Beer

Awards

International Brewing and Cider Awards winners crowned

30-Apr-2015 By Michelle Perrett

Marston’s and Oakham Ales are among the UK brewers celebrating wins at the International Brewing and Cider Awards 2015.

Competition

Chocks away! Fancy a flight in a Spitfire?

30-Apr-2015 By Michelle Perrett

Spitfire, the Kent ale from Shepherd Neame, is offering trade customers the chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime experience to fly a Spitfire aeroplane.

Beer Innovation Summit

Brewdog 'wanted to be anti-establishment and still is'

30-Apr-2015 By Jessica Mason

The key to marketing success for beer brands is having a clear and passionate message and encouraging drinkers to “join a cause”. That was the message from the man behind many of BrewDog’s high-profile PR campaigns.

'Pub Landlord' launches own beer

29-Apr-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Al Murray has ramped up his election campaign with the launch of his own beer.

Beer Academy

Beer Academy sees 20% increase in course bookings

27-Apr-2015 By Emily Sutherland

The Beer Academy has seen a 20% year-on-year increase in bookings on its beer appreciation courses.

BrewDog interview: Watt reveals all

27-Apr-2015 By Michelle Perrett

Brewdog co-founder talks about working with JDW and the possibility of an IPO.

Sponsored Feature

Your prayers have been answered...

24-Apr-2015 By SA Brains

Have you heard the good news? One of the best kept secrets in brewing – The Rev. James – is getting ready to spread the word far and wide with a new look and two exciting new variants.

Corona launches beach-themed summer campaign

24-Apr-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Corona is ramping up its on-trade activity by encouraging consumers to find the ‘spirit of the beach.’

Money makers

How to make £50k in drinks sales

24-Apr-2015 By Michelle Perrett

How the Cape of Good Hope delivered a winning formula.

comment

Mitchells & Butlers' battle at the Fighting Cocks

23-Apr-2015 By Roger Protz

Despite roaring trade, one licensee may be forced to call time on his methodology.

Editorial

Sexism: Let's end beer name shame

23-Apr-2015 By Ed Bedington

It's not about feminism or political correctness - it's about business.

CAMRA campaign looks to end late-night levy

23-Apr-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

...And it wants action over half-pint prices.

Tsingtao revs up UK presence with British Superbikes sponsorship

22-Apr-2015 By Noli Dinkovski

Chinese lager Tsingtao is to be a factory team sponsor at this year’s British Superbikes (BSB) Championship.

BrewDog

BrewDog to raise £25m for next stage of growth

22-Apr-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Scottish brewer and bar operator BrewDog is launching its fourth round of fundraising to raise £25m by issuing 526,316 New B shares for the next 12 months

Kopparberg extends UK beer range with part-lager, part-ale Höga Kusten

21-Apr-2015 By Noli Dinkovski

Swedish cider producer Kopparberg has said it will launch an innovative second beer into the UK market just a month after announcing the first.

Brands news

Bombardier embraces St George's Day

20-Apr-2015 By PMA

Charles Wells Brewery’s Bombardier beer has helped publicans get in to a celebratory mood by sending out St. George’s Day (23 April) kits.

Interview

The Big Interview: Molson Coors' Martyn Cozens

17-Apr-2015 By Robyn Black

Following the rebranding of Molson Coors Wholesale last month, Robyn Black talks to its director of independent on-premise, Martyn Cozens, about his plans to make the business the ‘John Lewis’ for pubs

AWARDS

Fuller's announces Master Cellarman winners

15-Apr-2015 By Emily Sutherland

The Huntsman and The Butcher’s Arms have been announced as the latest Fuller’s pubs to achieve Master Cellarman status.

Awards

Beer Marketing Awards: The Winners

14-Apr-2015 By Pete Brown

There are many awards for the beer industry and they’re almost all for the product — and rightly so. But marketing is essential to brewers if they want to sell any liquid. Pete Brown examines the winners of the new Beer Marketing Awards.

Comment

Brown: Don't over-price craft beer

14-Apr-2015 By Pete Brown

The premiumisation of craft ale has been a fantastic boost to pubs throughout the UK but, as Pete Brown explains, push the margins too far and customers will soon start to walk away.

Comment

Protz on Burton: Revival of a draught classic

09-Apr-2015 By Roger Protz

When the plug was pulled on a popular beer in January, a quick response took place. Roger Protz wets his whistle.

Interview

Q&A: Sky Sports' Jeff Stelling on football, pubs and punditry

08-Apr-2015 By Mike Berry

The PMA caught up with Sky Sports presenter Jeff Stelling, who has teamed up with Carlsberg UK in a quest to find ‘The People’s Pundit’, for a quick chat about all things football.

Greene King defends IPA cost rise after Budget duty cuts

08-Apr-2015 By Helen Gilbert

Greene King has defended its decision to increase the cost per barrel of its IPA at the same time as passing on beer duty cuts.

Yorkshire brewer wins Beard of Spring Award

07-Apr-2015 By James Evison

The so-called Beard Liberation Front, which campaigns 'aganist beardism', has announced that Stuart Ross, the head brewer for Magic Rock Brewery in Huddersfield, has won its 'Beard of Spring' award.

BRAND NEWS

New face of Bombardier beer revealed

07-Apr-2015 By Noli Dinkovski

Comedy legend Bob Mortimer is to be the new face of Charles Wells' flagship beer Bombardier, the brewer has revealed.

JD Wetherspoon pledges support for national war memorial with Titanic brew

07-Apr-2015 By Noli Dinkovski

JD Wetherspoon has teamed up with Staffordshire brewer Titanic to both lend their support to a campaign for a national war memorial in London.

