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SIBA unveils best beer winners

19-Mar-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

Brass Castle, St Austell and Wild Beer Company were the top breweries awarded by the Society of Independent Brewers Association (SIBA) at its National Beer Competition 2015.

Diageo to provide calories and alcohol content per typical serve

19-Mar-2015 By Robyn Black

Smirnoff vodka and Guinness beer owner, Diageo, will become the first drinks company to provide drinkers with information on both nutritional information and alcohol content per typical serve, it announced today (19 March 2015).

Time to get behind Beer Day Britain

19-Mar-2015 By Jane Peyton

Save the date - 15 June is Beer Day Britain - a chance for pubs and beer lovers to celebrate our national tipple.

Comment

Brown: In search of pub perfection

19-Mar-2015 By Pete Brown

Pete Brown takes on the challenge made by a friend to visit his favourite pub, but not to mention it in a book he is writing for fear it will become uninhabitable if others know about it...   

US craft beer exports boom

19-Mar-2015 By Mike Berry

US craft beer exports in 2014 rocketed by 35.7%, with the UK the third fastest-growing market, according to new figures.

People

There's A Beer For That campaign appoints new marketing chief

18-Mar-2015 By Mike Berry

Britain's Beer Alliance, the organisation behind the pan-industry There's A Beer For That campaign which aims to boost the beer category, has appointed Neil Gannon as Marketing Lead.

Drinkaware to launch campaign encouraging moderate drinking in pubs

18-Mar-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

Drinkaware is planning to launch a new on-trade campaign, which aims to reduce the amount of alcohol drunk in pubs.

Fuller's launches Oliver's Island ale

13-Mar-2015 By Jessica Mason

Fuller, Smith & Turner has brought out a new permanent ale, named Oliver’s Island.

Beer

Protz: In praise of beer with food

12-Mar-2015 By Roger Protz

Roger Protz and Melissa Cole conduct a symphony of tastes over a three course lunch.

Brand News

New £2.7m campaign for Grolsch

11-Mar-2015 By Robyn Black

Four centuries of Grolsch are to be celebrated in a new £2.7m campaign.

Beer Innovation Summit

BrewDog set for keynote summit talk

10-Mar-2015 By Mike Berry

BrewDog has been revealed as a keynote speaker at next month’s Beer Innovation Summit, organised by the Publican’s Morning Advertiser.

Craft cola, sober raves and drinks for the older crowd

10-Mar-2015 By Robyn Black

According to Back to the Future Part II we should all be drinking $50 vitamin-enriched Pepsi Perfect this year but the prediction hasn’t been entirely accurate.

What will we be drinking in 2020?

10-Mar-2015 By Robyn Black

If kale, coconut water and craft beer were the tastes of 2014, what will we be drinking five years from now?

Biggest campaign to date for Manchester Pale Ale

09-Mar-2015 By Robyn Black

Manchester brewery JW Lees is investing in its biggest campaign to date for its MPA brand.

Brains launches hunt for Welsh pub 'legends'

06-Mar-2015 By Mike Berry

Welsh brewer and pub operator Brains is on the hunt to find legends in pubs across the country.

Marston’s updates its Single Hop and Revisionist beer range

06-Mar-2015 By Jessica Mason

The Marston’s Beer Company has updated its cask ale range, which is now compiled from six ‘Single Hop’ brews and six ‘Revisionist’ ales.

Supplier News

Molson Coors re-launches wholesale business

05-Mar-2015 By Jessica Mason

Molson Coors has re-launched its wholesale business, dropping the ‘wholesale’ positioning from its new brand identity and instead replacing it with: ‘Molson Coors – Service. Choice. Trust.’

Future pubs special

Pete Brown: Pubs will always have a role

05-Mar-2015 By Pete Brown

With a history spanning a thousand years, Pete Brown argues it’s unlikely we’ll drop the idea of the pub community any time soon.

Future pub special

Seeking 2020 pub vision

05-Mar-2015 By Rob Willock

The pioneering car maker Henry Ford was reported once to have said: “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”

Brewdog launches beer for "invalids & convalescents"

04-Mar-2015 By Robyn Black

An 8.7% ABV IPA described as a beer of such intensity it is, “akin to injecting hops straight into your tongue with a needle,” has been released by none other than BrewDog.

The Big Interview: Simon Emeny, Fuller's

03-Mar-2015 By Mike Berry

Fuller’s may be defined by its beers, but it is its food that is increasingly attracting customers to its pubs and spurring the company to set the pace for change in an industry that is currently shaking off the shackles of financial stagnation. Mike...

Opinion

Protz: The Old Poets' Corner shows creativity works

02-Mar-2015 By Roger Protz

Roger Protz visits a Derbyshire pub which has succeeded with a name change and a new range of beers.

Butcombe appoints new director of brewing

02-Mar-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

Butcombe Brewery has appointed Stuart Howe as director of brewing – the first appointment since Liberation Group acquired the company at the end of last year.

BrewDog launches gluten-free beer

26-Feb-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

BrewDog has launched its first gluten-free beer, which drinkers can order by sticking two fingers up in a ‘V’ sign at the bar.

Greene King IPA gets a modern makeover

24-Feb-2015 By Robyn Black

Greene King has unveiled a “major re-launch” of its flagship IPA.

CAMRA urged to stand against 'beer sexism'

24-Feb-2015 By Mike Berry

The Campaign for Real Ale has been urged to toughen its stance on so-called ‘beer sexism’ and put in place measures to make the industry more welcoming to women.

