Beer festivals: Bookworm beers
14-Oct-2010
The 'town of books' - Hay-on-Wye, Powys - is on the east bank of the River Wye within Brecon Beacons National Park. With The Guardian's literary...
Local Hero: A brew to win over witches
14-Oct-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A pub has had a beer brewed in the run-up to Hallowe'en in a bid to bring an end to a curse that has already cost them £200,000. Our first Local...
Pub food: Shell out on oysters
14-Oct-2010
It's hard to believe oysters are thought of as a sensual, sexy food. The squidgy saltwater bivalve encased in a coarse grey shell must be one of the...
St Peter's Brewery: It begins with the bottle
14-Oct-2010
Britain's brewing industry is utterly different from those of most other nations. For a start, British brewers are allowed to own pubs and bars, a...
OFT: No more action on beer tie
14-Oct-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will take no further action on the beer tie after today ruling that the beer market is "competitive". In a...
14-Oct-2010 By Ewan Turney
Jonathan Crow of the Lamb Tavern in Leadenhall Market, London, has been crowned the UK Stella Artois Draught Master. Crow impressed judges with his...
Sparkling Wine Focus: Selling the sparkle
13-Oct-2010 By Jessica Harvey Jessica
For a long time, Champagne has been synonymous with style and sophistication. Boutique Champagne house Perrier-Jouët's prestige cuvée Belle Epoque,...
Beer festival hits the road for charity
13-Oct-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is set to receive a £50,000 boost after a licensee pledged to undertake a year-long beer festival...
Diageo offer licensees the chance to win £10,000
13-Oct-2010
Publicans have the chance to win cash prizes of up to £10,000 by collecting the caps from bottles of Smirnoff Flavours and Morgan's Spiced. The...
McEwan's kicks off major TV campaign
13-Oct-2010
McEwan's has launched a major TV advertising campaign this month to show the beer's Scottish heritage and attract the next generation to the brand....
13-Oct-2010 By MA Reporter
Pubs pushing beer as an accompaniment to meals will open up new opportunities — here is how to get involved.
Southern Comfort annouces £3m Christmas campaign
12-Oct-2010
Bacardi Brown-Forman is backing Southern Comfort with a £3m Christmas marketing campaign - its biggest ever for the brand. On-trade promotions will...
Magners sees signs of recovery
12-Oct-2010 By Hamish Champ
Magners cider has returned to volume growth in the UK for the first time in three years, according to C&C Group, the Dublin-headquartered group...
12-Oct-2010 By Roger Protz
Hogs Back Brewery argues the case for a beer duty review to benefit all brewers, says Roger Protz.
12-Oct-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Diageo has officially opened its new £40m Scottish distillery three years after work on it began. The 3,000m² Roseisle malt distillery in Speyside...
Jacob's Creek returns to Wimbledon
12-Oct-2010 By Robyn Black
Jacob's Creek is to replace Blossom Hill as the official wine of Wimbledon next year. It is the second time the Australian wine brand has sponsored...
Useyourlocal to feature on 100 million beermats
11-Oct-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Industry website useyourlocal.com is to get its name out and about by featuring on 100 million beermats. As part of a deal that has seen the site...
International brewers flock to UK for festival
11-Oct-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Brewers from Sri Lanka, USA, Italy and Belgium will be among those offering their beers at Wetherspoons' forthcoming international real ale festival....
Grant's whisky sponsors Piers Morgan Life Stories
11-Oct-2010
Grant's whisky is set to sponsor the ITV1 show, Piers Morgan Life Stories marking its return to TV after a15-year break. Every Saturday, break...
11-Oct-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Jeff Myers, the managing director of the pub division of Greene King's Scottish brewery Belhaven, died in his sleep last Friday aged 48. He...
Jobs under threat in S&N Pub Co restructuring
08-Oct-2010 By Hamish Champ
Up to 50 jobs could be lost at Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company (S&NPC) if proposals by Heineken UK to restructure the business get the...
08-Oct-2010 By Sonya Hook
"Dark and edgy" drink Opal Nera is boosting its links with Halloween by bringing out a limited-edition bottle. The skeleton-themed bottle has been...
Drink school: Teaching the taste buds about whisky
07-Oct-2010
Whisky, whiskey, drams, blends, grain, single malt, bourbons - you'd be forgiven for thinking that whisky talk is a bit like speaking another...
Molson Coors snaps up Corona distribution
07-Oct-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Brewing giant Molson Coors has confirmed it will be taking on the distribution of Mexican beer Corona. The Carling brewer has signed a deal with...
Heineken defends oversized glasses
07-Oct-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A major brewer has hit back at claims that its 'pint to the line' glasses are hitting pubs in the pocket. James Gibbs, director of the Cage Wine Bar...
