28-Sep-2010 By Roger Protz
The campaign to halt a JDW outlet in Lymington seems to be based on snobbery and delusion, says Roger Protz.
Rare cask raises thousands for charity
28-Sep-2010
London Brewer Fuller's has raised more than £2,000 for the Royal British Legion with cask sales of its Brewer's Reserve No 2. The oak-aged ale is...
Wadworth and Punch back British forces
28-Sep-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Brewer Wadworth and and pubco Punch Taverns have joined forces to raise funds for British servicemen. Throughout October and November 10p from every...
28-Sep-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Lancashire brewer Daniel Thwaites is launching a 32-strong selection of one-off and guest cask ales to its top pubs. The scheme will run until the...
Hamish Champ: Pubs, the beer tie, the smoking ban and that Gordon Brown
27-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
The Beer OrdersThe beer tieFree-of-tieFair PintFair do'sFreedom To ChooseThe smoking banSmoking sheltersBus sheltersHelterskeltersHealth...
Diageo announces multimillion-pound Christmas marketing plans for Smirnoff and Baileys
27-Sep-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
Diageo has announced it will invest £4.5m promoting cream liqueur Baileys, including the launch of a new flavour, Hazelnut. Other plans include...
Cask growth continues in declining beer market
27-Sep-2010
Despite declining total beer sales and continuing pub closures, cask ale last year outperformed the beer market, increased its share of on-trade beer...
27-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
Former Harvey's brewer Ian Burgess has purchased Horsham micro-brewer WJ King with business partner Nigel Lambe from Bill King. Burgess spent 19...
Molson Coors offers Chapel Down UK wine
24-Sep-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
Wines from award-winning English wine producer Chapel Down are now available through Molson Coors (UK). Sparkling wines from the Kent-based producer,...
Name a beer after your Local Hero
24-Sep-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Ever wanted to celebrate someone who makes your pub special but not known how to go about it? Well help is at hand thanks to The Publican teaming-up...
Rutland Bitter is to be resurrected
24-Sep-2010 By Sonya Hook
Rutland Bitter, one of only three beers in the country to have been awarded a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI), has been resurrected.
Jeremy Beadles: Off-trade is not the enemy
23-Sep-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Cast your minds back to January 2009. Barack Obama was inaugurated into the White House and the Icelandic banking system had just fallen off a cliff....
Award-winning beer blogger @markdredge visits the Budvar Brewery
23-Sep-2010
The Czech Republic has an odd charm. The square blocks of Communism sit next to elaborate pastel-coloured 19th-century houses while Western culture...
Princess opens National Brewing Centre
23-Sep-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
The new National Brewery Centre was given the royal seal of approval at its official opening this week. Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal, was...
23-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
Norfolk brewer Woodforde's has appointed former Diageo and Adnams man Rupert Farquharson has its new director of sales and marketing. His previous...
22-Sep-2010 By Roger Protz
Ministers must give brewers tax breaks to cut pub closures and ease financial woes, says Roger Protz.
Ginger beer brand Crabbie's launch snacks range
22-Sep-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
The company behind popular alcoholic ginger beer brand Crabbie's has launched a spin-off snacks range. Crabbie's Nuts include a Luxury Ginger Spiced...
21-Sep-2010 By Robyn Black
Chris Bailey, bartender at the Mall in Clifton Village, Bristol, has been crowned UK Pilsner Urquell Master Bartender of the Year. Bailey beat nine...
21-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
Lancashire brewer plans to expand the reach of its ales in the free trade by delivering beers from brewers based at opposite ends of the country.
Pernod Ricard announces biggest ad spend yet for Absolut
21-Sep-2010
A second run of Absolut Vodka adverts is about to hit TV screens, with owners Pernod Ricard confirming it is the biggest advertising spend yet for...
Hollyoaks' stars urge young bingers to drink more water
21-Sep-2010 By James Wilmore
Two Hollyoaks' stars are urging young people to drink more water and soft drinks on a night out, as part of the industry's £100m sensible drinking...
21-Sep-2010 By Phil Mellows
As CAMRA's Good Beer Guide 2011 is published, editor and MA columnist Roger Protz has a pint with Phil Mellows to talk about battling big brewers and...
20-Sep-2010 By Robyn Black
Miller Brands UK has added Kozel, a Czech beer, to its UK world beer range — it will be a 4% abv brew.
Hamish Champ: Choice and the beer tie
20-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
In last week's edition of The Publican - and on thepublican.com - appeared a column written by a customer of the Nightingale pub in Clapham, South...
