Beer

Pub deliveries hit by Carlsberg computer glitch

25-Mar-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Licensees across the country have been hit by a Carlsberg UK computer glitch leaving them with delayed, incomplete, or no deliveries for more than three weeks.

Camerons marks beer duty cut with pints penny promo

25-Mar-2014 By John Harrington

Camerons, the Hartlepool-based brewer and pub operator, is giving customers 1p ‘cash back’ for every pint sold to mark the penny cut in beer duty announced in the Budget.

Marston's to create 3,000 new jobs following Chancellor's beer duty cut

24-Mar-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

A 1p cut in beer duty has enabled Marston’s to create 3,000 new jobs over the next two years, the pub company has announced on the same day Chancellor George Osborne visited the brewery.

'No frills' pub concept to offer half a pint for £1

24-Mar-2014 By James Wallin

A new “no frills” pub concept is being launched offering a pint for £1.50 and a half for £1.

Strongbow calls for five-a-side teams to face Brazil's finest female footballers

24-Mar-2014 By Robyn Black

It’s not just amateurs versus professionals, but men versus women in the latest Strongbow Challenge, as a British five-a-side football team go up against one of Brazil’s best professional female teams in Rio de Janeiro this summer.

Bombardier fires up St George's Day holiday campaign

24-Mar-2014 By Robyn Black

Bombardier is calling for St George’s Day to be made a bank holiday.

Fuller’s gets rights to Sierra Nevada

20-Mar-2014 By Robyn Black

Fuller’s premium drinks arm, Westside Drinks, has confirmed it will be the sole importer of US craft beer Sierra Nevada.

50 new beers for Wetherspoon beer festival

20-Mar-2014 By Robyn Black

A plum porter, a juniper beer and a hazy wheat beer will be among some of the more exotic brews on offer at the next JD Wetherspoon beer festival.

Budget 2014: Pubcos pass on beer duty cut

20-Mar-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Pub companies are promising to pass on the beer duty cut announced in yesterday’s Budget to licensees.

Historic Vaux beers back in rude health

20-Mar-2014 By Roger Protz

Despite the closure of the Vaux brewery in 1999, a small team of former employees have been working to bring the brews back to life.

Budget 2014: Chancellor scraps alcohol duty escalator and announces 1p cut for beer

19-Mar-2014 By James Wallin

The 2014 Budget has brought some cheer for the pub industry with the scrapping of the alcohol duty escalator and a 1p cut for beer.

Arkell's strikes gold at SIBA's BeerX awards

18-Mar-2014 By James Wallin

Wiltshire brewer Alex Arkell has described the Gold award presented to his company at last week’s BeerX celebrations as “the ulitmate endorsement of our beer”.

The trade is alive and kicking

18-Mar-2014 By Pete Brown

The number of pub closures may be on the up but innovation is rife in the industry, says Pete Brown.

Butcombe Brewery takes top prize at SIBA Business Awards

14-Mar-2014 By Jo Bruce

Butcombe Brewery has been awarded the top prize at the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) Business Awards.

SIBA announces National Beer Competition 2014 winners

13-Mar-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has announced three ‘supreme champions’ and 60 medal winners in its National Beer Competition 2014 at its BeerX event in Sheffield.

Robert Humphreys to step down from Parliamentary Beer Group

13-Mar-2014 By John Harrington

Robert Humphreys is to step down from his role of honorary secretary of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group after 21 years, which he has held since the group’s formation in 1993, the Publican's Morning Advertiser has learnt.

SIBA names new chairman and unveils revised structure

12-Mar-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Exe Valley Brewery co-founder Guy Sheppard has succeeded Keith Bott as the Society of Independent Brewers’ (SIBA) new chairman, it was announced at the organisation’s AGM in Sheffield today.

News of the Brews: get the lowdown on the best new beers

11-Mar-2014 By Robyn Black

Californian craft brewer North Coast brings several of its beers to the UK for the first time, including its Thelonius ale and Old Rasputin Imperial Stout. Plus, Castle Rock releases Traffic Street Specials, Joules Brewery launches a spring special and...

Most Britons want cut or freeze in beer duty, says new YouGov poll for BBPA

11-Mar-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

The majority of the British public supports a cut or freeze in beer duty and say they delay visiting  a pub until pay day because they cannot afford it – that’s according to a new YouGov poll commissioned by the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).

Healeys unveils new cider for St Austell Brewery pubs

11-Mar-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Cornish cider company Healeys has launched a new crafted pouring cider to be distributed by St Austell Brewery.

Industry figures call for beer duty freeze in open letter to Osborne

10-Mar-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Senior industry figures have written an open letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne MP, calling for a freeze in beer duty in next week’s Budget and further measures to support the pub trade.

Beer Innovation Summit: Big plans for Let There Beer campaign after 'mixed' first year

06-Mar-2014 By Robyn Black

After admitting the first year of Let There Be Beer, the cross industry campaign to revive the beer category, had been “mixed,” brewers unveiled big plans for 2014.

AB InBev launches rum-flavoured beer Cubanisto

05-Mar-2014 By Jessica Mason

A rum-flavoured beer, named Cubanisto, will be launched by AB InBev this month.

Reinvigorating the beer category

05-Mar-2014 By Mike Berry

In a World Cup year it seemed appropriate for us to be at the FA’s superb St George’s Park, just outside of Britain’s traditional brewing heartland of Burton, for the PMA’s Beer Innovation Summit last week.

Beer Academy sommeliers reach half century

05-Mar-2014 By Helen Gilbert

The Beer Academy has accredited three new sommeliers taking the total number to 50.

