heavy metal band Motörhead

BEER

“This will hurt us in 2017” – brewery apologises for running out of beer

20-Dec-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

A Scottish brewery has apologised to its customers after running out of its flagship beer.

Hangover Cures

Top 10 strangest hangover cures from around the world

20-Dec-2016 By Sara Hussein

This week, Ebookers has put together 100 Hangover Cures from Around the World. While this couldn’t be a more perfect time to discover alternative methods to soothe that dreaded hangover, we found some remedies that might seem a little unusual.

Beer

‘A very Cornish brew’: England Rugby star to launch charity ale

16-Dec-2016 By Sara Hussein

England Rugby union star Jack Nowell is set to launch a charity ale next year to raise funds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institutions (RNLI).

Greene King

Greene King launches support package to boost cask and keg ale sales

15-Dec-2016 By Sara Hussein

Greene King has launched a support package for pubs to help drive cask and keg ale sales.

Pubs

Wet-led sites fall by 2.1% in the last year

15-Dec-2016 By Sara Hussein

The number of wet-led sites has fallen by 2.1% in the past 12 months compared to the more marginal decrease in the number of food-led premises (0.4%) latest research has revealed.

CAMRA REVITALISATION

CAMRA revitalisation: proposals signal historic change in attitude to keg beer

14-Dec-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)’s revitalisation steering committee has published extensive proposals for the organisation, including a historic loosening of its stance on keg beers and increasing its advocacy of “real” cider.

Beer

Fuller’s free pints for commuters

14-Dec-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

Fuller’s is offering a free beer or cider, soft drink or a glass of wine to Southern Rail commuters on receipt of their train ticket.

Collaboration

North Brewing Co teams up with Magic Rock for Double IPA

14-Dec-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

North Brewing Company has joined forces with long-time friends and heroes Magic Rock to create a new collaborative brewing project.

Drink Driving

Budweiser's 'biggest ever' anti drink-drive campaign hailed a success

13-Dec-2016 By Helen Gilbert

Budweiser’s ‘biggest ever’ responsible drinking campaign in partnership with Uber has so far been ‘well received’, according to AB InBev’s marketing director for the UK and Ireland.

Alcohol consumption

Brits spend two years of their lives hungover

13-Dec-2016 By Helen Gilbert

Britons spend at least two years of their lives nursing hangovers, according to a new survey.

APPBG

‘We can’t be complacent’: Graham Evans urges Government to help British pubs

13-Dec-2016 By Sara Hussein

The industry must unite in pressuring the Government to further reduce the level of beer duty, All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group (APPBG) chairman Graham Evans has urged.

BrewDog

BrewDog launches Wowcher pub deal

09-Dec-2016 By Michelle Perrett

Brewdog has launched an innovative way of driving trade at quiet times by using Wowcher.

Beer

Wimbledon brewery hosts new monthly comedy club

09-Dec-2016 By Sara Hussein

Wimbledon brewery will host its first monthly comedy club next week (Saturday 17 December).

Beer

Bellfield brewery signs deal with Bidvest Foodservice

09-Dec-2016 By Sara Hussein

Bellfield brewery is set to supply its gluten-free beer all over the UK after signing a contract with food supplier Bidvest Foodservice on Wednesday 7 December.

Beer

Hairy Bikers’ Dave Myers becomes British Guild of Beer Writers’ first honorary member

08-Dec-2016 By Sara Hussein

The Hairy Bikers’ Dave Myers has been made the first honorary member of the British Guild of Beer Writers.

BEER

Heineken launches new 'wild' lager H41 in the UK

08-Dec-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Heineken has announced the launch of H41, a new lager made with 'wild' yeast from Patagonia, into the UK on-trade.

St Austell Brewery

St Austell purchases ‘historic’ hotel to expand portfolio

07-Dec-2016 By Sara Hussein

St Austell Brewery added the Pier House Hotel to its managed house estate yesterday (Tuesday 6 December) after purchasing the family-owned business.

The Drinks List: Top 100 Brands

07-Dec-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Drinking habits are changing as consumers are faced with more choice than ever, but in The Morning Advertiser's Drinks List: Top 100 Brands, there is a positive story showing a healthy mix of the long-established mainstream brands sitting alongside...

Charity

Fulller’s launches Wise Men beer to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK

07-Dec-2016 By Sara Hussein

Fuller’s launched a beer yesterday (Tuesday 6 December) to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK.

Designated Driver

The rise of alcohol-free beer

06-Dec-2016 By Nikkie Sutton and Jane Peyton

They may have endured snide remarks and sidelong glances in the past, but low and no-ABV beers are enjoying a renaissance on the back of the current trend towards healthier living Nikkie Sutton and Jane Peyton report

Designated driver

Revisiting ‘near beer’ category

06-Dec-2016 By Pete Brown

Are brewers finally managing to create no and low-alcohol beers that are genuinely palatable, rather than the curate’s egg we have endured for so many years before?

Breaking

New UK MD for Molson Coors

06-Dec-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Molson Coors has promoted its former European chief supply chain officer Phil Whitehead to managing director of its UK and Ireland businesses, The Morning Advertiser can exclusively reveal.

CAMRA

CAMRA award for 'pub protector'

06-Dec-2016 By Sara Hussein

A London Assembly member is to be given the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) John Young Memorial Award this week.

BEER

‘Pudding in a glass’: Hawkshead releases tiramisu-flavoured beer

05-Dec-2016 By Sara Hussein

Hawkshead brewery has released a dessert-inspired imperial stout last week (Friday 2 December).

AB InBev

AB InBev to open first food-led managed pub in London

05-Dec-2016 By Sara Hussein

Global brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev is set to open its first food-led pub chain in London under the American brand Goose Island Beer Co (GI).

BEER LABELLING

Brewery apologises to Hindus for 'inappropriate' beer labelling

05-Dec-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

A Spanish brewery accused of upsetting Hindus by depicting the religion’s deities on its packaging has apologised to its followers.

Beer

‘A British brewer prepared for a challenge’: SA Brain to export more than a million pints to India

02-Dec-2016 By Sara Hussein

SA Brain & Co is set to export more than one million pints to India before the end of 2016.

Beer

Hat-trick of awards for MA columnist

02-Dec-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

The Morning Advertiser (MA) beer columnist Pete Brown scored a hat-trick at last night’s British Guild of Beer Writers annual awards.

beer

Purity releases limited edition beer

01-Dec-2016 By James Evison

Warwickshire-based brewery Purity has launched a limited edition barrel-aged beer to commemorate its awards success in 2016.

Beer

BrewDog founders' 'big bet' on US shares

01-Dec-2016 By James Evison

Co-founders of BrewDog are to undertake a 'big bet' at a roulette table that could see crowdfunding investors double their stake in the firm.

Beer

Innis & Gunn smashes funding target by £1.5m

01-Dec-2016 By Sara Hussein

Scottish craft brewer Innis & Gunn (I&G) has beaten its equity crowdfunding target by £1.5m after raising a total of £2.5m in its Crowdcube campaign on Tuesday (29 November).