16-Dec-2009 By Lesley Foottit
Cornwall-based Healey's Cyder Farm has plans to launch an expansion across the rest of the UK in 2010. The company's Cornish Rattler Cyder (6% abv)...
Beer matching with Hook Norton: Spoilt for choice in the Cotswolds
15-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Matching beer - particularly cask ale - with food to bring out the best in both is not exactly a new phenomenon. In certain quarters the exercise is...
Scores of MPs want tax break for beer
15-Dec-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
More than 120 MPs have added their names to calls for tax policy that is sympathetic to the beer industry. Political big hitters such as former...
Bompas & Parr flood building with punch
14-Dec-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Food architects Bompas and Parr have been at it again. After the success of their walk-in gin and tonic in May, last week saw the pair flood palatial...
Beers without the booze
14-Dec-2009
Recently on Twitter.com I was lucky enough to become the 2,000th follower The Publican's Twitter account, @ukpubs - and I won a T-shirt. The shirt...
11-Dec-2009 By Roger Protz
Opinion is divided on the latest Portman-baiting products from Scottish micro BrewDog, says Roger Protz.
10-Dec-2009 By Lesley Foottit
Healey's Cornish Cyder Farm has been forced to revise the label of its Cornish Rattler Cyder after a complaint.
10-Dec-2009 By Sonya Hook
United Biscuits has revealed a raft of activity for its bagged snacks brands for 2010, including a new addition to the McCoy's range.
Pete Brown: What a year!
10-Dec-2009
I have a confession to make: I'm writing this column while still under the influence of alcohol, after having exceeded the government's definition of...
Scottish Diageo staff win improved redundancy package
10-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Diageo workers in Scotland are claiming a victory - of sorts - after successfully lobbying the drinks giant to improve terms of redundancy packages...
10-Dec-2009 By Lesley Foottit
Molson Coors has teamed up with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to combat alcohol duty fraud.
10-Dec-2009 By John Harrington
The trade body for small businesses is to write to every would be MP urging them to back action on the beer tie.
Smirnoff ad cleared by ASA
09-Dec-2009 By Lesley Foottit
A Smirnoff Vodka TV advert has been cleared of being irresponsible by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
Darling ignores calls for beer duty cut
09-Dec-2009 By James Wilmore
Chancellor Alistair Darling has ignored industry calls for a cut in beer duty in his Pre-Budget report today. However the industry can breathe a...
09-Dec-2009 By Ewan Turney
No reprieve on beer duty — that's the hammer-blow dished out by the Chancellor Alistair Darling in the Pre-Budget Report. The pub sector had hoped...
09-Dec-2009 By Lesley Foottit
London brewer Meantime is to invest £1.5m in a new brewery, which will double its brewing capacity. The new leased site, at Blackwall Lane,...
09-Dec-2009 By Lesley Foottit
The Government makes over five times more money from the sale of beer than brewers and pub companies, according to new research. Oxford Economics...
'Pubs fight back over 'beer ties'
07-Dec-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Greedy pub companies are facing a new backlash over rip-off beer prices. Britain's pub chains - which own 25,000 locals and make £1.5billion-a-year...
04-Dec-2009 By Paul Wells
Charles Wells boss Paul Wells explains why being a tenant of a regional family brewer is that little bit different.
Publican columnist is Beer Writer of the Year
04-Dec-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Author and Publican columnist Pete Brown was last night crowned Beer Writer of the Year at the British Guild of Beer Writers Awards. As well as...
'Supermarket under fire for selling beer at just 25p a bottle'
04-Dec-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A supermarket giant was under fire yesterday for selling bottles of beer for just 25p. Morrisons was accused of picing alcohol at "pocket-money"...
04-Dec-2009 By John Harrington
An event at a Pitcher and Piano (P&P) bar featuring the strapline "stay beautiful with Martini" has fallen foul of advertising rules.
04-Dec-2009 By MA Reporter
With the floods in Cockermouth receded, those at the Marston's-owned Jennings brewery reflect on the tumultuous past few weeks.
03-Dec-2009 By Ewan Turney
Special treatment for duty on spirits should end in order to fund a reduction in beer duty, the CAMRA has told the Chancellor.
Pub Bitch: beer baths, Protz vs Penguins, and the return of the Turnip Prize
03-Dec-2009
Lathered in lager Forget bathing in asses' milk. When looking to pamper themselves after a hard day at the coalface, the filthy rich of Austria want...
Mark Daniels: The Myth of the £2 pint...
