Beer

Millennial trends: play the generation game

24-Aug-2015 By Nigel Huddleston

The millennial generation is socialising differently, but how can your venue tap into its needs? Nigel Huddleston finds out.

News of the brews

21-Aug-2015 By Laurie Macdonald

News of the brews is your definitive guide to the week in beer, bringing you the latest in all things hoppy.

Training

Young brewer's ambitious plans

20-Aug-2015 By Oli Gross

25-year-old brewer has bagged his dream job experimenting with small batches in a drive to create innovative beers, but still has ambitions to keep climbing the ladder.

What happens when you visit a 16th century pub and a modern brewery in one day...?

20-Aug-2015 By Roger Protz

The potential for time travel was reached when Roger Protz visited a 16th-century pub and a modern brewery close-by.

One in five British drinkers expect to drinks less next year

20-Aug-2015 By M&C Allegra

While alcoholic drinks remain a core part of many adults’ food and drink repertoires, new research from Mintel reveals almost one in five (17%) British drinkers expect to reduce their consumption over the next year, with saving money being the number...

Beer

Carlsberg reports UK beer volume down 6%

20-Aug-2015 By MC Allegra FS

Carlsberg has reported beer volumes in the UK down 6% in the six months to 30 June as tough comparisons from last year’s World Cup build-up kicked in.

Beer

Pub aims to be the 'home of brewing in Brighton'

19-Aug-2015 By Oli Gross

A pub and microbrewery offers beer tours, tasters and training in an aim to be the “home of brewing in Brighton”.

Greenwich Meantime

Meantime dismisses claims it uses Grolsch in London Lager

18-Aug-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Greenwich Meantime has dismissed claims that its London Lager contains Dutch beer Grolsch.

Beer

Surge in number of beer trademarks as craft beer competition heats up

17-Aug-2015 By Emily Sutherland

There has been a dramatic boom in the number of beer trademarks in the UK according to law firm RPC, who warn disputes are likely as breweries battle to stand out in an increasingly crowded market.

News of the brews

14-Aug-2015 By Laurie Macdonald

News of the brews is your definitive guide to the week in beer, bringing you the latest in all things hoppy.

Champion Beer of Britain

Champion brewer Tiny Rebel plans new pub and brewery

13-Aug-2015 By Oli Gross

Two self-confessed “beer geeks” who met at university as engineers and started brewing together for fun are expanding their brewery and opening a second pub after winning the Champion Beer of Britain.

Great British Beer Festival

Tiny Rebel's Cwtch crowned Champion Beer of Britain

12-Aug-2015 By Oli Gross

The Champion Beer of Britain was announced as Tiny Rebel’s Cwtch at the Great British Beer Festival yesterday.

Great British Beer Festival

Britain now a 'Brewing Powerhouse' as beer industry booms

11-Aug-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Britain has become a ‘brewing powerhouse’ as new figures show a brewery is opening in Britain every other day.

Finance

Gower Brewery toasts £1m investment

10-Aug-2015 By Mark Wingett, M&C Allegra Foodservice

Gower Brewery in Swansea is to quadruple its capacity and create up to 20 jobs with a new brewery and bottling line following investment of almost £1m, and plans to add a visitor centre and develop international markets.

McMullens appoints managing director

07-Aug-2015 By M&C Allegra

McMullens, the Hertfordshire brewer and pub operator, has announced the appointment of Tom McMullen as joint managing director.

Cask Matters offers free beer training

07-Aug-2015 By Laurie Macdonald

Cask Matters has issued an open call for anyone involved in the beer industry to sign up to its free Cask Beer Uncovered e-learning program.

Beer and food pairing: A match made in heaven?

07-Aug-2015 By Pete Brown

A new beer and food pairing event prompts Pete Brown to ask why there aren’t more of them.

Top beer stories

Why I’m banning the C-word

07-Aug-2015 By Tony Leonard

When we re-opened the Snowdrop Inn nearly six years ago, we were one of a tiny handful of pubs and bars specialising in what was termed ’craft beer’.

News of the brews

06-Aug-2015 By Laurie Macdonald

News of the brews is your definitive guide to the week in beer, bringing you the latest in all things hoppy.

Beer

Norwich pub names new beer after slain lion Cecil

04-Aug-2015 By Emily Sutherland

A Norwich pub has commemorated Cecil the lion, whose death attracted international outcry last week, by naming their new beer after him.

Comment - Great British Beer Festival

Tweaking the UK's greatest beer show

04-Aug-2015 By Colin Valentine

The Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) is a unique opportunity for the beer industry to come together under one roof.

City news

Adnams turnover down 3% but profits up

04-Aug-2015 By MC Allegra FS

Suffolk-based brewer and pub operator Adnams has reported beer volumes down by 5% in the six months to 30 June after an 18% hike last year.

Beer

News of the brews

31-Jul-2015 By Laurie Macdonald

News of the brews is your definitive guide to the week in beer, bringing you the latest in all things hoppy.

Beer

Black Sheep goes hipster with Pathmaker

30-Jul-2015 By Laurie Macdonald

Black Sheep Brewery has outlined a new path for the brewery, reaching out to younger, more experimental drinkers by reinventing its image.

First international Thornbridge bar to open in The Netherlands

30-Jul-2015 By James Evison

Thornbridge brewery is set to open its first international in 's-Hertogenbosch, known as Den Bosch, in the Netherlands.