Carlsberg appoints first non-Dane CEO

23-Feb-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Report

Carlsberg Group has announced its president and chief executive Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen is retiring and will be replaced by Cees ‘t Hart, currently chief executive of the Dutch dairy company Royal Friesland Campina.

Hogs Back sues Magners over cider brand

20-Feb-2015 By James Wallin

Hogs Back Brewery has launched legal proceedings against Magners after claiming the cider brand infringed its trademark Hazy Hog.

Craft Beer Rising: Bath Ales launches new IPA

20-Feb-2015 By James Evison

Bath Ales has launched a new Indian Pale Ale (IPA) under its craft beer brand, Beerd Brewery. 

Starbucks reveals plans to sell alcohol in more UK stores

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

Starbucks is planning to roll out its evening concept – which includes the sale of alcohol – to other UK stores after its debut at the coffee giant’s Stansted Airport outlet.

Progressive beer duty 'forcing family brewers out of business'

12-Feb-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Report

Stuart Bateman, managing director of Batemans, has warned that the impact of progressive beer duty is forcing the family brewers to look at other revenue streams.

Elland 1872 Porter named CAMRA’s Champion Winter Beer of Britain

11-Feb-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

Elland 1872 Porter has today been crowned the Campaign For Real Ale’s (CAMRA) Supreme Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2015 for the second time in three years.

New pub microbrewing technology launched in UK

11-Feb-2015 By Mike Berry

New technology that enables pubs to brew their own craft beer at a fraction of the cost of installing a microbrewery has been launched in the UK.

Protz: Marble Brewery's sensational beers

11-Feb-2015 By Roger Protz

Roger Protz visits the Marble Brewery for a nice Earl Grey and finds vegan principles as well.

New Draught Burton Ale aims to be 'close to original'

05-Feb-2015 By Robyn Black

A Burton-based brewery has decided to try and re-create the taste of Ind Coope Draught Burton Ale (DBA), following Carlsberg’s decision to cease production of the much-loved brew.

My pub: Late Knights Brewery & 5 pubs

05-Feb-2015 By Sheila McWattie

Late Knights Brewery boss Steve Keegan has worked in the trade since he was 14. Sheila McWattie finds out how hard work has led to his continued success.

Brakspear disposed of 10% of estate last year

05-Feb-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Report

Brakspear chief executive Tom Davies has revealed that the company disposed of around 10% of its estate last year — and is now in a position to grow both its tenanted and managed divisions.

Channel 4 deal a "new breed of sponsorship" for Foster's

04-Feb-2015 By Robyn Black

Foster’s is to return to TV in a new multi-million pound one-year deal with Channel 4.

Pubs sell an average 98 extra pints on St Patrick's Day

04-Feb-2015 By Robyn Black

Publicans could sell nearly 100 extra pints of beer during St Patrick’s Day celebrations, according to figures from Guinness owner Diageo.

Pete Brown: Pulling pints pulls in votes

04-Feb-2015 By Pete Brown

With a general election looming, beer writer Pete Brown looks at how politicians have always tried to show they are in touch with the common man by being seen supping from a pint pot.

New 0.0% San Miguel beers to reach pubs "later this year"

03-Feb-2015 By Robyn Black

Carlsberg has confirmed its two recently revealed alcohol-free beers under the San Miguel brand will be rolled out to pubs and bars later this year.

BrewDog launches designated driver discount

03-Feb-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

BrewDog has introduced a discount for designated drivers following the recent change in drink driving laws in Scotland.

Beers made with British hops to star in Wetherspoon beer festival

01-Feb-2015 By Robyn Black

Ten overseas brewers, 50 beers and 22 different hop varieties will feature in a 17 day JD Wetherspoon beer festival this spring.

Why we shouldn't be afraid to highlight the benefits of beer (and other booze)

29-Jan-2015 By Robyn Black

Tie flying in the wind, a man holding a red balloon floats high above the city, under the slogan “A taste for life.”

Protz: Can Draught Burton Ale be saved?

29-Jan-2015 By Roger Protz

Roger Protz looks at how Draught Burton Ale could survive and remembers the Publican's Morning Advertiser's journalist, Les Leonard.

BrewDog launches distribution arm with Stone deal

29-Jan-2015 By James Evison

BrewDog's new UK import and distribution division has been launched today (29 January) with an exclusive deal to import beers from California craft brewer, Stone Brewing Co.

Joule’s to rethink craft beer concept

28-Jan-2015 By Mike Berry

Steve Nuttall, managing director of Shropshire brewer and pub operator Joule’s has revealed the company is re-evaluating its Craft Beer Bars concept after mixed results at two trial sites.

Beer Innovation Summit returns for third year

28-Jan-2015 By Mike Berry

The Publican’s Morning Advertiser’s dedicated beer category event — the Beer Innovation Summit — is returning again this year to a new venue.

Sharp’s Brewery aims to reignite drinkers 'sense of adventure'

28-Jan-2015 By Jessica Mason

New research reveals that 61% of Brits would re-live the last 10 years and make them more adventurous given the chance, according to Sharp’s Brewery.

Black Sheep brewery targets music lovers

28-Jan-2015 By Robyn Black

Music lovers are the target of a new beer company, created by brothers Rob and Jo Theakston of the Black Sheep Brewing dynasty, and beer marketing consultant, Jonny Kirkham.