Brand News

London's new 'Chinese gastropub' installs Pilsner Urquell tank beer

02-Apr-2015 By Mike Berry

Pilsner Urquell brand owner Miller Brands has installed its Tankovna beer at a fourth London site – new ‘Chinese gastropub’ Duck & Rice.

Brand News

Carlsberg makes multi-million investment into Somersby

02-Apr-2015 By Ed Bedington

Carlsberg is to sink £7m into boosting its cider brand Somersby with the launch of a wide range of promotional activity.

BrewDog hails 'epic' year with profit up 69%

02-Apr-2015 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

BrewDog, the Scottish brewer and bar operator, has announced its sixth consecutive year of record growth, having increased its annual turnover by 64% to over £29.6m in 2014.

Carling in Brighton or Barbados holiday giveaway

01-Apr-2015 By Noli Dinkovski

Molson Coors is giving consumers the opportunity to win a Carling trip to Brighton or Barbados over the early May bank holiday weekend for just £49.

Comment

Brown: The craft of defining artisanal beer

01-Apr-2015 By Pete Brown

Beer writer Pete Brown learned a lot while on assignment recently, but despite asking experts and discovering those in the industry are unsure, his search for clarity on one subject goes on.

Heineken stands tall with new glassware

01-Apr-2015 By Noli Dinkovski

Heineken has introduced “taller, prouder” pint and half-pint glasses for its eponymous beer brand.

Comment

Beer Day to celebrate a new golden age of ale

01-Apr-2015 By Jane Peyton

Save the date: 15 June is Beer Day Britain, a chance for drinkers and pubs to celebrate the national tipple. Beer Day Britain is about all beer — real ale, pilsner lager, kegged ale, bottled and canned beer — no matter what the format, packaging or brand.

Brand News

Carlsberg tells consumers to trust their tastebuds in new Export campaign

31-Mar-2015 By Noli Dinkovski

Carlsberg UK has launched an advertising campaign for Export on the back of consumer research that shows a preference for the taste of the bottled beer over its nearest rival, Stella Artois.

‘Beer sexism’ not on CAMRA AGM agenda

31-Mar-2015 By Mike Berry

The Campaign For Real Ale’s AGM will see policy discussions on the promotion of bottle-conditioned ale, an objective definition of a pub and action against late-night levies — but there is no place for a debate on so-called ‘beer sexism’ after a motion...

Marston’s buys Thwaites’ beer division

31-Mar-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Allegra Foodservice

Marston’s has agreed to buy the trading operation of Daniel Thwaites’ beer division for £25.1m.

Dark Star Brewery to grow pub company

31-Mar-2015 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Dark Star Brewery is to develop its own pub estate – with a target of growing it to 20 sites in the next five years.

CHARITY

Camerons sponsors Mount Everest climb

30-Mar-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

Camerons Brewery has announced that it will sponsor a Hartlepool adventurer £2,000 to climb Mount Everest, to raise funds for the Dreams Come True charity.

BRAND NEWS

New look for Bombardier

30-Mar-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

Charles Wells’ Bombardier beer has been given a fresh look ahead of a new marketing campaign next month.

Beer duty cut gripes miss true impact of the Budget

27-Mar-2015 By Brigid Simmonds

At the BBPA, we are still receiving a huge amount of positive feedback from across the sector about the one penny cut in beer duty in the Budget, writes chief executive Brigid Simmonds.

Research

Consumers returning to pubs but home drinking still most popular

27-Mar-2015 By Mike Berry

Almost two thirds of consumers have drunk at a pub or bar in the last month, compared to almost 8 in 10 that have drunk at home, new figures have revealed.

Adnams reports record brewing year and jump in profit

27-Mar-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Report

Adnams, the Suffolk-based brewer and pub operator, has reported sales for the year to 31 December up 9.1% to £66m.

BrewDog tops profit tracker list

26-Mar-2015 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Scottish brewer and pub operator BrewDog came out on top in this year’s AlixPartners Profit Tracker in association with the Publican's Morning Advertiser's sister title M&C Report.

Comment

Willock: Last orders

25-Mar-2015 By Rob Willock

By the time you read this, I’ll be on my way to the airport, bound for pastures new (well, deserts new) in the Middle East.

Brand News

Kopparberg enters UK beer market with Fagerhult

25-Mar-2015 By Noli Dinkovski

Swedish cider maker Kopparberg has entered UK beer market for the first time with the launch of a 330ml canned lager.

Cask Matters launches beer training programme

25-Mar-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

A new cask beer e-learning programme targeted at staff in the hospitality industry has been launched to boost the quality of the drink.

Comment

Heineken: We will rise to the challenge of the pubs code

25-Mar-2015 By David Forde

It’s time to rise to the challenge of reform and secure the future of the Great British Pub.

Comment

Protz: A pub with a hairdresser

24-Mar-2015 By Roger Protz

Roger Protz takes a ferry cross the Mersey to find Gallaghers pub, which has a hairdresser’s as a perm-anent fixture.

SIBA Business Awards winners revealed

20-Mar-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Report

Hawkshead Brewery has been named Brewery Business of the Year at the Society of Independent of Independent Brewers’ BeerX event in Sheffield.

SMALL TALK

Jasper Cuppaidge of Camden Town Brewery on crowdfunding and running 'awesome' pubs

20-Mar-2015 By Emma Eversham

Camden Town Brewery launched its Hells Raiser crowdfunding campaign to help finance a new brewery in February and has already over-reached its £1.5m target. Founder Jasper Cuppaidge talks about his reasons for going down the crowdfunding route and why...