Leisure Tracker

Drinking out spend up 5% in June

29-Jul-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Eating out spend grew 6% year-on-year in June with a 5% rise in drinking out, according to the latest Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker

MA300

Craft Beer Co secures site near Gherkin

29-Jul-2015 By James Evison

The Craft Beer Co has announced that the group will debut in the City of London, after securing a site in Mitre Street, in the shadow of the insurance district's landmark Gherkin building.

Robinsons to invest in estate as beer production booms

27-Jul-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Allegra Foodservice

Robinsons is to spend £23m over the next five years refurbishing 179 pubs and a similar amount in maintenance.

Beer

Cask Ale Week: Would you be #CrazyNotTo?

27-Jul-2015 By PMA

Cask Ale Week runs from 24 September to 4 October, the Publican’s Morning Advertiser looks into all of the reasons your pub should get involved.

News of the brews

24-Jul-2015 By Laurie Macdonald

News of the brews is your definitive guide to the week in beer, bringing you the latest in all things hoppy.

"If you don't offer long-term leases, you won't get who you want to attract" - Interviewing Star Pubs' Chris Jowsey

23-Jul-2015 By Ed Bedington

Failing to become a ‘dot-com millionaire’ launched Chris Jowsey on the path to a fruitful career in the beer trade. Ed Bedington finds out more about the Star Pubs & Bars chief.

Cask Marque app to drive more trade into pubs

22-Jul-2015 By Laurie Macdonald

Cask Marque has named a 1000th “Ale Ambassador” for its Caskfinder Ale Trail app and laid out the app's future plans.

Brewery tells industry: give our barrels back

21-Jul-2015 By Emily Sutherland

A Barnsley independent brewery has launched a cask amnesty after losing 400 beer barrels over the past 12 years.

There's A Beer for That

Education is key to beer's renaissance

17-Jul-2015 By David Cunningham, programme director, There's A Beer for That - sponsored feature

We have to urgently apply three things to keep consumers interested in beer, David Cunningham writes.

News of the brews

17-Jul-2015 By Laurie Macdonald

News of the brews is your definitive guide to the week in beer, bringing you the latest in all things hoppy.

Protz on London's brewery revival...'An astonishing story'

17-Jul-2015 By Roger Protz

Recalling his first pint and the subsequent fall and rise of breweries, Roger Protz is enthralled by this page-turner.

Diageo’s Guinness seals exclusive partnership with Molson Coors

15-Jul-2015 By Jessica Mason

Diageo has extended its existing partnership with Molson Coors, to become the exclusive launch partner on Guinness Golden Ale draught in England & Wales for the next year.

London development is killing pubs

14-Jul-2015 By Jessica Mason

I remember being incredibly sad about leaving London. It was seven years ago and, still, it kind of feels like a little bit of my identity is elsewhere.

News of the brews

14-Jul-2015 By Laurie Macdonald

News of the brews is your definitive guide to the week in beer, bringing you the latest in all things hoppy.

Report

CAMRA: 29 pubs still being lost each week

14-Jul-2015 By James Evison

CAMRA launch initiative to protect 3,000 pubs as new figures show 29 being lost every week across the UK.

Brewers

Purity wins sustainability award for eco-brewery

14-Jul-2015 By James Evison

Purity’s eco-friendly brewing has gained national recognition after the Warwickshire brewery was named sustainable manufacturer of the year at the Made in the UK Awards.

CAMRA

Campaign to reduce 'unjustified' half pint prices

13-Jul-2015 By Oli Gross

The Campaign for Real Ale is launching a campaign to end the “unjustified” practice of pubs charging more for the proportional cost of a half pint.

Theakston’s man becomes Company Of Coopers Liveryman

13-Jul-2015 By James Evison

A Masham brewery cooper’s 20 years of dedication and service to the ancient craft has been honoured by one of London’s oldest trade organisations.

Events

London Beer Festival will bring together world's best brewers

08-Jul-2015 By Laurie Macdonald

Up to 50 brewers from 16 countries will come together in the capital for the first London Beer Carnival in October.

Beer Special

Meantime brewer Hook wins Parliamentary brewer of year award

08-Jul-2015 By James Evison

Founder of Greenwich's Meantime, Alastair Hook, has been named brewer of the year by the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group at its annual awards dinner.

Beer special

Beer Day Britain: 'It was a rousing start for something long overdue'

07-Jul-2015 By Jane Peyton

If you are a publican, employee of a pub chain, or work for a brewery you will hopefully have been celebrating, along with millions of other beer drinkers, the country’s annual national beer day. 

Beer special

Why is Maris Otter barley such a loved ingredient for beer aficionados?

07-Jul-2015 By PMA

Licensees and brewers may not be in the habit of noting the anniversaries of cereal varieties, but there’s good reason to celebrate the half century of one particular type of barley.

Beer special

The 6 best beer cocktails

07-Jul-2015 By Laurie Macdonald

The words ‘beer’ and ‘cocktail’ are seldom found in the same sentence, but with a move away from sweet cocktails, inventive bartenders are turning to beer to jazz up their concoctions. 

Beer special

Debate: Premiumisation of beer...is it a trend?

07-Jul-2015 By PMA & MC Allegra FS Roundtable debate - sponsored by Miller Brands

Last month, key figures from across the on-trade gathered at Geronimo Inns’ site the Oyster Shed, in the City of London, for a roundtable debate on the premiumisation of beer in the licensed hospitality sector. Laurie MacDonald reports.

Beer special

Great British Beer Festival: Summer sippin' for the licensee

07-Jul-2015 By Adrian Tierney-Jones

Hot time, summer in the city… and the discerning licensee should be in one place only come 11 August: trade day at the Campaign for Real Ale’s Great British Beer Festival.