Robinson's spreading the real ale word
20-Sep-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Brewer Robinson's is hoping to up the profile of ale with a range of activity at a festival next month. As sponsors of the Festival Bar at the...
20-Sep-2010 By Robyn Black
The Crabbie's Alcoholic Ginger Beer brand is moving into snacks, with the launch of a range of ginger-flavoured nuts. Brand owner Halewood...
20-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
A free pint of Robinsons beer is promised to anyone who presents a copy of the Morning Advertiser at the brewer's bar at next month's Manchester Food...
17-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
AB InBev and Harvester joined forces to promote the designated driver scheme as part of the brewing giant's "Global Be(er) Responsible Day".
'Mixed reaction to Borders drinks price pilot proposals'
17-Sep-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
An MSP's proposal to pilot minimum alcohol pricing in the Scottish Borders has generated a mixed response from the public. Some BBC Scotland news...
Miller Brands launches new Czech beer as an on-trade exclusive
17-Sep-2010 By Caroline Nodder
Miller Brands is launching a new draught Czech beer, Kozel, exclusively into UK pubs. The beer, a four per cent ABV premium lager, will not be...
Most ambitious advertising campaign yet for Smirnoff vodka
17-Sep-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
Diageo has unveiled what it calls its most ambitious advertising campaign, as it attempts to celebrate the best nightlife around the world with...
16-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Joule's Brewery has exchanged contracts on its 19th pub — Ye Olde Rose and Crown in the centre of Stafford.
16-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Work on Hall & Woodhouse's long-awaited £5m new brewhouse in Blandford St Mary is due to start next month.
The Nightingale guest editors on guest ales
16-Sep-2010 By Jessica Harvey Jessica
Lee and Keris De Villiers have been so successful at the Nightingale because they listen to what their customers want and are quick to move with the...
Hot drinks focus: Hot drinks really get you going!
16-Sep-2010
It's no secret that the traditional pub is a British institution. What's more, along with talking about the weather and being able to queue politely,...
Ian Bull: The Beer Orders gave pub customers a wealth of choice
16-Sep-2010
Imagine a traditional pub, the sort that isn't supposed to exist in a managed estate any more, very close to closing time. Suddenly the door bursts...
Corona Extra launches on-trade campaign for DJ contest
16-Sep-2010
Corona Extra is launching an on-trade campaign to support its tenth international DJ championship. The Movida Corona contest, which attracts entrants...
Disaronno gets TV push
16-Sep-2010 By Jessica Harvey Jessica
The Disaronno liqueur brand has received a doubled marketing investment, including a heavyweight TV campaign in the run up to Christmas Disaronno...
Good Beer Guide slams pubcos and global brewers
16-Sep-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Top ale houses have been celebrated in the new edition of the Good Beer Guide, which CAMRA has also used to launch stinging attacks on pubcos and...
16-Sep-2010 By Robyn Black
A new glass for Heineken has been designed to ensure the beer is served with a continental style big head. The new glass is larger than a pint, with...
16-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
Through the Stella Artois Draught Master programme, beer sommelier Marc Stroobandt wants to eradicate warm lager and poor service in UK pubs and...
16-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
Fifty-six more breweries operate in Britain than one year ago, as the "real-ale revolution" continues apace. That's the message from the Campaign...
15-Sep-2010 By Roger Protz
Passion for authentic cask ale is driving expansion of Alastair Hook's iconic empire, says Roger Protz.
GMB points finger at pubcos for falling beer sales
15-Sep-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
High rents and beer prices have been blamed for a drop in pub sales by trade union GMB. According to GMB analysis of government and British Beer...
15-Sep-2010 By Robyn Black
Foster's new look, which was launched in the off-trade in July, will be rolling out across the on-trade over the next few months. The design...
Hop harvest: All in a day's work
13-Sep-2010 By Katie Coyne
Peering over the top of the mash tun, head brewer Roger Ryman exchanges worried looks with fellow brewer James Vincent. "That's an awful lot of...
Pub Bitch: WKD ads gone to pot
13-Sep-2010
Royal booze-up in brewery I felt disposed to get down on one knee last week when onto my desk floated an invitation to the official Royal opening of...
Hop harvest: Hopping mad
13-Sep-2010
Brian Yorton, head brewer at Wadworths, is without doubt sane and is carrying on the tradition of creating the well-regarded green-hopped 4.5 per...
'Real ale makes a comeback'
13-Sep-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Industry sales figures suggest that real ale, often characterised as a drink favoured by old men in dusty pubs, is gaining ground against lager, the...
13-Sep-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
SA Brain, the Welsh brewer and pub operator, has secured £20m in funding that it intends to use to secure pub acquisitions. The firm currently owns...