Beer duty freeze main priority for trade in Budget submissions

05-Mar-2014 By Helen Gilbert

A freeze in beer duty has emerged as the overwhelming priority for industry trade associations, ahead of this month’s Budget.

Beer Innovation Summit: Iron Maiden beer sells over 3.5 million pints

04-Mar-2014 By Jessica Mason

The Iron Maiden beer, Trooper, has sold 3.5 million pints without its brewer Robinsons spending a penny on marketing.

Exports grow as world gets taste for British beer

04-Mar-2014 By Mike Berry

Almost 21 million extra pints of British beer were exported in 2013 compared to the previous year, Government statistics show.

Beer Innovation Summit: Hybrid beers can answer consumer demand

04-Mar-2014 By Jessica Mason

The Millennial generation seek high quality brands that are sweeter, offer a sense of adventure and pander to a healthier lifestyle, according to new research from Mintel.

New blonde beer joins Pedigree portfolio

03-Mar-2014 By Robyn Black

A new blonde beer is joining the Pedigree portfolio this spring.

Heineken launches pub marketing initiative

03-Mar-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Heineken UK has launched a new initiative to help pubs market their businesses more effectively, following a successful three-month trial at the end of last year.

Happy 10th birthday £21bn alcohol cost estimate!

28-Feb-2014 By Pete Brown

The figure for the so-called 'cost of alcohol' to the UK economy is simply a will-o’-the-wisp, says Pete Brown.

Heineken launches new cider brand, dispense innovation and on-trade business initiative

27-Feb-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Heineken UK is launching a new cider brand, a new dispense technology and a new incentive initiative for the on-trade.

Mojito beer for Desperados

27-Feb-2014 By Robyn Black

A Mojito inspired beer is the latest spirit beer, aka speer, to hit the market.

SIBA members grow volume sales and ramp up investment

26-Feb-2014 By Mike Berry

The nation’s beer lovers drank nearly 33 million more pints of local beer last year than in 2012, as independent brewers responded positively to the Chancellor’s decision to scrap the beer-duty escalator.

World of confusion over lager

25-Feb-2014 By Roger Protz

Kronenbourg's recent ad ban highlights the issue of ‘misleading’ provenance claims, argues Roger Protz.

Brewer Laverstoke Park Farm slams 'vindictive' Portman Group

25-Feb-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

A Hampshire brewer has urged the trade to continue selling its beer, after the Portman Group has written to independent retailers asking them to stop placing orders for the company’s alcoholic products in their current packaging.

News of the brews: Writer Danny Wallace is the latest celebrity to get a beer, plus beers from California and Innis & Gunn

24-Feb-2014 By Robyn Black

In this weeks round-up of the best new beers in the UK, writer and presenter Danny Wallace gets his own brew; Californian craft brewer North Coast heads to the UK and Innis & Gunn join forces with Hinds Head barman for a brew.

The Big Interview: Richard Westwood, Marston’s Beer Company

24-Feb-2014 By Robyn Black

Marston’s Richard Westwood and Robyn Black chat over the thorny issues of defining craft beer, why microbreweries pose a problem and why people don’t believe Pedigree is the same now as it always was.

Carlsberg launches new low ABV Blackcurrant blended lager

24-Feb-2014 By Noli Dinkovski

Carlsberg is following up last year’s launch of 2.8% ABV Citrus with a low ABV Blackcurrant variant.

Budweiser gears up for World Cup with new campaign

21-Feb-2014 By Mike Berry

AB InBev has unveiled a global marketing campaign for its Budweiser brand ahead of this summer’s football World Cup, in a bid to gain a slice of the estimated 13.2% volume boost in beer and cider that the tournament will bring.

JD Wetherspoon goes for cans of beer

20-Feb-2014 By Robyn Black

Cans of beer will be appearing in all 900 JD Wetherspoon pubs from next month.

Demystifying the craft beer movement

19-Feb-2014 By Jessica Mason

The funniest thing about the craft beer trend is that it’s a bit of an emperor’s new clothes term. Nobody wants to ask: “What is craft beer?” Instead, everyone’s whispering: “We just need to have some, okay?”

Video: SIBA chief quizzes comedian Rufus Hound to help boost beer

17-Feb-2014 By Robyn Black

The chief executive of SIBA (the Society of Independent Brewers), Julian Grocock, is the first of three publicans to get the chance to interview celebrities as part of the industry-wide Let There Be Beer campaign.

Three Tuns Brewery's sales hit £1m mark

17-Feb-2014 By Noli Dinkovski

A Shropshire brewery claimed to be the oldest in Britain has made £1m in annual sales for the first time in its history, a little more than a decade after being on the verge of closure.

Heineken UK to challenge ASA Kronenbourg ruling

13-Feb-2014 By Noli Dinkovski

Heineken is to challenge an Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruling after it upheld two complaints that the brewer misled consumers about the provenance of Kronenbourg 1664.

Adnams and Camden Town Brewery launch collaboration beer

13-Feb-2014 By Jessica Mason

Adnams has teamed up with the Camden Town Brewery to create ‘South Town Red Ale’, a 4.9% ABV limited-edition cask beer.

The US sure has a thirst for cider

13-Feb-2014 By Pete Brown

Ever the professional, Pete Brown misses out on ‘cider karaoke’ in Chicago to share his thoughts on the US craft cider scene.

Budweiser Budvar to launch a cherry lager

11-Feb-2014 By Robyn Black

Czech brewery Budweiser Budvar is launching a cherry version of its lager in the UK, following a successful trial.

PMA’s Beer Summit places selling out fast

11-Feb-2014 By Mike Berry

The agenda for the Beer Innovation Summit, to be held on 26 February, has been finalised, with places selling out fast.