03-Dec-2009
If you could sell a pint for £2, would you? There often seems to be a mantra amongst landlords that if they were freed from their obligations to...
Sell More, Save More 3 Spirits: Boosting their spirits
03-Dec-2009
Great drinks, a welcoming atmosphere and fantastic customer service are three of the keys to running a successful pub - and it's vital that licensees...
Sell More, Save More 3 Beer & Cider: Take five for success
03-Dec-2009
As the beer champion in Sell More, Save More this year, Heineken UK is proud to be sharing its in-depth knowledge and understanding of the category...
Cask ale boosts Marston's sales
03-Dec-2009
The resurgence in cask ale and innovative new food menus are driving a renewed vigour in sales across the Marston's managed estate, according to...
03-Dec-2009 By Ewan Turney
Drinks watchdog has urged pubs, clubs and shops to ban Brewdog's Tokyo Beer from sale for breaching its code of practice on responsible marketing....
03-Dec-2009 By Sonya Hook
Competition for witty ale names is high this year as brewers inject some festive fun into the on-trade. Three Sheikhs to the Wind is the quirky...
02-Dec-2009 By Lesley Foottit
Greene King has revealed its real ale offers for the Christmas season, including Abbot Reserve and Rocking Rudolph.
01-Dec-2009 By Lesley Foottit
Moorhouse's Brewery has scooped an award for being one of East Lancashire's most outstanding businesses for 2009.
Roy Beers: No minimum pricing - just maximum policing
01-Dec-2009
The min pricing saga has been on the go so long that the actual announcement has been a complete anticlimax, particularly as the SNP's political...
01-Dec-2009 By Ewan Turney
Fair Pint will support the BBPA's campaign for cuts in beer tax if pubcos commit to passing on any benefits in full to tenants.
30-Nov-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Marston's is to revive its campaign for Pedigree, to promote the beer's permanent adoption of the red and white livery of the England flag.
'Local needs a bitter help'
30-Nov-2009 By James Wilmore
A village pub stripped of its furniture by bailiffs over debts has been saved by its regulars. Publican Andy Prestwich and wife Jayne were left...
C&C Group buys Gaymers cider for £45m
30-Nov-2009 By Hamish Champ
Magners cider producer C&C Group has bought rival manufacturer Gaymer Cider Company from Constellation Brands for £45m. Gaymer's, which employs...
30-Nov-2009 By Lesley Foottit
A group of MPs have urged the Chancellor to lobby the EU for fairer taxation on draught beer. MPs Colin Breed and Greg Mulholland have written to...
30-Nov-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Following coffee, chocolate, bananas and wine, a vodka made from quinoa is the latest product to break into the Fairtrade market. Fair Vodka is...
27-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Brewer BrewDog has won planning consent to build a new brewery that will allow it to increase its production by eight times. Councillors have...
27-Nov-2009 By John Harrington
High taxes could force alcohol prices in the off-trade up 10% next year, according to Anheuser-Busch InBev UK president Stuart MacFarlane. He...
Molson Coors and C&C agree new Magners contract
26-Nov-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Molson Coors UK and C&C Group have agreed in principle to extend the distribution contract for draught Magners in England and Wales. It is...
BrewDog creates world's strongest beer
26-Nov-2009 By Sonya Hook
The BrewDog team have created "the strongest beer on the planet" breaking the previous record holder by 7% abv. The whopping 32% abv Tactical...
26-Nov-2009 By Lesley Foottit
Two former Carlsberg executives have formed their own micro-brewery, Shenstone Brew Co in Staffordshire. Nick Shuttleworth and Chris Box's signature...
25-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Brewer and pub retailer Thwaites has put eight pubs up for sale across East Lancashire with restrictive covenants on at least two of them. The pubs...
Beer sales stronger in freehouses
25-Nov-2009
A huge disparity in the sales performance of beer in freehouses, managed houses and tenanted and leased pubs has been laid bare in the latest figures...
Jacob's Creek launch new TV ad campaign
25-Nov-2009
A new TV advertising campaign for Jacob's Creek will trumpet the brand's appeal as an "unpretentious" wine. The 'True Character' advertisements will...
Britvic cautious about prospects for the on-trade
25-Nov-2009 By Hamish Champ
Britvic, which produces brands including Pepsi, Fruit Shoot and J20, said it remained cautious about a likely recovery in the pub sector, despite...
25-Nov-2009 By John Harrington
The new Independent Pub Confederation has issued a five-point action plan for Government to make the beer tie fairer for tenants.
