26-May-2010 By John Harrington
Licensees have criticised a local CAMRA branch for screening England's first World Cup game at a massive indoor beer festival.
Foster's is new Edinburgh Comedy Awards sponsor
26-May-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Foster's is looking for laughter as part of a new sponsorship deal which will see it back the Edinburgh Comedy Festival. The Heineken UK lager has...
'Buyer sought for beer that Britain forgot - Bass'
26-May-2010 By James Wilmore
It has been painted by Manet, fought over by Napoleon and Buffalo Bill and served on the Titanic. But Bass ale, once Britain's bestselling beer, has...
26-May-2010 By John Harrington
A number of licensees in the south-west are having to travel further to pick up beer deliveries. It came after distribution giant KN Drinks...
26-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Lancashire brewer Daniel Thwaites has brewed a beer in celebration of Blackpool's promotion to the Premier League after beating Cardiff at the...
26-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Pubs will have to work even harder to profit over the World Cup as research revealed 78% now tank up on cheap supermarket alcohol before heading out....
26-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
AB InBev is rumoured to have put famous British ale brands Bass, Boddingtons and Flowers up for sale. The Times reports that the Belgian-based...
Chris Maclean: Hogsheads, firkins and kilderkins - does the future of cask lie in the pin?
25-May-2010 By Chris Maclean
I have an old eighteenth century school maths book. In it is the following problem; "If in a family consisting of seven persons there are drank out...
Old Speckled Hen updates idents for Prime Time on Dave
25-May-2010
Over twenty new advertisements have been created to help to drive awareness of Old Speckled Hen. Old Speckled Hen's fox takes centre stage with the...
25-May-2010 By Sonya Hook
Hook Norton is kicking off its summer seasonal selection with Striker, an ale to cheer on the England football squad. The 4.4% ABV ale is described...
25-May-2010 By Sonya Hook
Aspall has brought out a bespoke font for Vintage Inns as part of the £1m spend on the brand this year. The brass font, which features a classic...
24-May-2010 By Roger Protz
Family run brewery Wye Valley founder Peter Amor talks to Roger Protz about thriving during the recession.
24-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) hopes to create 600 Beer Ambassadors in its business after teaming up with the Beer Academy.
Hamish Champ: Binge drinking, branded glassware and the £5.80 pint
24-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
You'll no doubt have seen the press coverage last week of what has been described as Britain's most expensive pint. A couple of newspapers found out...
Win a crate of Desperados beer and an ice bucket
24-May-2010
Desperados, the tequila-flavoured beer, is made from the finest ingredients, at 5.9% ABV. It's best served very chilled direct from the bottle....
Sheps brews 10-hop beer for World Cup
24-May-2010
Britain's oldest brewer, Shepherd Neame, has launched a beer containing 10 hops in time for the World Cup. The ale, named 4-4-2, after the best-known...
24-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Real ale experts have urged hosts to look after their cask beer over the hot summer months in order to hold on to big-spending cask customers. Paul...
24-May-2010 By MA reporter
Old Speckled Hen is offering three pairs of mini season tickets to see Northants continue their quest for the Clydesdale Bank 40-over league title.
'Tesco could still sell booze below cost'
23-May-2010
Last week Tesco declared it was prepared to stop selling alcohol below cost price and would back the imposition of minimum prices. But a spokesman...
21-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Almost seven million fewer pints were drunk in pubs over the first four months of the year. The big January freeze was partly to blame for the 8.8% volume drop on last year, according to the British Beer and Pub Association's beer barometer.
Roy Beers: Don't let the Libservatives make your business 'a nice little earner'
21-May-2010
And also, it has to be said, not a little confusion. In Edinburgh Alex Salmond's minority SNP government is hell bent on delivering minimum pricing,...
'Czech brewer promises teens free beer for voting in general election'
21-May-2010
A Czech brewer has promised school pupils free beer if they vote in the country's forthcoming general elections, prompting fears that the stunt will...
21-May-2010 By John Harrington
Carlsberg has announced its sponsorship of the Euro 2012 football tournament. It's the seventh time the brewer has sponsored the European...
21-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Ex-Everards commercial operations director David Bremner is to join Cheshire brewer and pub operator Robinson's. Bremner, who has been business...