07-Oct-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Molson Coors has confirmed that it will distribute Modelo brands including Mexican lager Corona Extra from January next year. The Carling brewer...
06-Oct-2010 By Ewan Turney
Cropton Brewery could be forced out of business if rival Yorshire brewer Sam Smith's wins a legal case to stop it using the Yorkshire rose.
Samuel Smith and Cropton Brewery do battle over the white rose of Yorkshire
06-Oct-2010 By Hamish Champ
A battle over the white rose of Yorkshire threatens to scupper a microbrewery that has raised thousands of pounds for a soldier's charity....
06-Oct-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Daniel Thwaites, the regional brewer and pub operator, has unveiled a brace of new independent directors. Rupert Thompson, the former chief...
05-Oct-2010 By Robyn Black
Both Corona Extra and Red Stripe are to leave the Bedfordshire-based brewer Wells & Young's portfolio next year.
Roy Beers: Glasgow needs more good pubs - not more anti-trade hysteria
05-Oct-2010
It's bonkers, of course, but there's a political head of steam behind it which could prove hard to resist. There's a general climate of wanting to...
Key brand loss to hit Wells & Young's hard
05-Oct-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Wells & Young's Brewing Company chief Paul Wells has admitted the loss of Red Stripe and Corona will have a major impact on the Bedford company....
Wells & Young's lose Red Stripe and Corona
05-Oct-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Lagers Red Stripe and Corona will be leaving the Wells and Young's portfolio and returning to their brand owners next year. In a statement the...
05-Oct-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Carlsberg UK has signed a deal with Italian coffee brand LavAzza to give licensees the chance to forge a coffee offer in their pubs. Customers will...
05-Oct-2010 By Robyn Black
The loss of Mexican lager Corona Extra and Jamaican lager Red Stripe is set to hit Wells & Youngs hard as they account for 40% of turnover —...
04-Oct-2010 By The PMA Team
Entrepreneur Yaser Martini, former director of property agent Fleurets, has unveiled a new mobile and social marketing company, MePlease. The...
Crabbie's ginger soft drink launched
04-Oct-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
Halewood International has added another spin-off to its Crabbie's range with the introduction of new soft drink, John Crabbie's Cloudy Ginger Beer....
Top Gear man takes Pride
04-Oct-2010
Top Gear star James May has been announced as the new face of Fuller's London Pride. The campaign will incorporate a poster and television campaign,...
04-Oct-2010 By Roger Protz
The latest Good Beer Guide and the Bass Museum relaunch merit their own fanfare, says Roger Protz.
Heritage Wine has an online advantage
01-Oct-2010
The guides have been designed to help pubs, bars and restaurants to better choose wine, as well as providing a convenient way of fitting wine...
Tetley's back on the telly
01-Oct-2010 By Jessica Harvey Jessica
Tetley's is back on TV with an 18-month sponsorship deal with ITV4, according to brand owner Carlsberg. Speaking exclusively to The Publican, the...
CAMRA's best cider and perry pubs revealed
01-Oct-2010
As part of its Cider Month celebrations throughout October, CAMRA has revealed the best two pubs for real cider and perry in Britain. Out of a record...
01-Oct-2010 By Ewan Turney
The Prince of Wales in Foxfield, Cumbria and the Hop & Vine in Hull are the top pubs in Britain for real cider and perry. The two pubs were...
30-Sep-2010 By Robyn Black
Diageo is in talks to bring its "Pour Your Own Pint" tables for Guinness to UK pubs. The system has already been trialled in 220 venues in Dublin.
Czech microbrewing: Changes afoot in the land of lager
30-Sep-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
It started 20 years ago with the fall of communism in the Czech Republic. And ended, no less dramatically by all accounts, with a man taking his...
Beer Matters: Finishing what the brewer started
30-Sep-2010
Cask beer is a fresh, natural, living product that needs to be treated with care and attention. "Only 80 per cent of the job is completed at the...
30-Sep-2010 By Sonya Hook
Harrogate Spring Water has revealed plans to "significantly grow" the on-trade side of its business. According to the company, independent research...
30-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
Lancashire brewer Daniel Thwaites is trialling Brulines flow-monitoring equipment for draught soft drinks at six tenanted pubs. The scheme is...
Off-trade lager sold at 33p a unit on average, study shows
29-Sep-2010 By James Wilmore
Ninety-one per cent of alcohol units sold as lager in the off-trade in 2007 were sold below 45p a unit, a study has revealed. The Institute of...
29-Sep-2010 By Robyn Black
Diageo will be rolling out its Guinness Surger technology across the UK later this year, as it looks for new ways to further grow the brand in the...
