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...
C&C hopes UK ad campaigns will revitalise Magners
25-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
C&C Group hopes a series of new ad campaigns will help grow its Magners cider in the UK to levels more in line with the performance of the...
Duty rises and price freezes hit Magners producer
25-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Duty rises and price freezes will hit C&C Group's comparative trading performance in the coming year. The Irish drinks group, which numbers...
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 Ewan Turney
Magners continues to have a tough time in the on-trade in Great Britain — recording a 14% volume drop against flat sector growth. However, 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 Sonya Hook
A leading fruit juice brand from Azerbaijan is parachuting over to the UK as the country begins a major push to increase food and drink exports.
24-May-2010 By Sonya Hook
A natural juice drink from Belvoir Fruit Farms is ready to woo UK consumers with four flavours.
24-May-2010 By Sonya Hook
Action needs to be taken to halt the decline of on-trade wine sales, according to research consultancy Wine Intelligence.
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 Jo Bruce
Ideas for driving sales at your pub including fish Fridays, a St George's Day menu and a tapas night.
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
A new version of limoncello — that promises a more intense lemon taste — is on its way from Cellar Trends. The new Luxardo Limoncello will...
20-May-2010 By Sonya Hook
First Drinks has pledged to invest a total of £50m in its drinks portfolio this year, with Glenfiddich earmarked as its priority brand. The...
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
Two English wines were awarded gold medals at the International Wine Challenge (IWC).
18-May-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Britvic, the UK-based soft drinks producer, today reported a 39% increase in profit before tax and plans to buy Fruité Entreprises.
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...
Wine focus: Get to grips with the grape
13-May-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
Good news: wine isn't complicated, matching food with wine is simple, and regardless of what high-brow wine buffs might say about their expert...
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...
First ever sparkling wine training by Codorníu
13-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The first sparkling wine category training programme for the on-trade has been launched by Spanish sparkling wine brand Codorníu. The company...