20-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Carlsberg UK has reported a 5% rise in beer volumes — a 10% out-performance of a beer market down 5%.
20-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
SAB Miller delivered organic volume growth of 17% in the Britain, fuelled by a strong performance by Peroni Nastro Azzurro.
Brewers come under fire for home draught beer plans
20-May-2010 By James Wilmore
Licensees have attacked plans from two major brewers to make draught beer available in the off-trade. Marston's Fast Cask system was launched earlier...
20-May-2010 By Sonya Hook
Brewers across the country are showing support to the England team by bringing out World Cup-themed beers. The latest brewers to join the...
20-May-2010 By Isaac Sheps
Carlsberg UK chief executive Dr Isaac Sheps is the Morning Advertiser's guest editor this week. Here he answers readers' questions. Are you happy...
19-May-2010 By Phil Mellows
The widening gap between the duty on beer and wine and spirits is taking more money from lower earners, says Phil Mellows.
18-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Marston's revolutionary Fastcask will be rolled out to the off-trade later this summer after a successful on-trade launch in March.
17-May-2010 By Roger Protz
Supermarket discounting for the World Cup makes previous offers seem wildly inflationary, says Roger Protz.
17-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Real ale tasting guide Cyclops has accredited its 1,000th beer — Stroud Brewery's Stroud Life reached the milestone.
'Consumers are treating themselves to pricier beer'
17-May-2010
Dozens of once-famous beers have fallen out of favour with pub drinkers. Most of us are popping out for a drink less often but when we do we like to...
17-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Carling brewer Molson Coors hopes to tempt one million people back into pubs this summer with drinks vouchers. Two million personalised vouchers...
Pubs' beer sales boosted by Cask Ale Week
14-May-2010
Sales of local beers got a significant boost thanks to a £40,000 investment in Cask Ale Week. The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) said sales...
Pete Brown: Craft beer bars
13-May-2010
The Jolly Butchers on London's Stoke Newington High Street was legendary, for all the wrong reasons. During the day it would be haunted by a handful...
13-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Ale sales in pubs increased 5.7% during the period around 2010 National Cask Ale Week, according to new figures. The year-on-year sales rise was for...
10-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A host of English sporting legends star in Carlsberg's new World Cup TV ad including Sir Trevor Brooking and World Cup winner Jack Charlton.
Carlsberg gets legends to inspire World Cup effort
10-May-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A host of English sporting legends are helping lager giant Carlsberg deliver what it claims is 'probably the best team talk in the world'. The...
10-May-2010 By Roger Protz
The annual meeting on the Isle of Man celebrated the organisation's high-profile stature, says Roger Protz.
Old Speckled Hen renews sponsorship of TV channel Dave
07-May-2010 By James Wilmore
Greene King is giving another major push to its beer brand Old Speckled Hen with the launch of new advertising campaign on TV channel Dave. The...
Favourite to head Beer Group holds seat
07-May-2010 By James Wilmore
Tory MP Nigel Evans, currently vice chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group, has easily held his North West seat in the general election....
Pete Brown: 'Hang on CAMRA, I thought you were on our side…'
06-May-2010
I'd rather have an effective campaigning organisation, successfully promoting great beer and giving it a positive image, than an easy target for...
Renata Pankova: 'Big brewers of perfidious Albion maul the trade'
06-May-2010
Recently I have been able to satisfy myself that these two national traits, first observed by fellow Continentals, are alive and well. There's no...
06-May-2010 By John Harrington
Batemans has labelled beer-flow monitoring equipment a "policeman in the cellar" that damages landlord/tenant relationships. It came in the...
06-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Carlsberg UK chief executive Isaac Sheps is to be the next guest editor of the Morning Advertiser in a couple of weeks time. Sheps, who took over as...
05-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Molson Coors has reported a 10.9% drop in first quarter beer volumes in the UK as a result of its decision to forego low margin volumes.
05-May-2010 By Robyn Lewis
A woman eating locusts, footballing nuns and a man on a tiny bike all star in the latest ads for Old Speckled Hen. Brewer Greene King has announced...
05-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
AB Inbev beer volumes grew 1.3% in the UK for the first quarter to 31 March — fuelled by Budweiser's sponsorship of the World Cup.
