11-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
Scottish micro-brewer BrewDog has dropped its threat of legal action against industry watchdog the Portman Group. BrewDog had threatened to begin...
11-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
Outspoken anti-pubco MP Greg Mulholland has called for reform of the beer tie to make it "fairer" and more "transparent". The Leeds North West MP...
10-Feb-2009 By John Harrington
Around 75 MPs and Peers have joined the new politicians' campaign group to save the pub, which focuses the beer tie.
Brewers' defence against the downturn
10-Feb-2009
St Austell2008 saw a winter drinks pricing promotion, under which the price for a range of core products - its own brewed beers such as IPA and...
Diageo distillery goes green
10-Feb-2009
It's not every day that a distillery plays host to the country's leader, but Diageo's Cameronbridge Distillery in Fife recently earned a visit by...
Opinion: Coming together to deal with the devil
10-Feb-2009
"Try to think as the other person thinks" - Michael Corleone: The Godfather - Part IIThe government is big on dealing with a single message from the...
Hundreds sign up for Admiral Taverns' cheap pint promotion
10-Feb-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
More than 600 licensees have signed up to an Admiral Taverns £1.99 a-pint promotion. As part of the deal tenants and lessees are given a discount so...
Corona announces promotion drive
10-Feb-2009
Corona has announced details of a major, promotional drive to take place in towns and cities across the country in the first quarter of 2009.Working...
BBPA to fund Beer Academy
10-Feb-2009
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has today revealed it will unite its Beautiful Beer campaign with the Institute for Brewing and...
10-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
Southern Comfort is pushing its New Orleans roots as part of a month-long Mardi Gras campaign in February. More than 4,000 point of sale kits are...
10-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
BrewDog has threatened industry watchdog Portman Group with legal action over claims it is "profiteering from the scourge of illegal drugs".
10-Feb-2009 By Tony Halstead
The Government is facing demands from more than 100 MPs to ditch its controversial beer tax increase planned for next April's budget. A total of 113...
10-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
The BBPA's Beautiful Beer campaign has teamed up with the Institute for Brewing & Distilling to offer funding and support for the Beer Academy.
09-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
Guinness is to distribute 26,000 St Patrick's Day promotional kits to help drive sales on 17 March and the weekend before.
09-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
Guinness is to launch the industry's first pint glasses containing unit information in a bid to help drinkers stay within the Government recommended guidelines.
Roy Beers: Buckie - the monastic enigma that's sailing through recession
09-Feb-2009
According to popular tabloid The Sunday Mail: "Experts say the surge is no surprise as the credit crunch has prompted people to buy cheaper, stronger...
Oh Brother!
09-Feb-2009
AT A time when doom is piled high upon economic doom, it would be reasonable to assume that those working within a sector that is experiencing its...
Magners Pear launched
09-Feb-2009
Magners is to launch a long-awaited pear variant next month, it has been confirmed.The Publican exclusively revealed in November that brand owner...
Guinness glassware to show alcohol units
09-Feb-2009
Diageo has announced plans to launch glassware displaying the alcohol unit content of a pint of Guinness. The industry first is part of a campaign to...
English Heritage link to Bombardier
09-Feb-2009 By MA Reporter
Wells & Young's cask ale Bombardier has strengthened its associations with "positive Englishness" by renewing its partnership with English...
06-Feb-2009 By Peter Coulson
There is an interesting legal argument raging at the moment about who actually sells the beer in a pub, says Peter Coulson.
Enterprise Inns announces five-product price freeze
06-Feb-2009
Enterprise Inns is freezing the prices of five key beers until the summer.The move is intended to mitigate the impact on licensees as the company...
06-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
Welsh brewer and national rugby team sponsor SA Brain has relaunched its Bread of Heaven ale in time for the Six Nations kick-off. The ale returns...
05-Feb-2009 By Roger Protz
The recession may be hitting the trade hard, but experienced craft brewers such as Norfolk's David Winter are determined to survive, says Roger Protz.
05-Feb-2009 By Andrew Pring
The trade is involved in a real race against time to find a solution that will stem the tide of pub closures, says Andrew Pring.
Telling the whole story on beer
05-Feb-2009
With more than six months experience of using the i-draught system, the Sell More Save More licensees working with Brulines are seeing real...
05-Feb-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Australian lagers VB and Crown are being prepared for UK success, as brand-owner Foster's hopes to tap into the growth in imported lagers.
05-Feb-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Red Bull's quirky cartoon advert will return to the small screen this month, forming part of the company's plans to drive profits for the on-trade in...
Cask: When local ale goes national
04-Feb-2009
EDWARD AND Tubbs would be proud. Ten years ago, the couple from Royston Vasey with their 'local shop for local people' gained cult comedy status with...
Cask: Market analysis
04-Feb-2009
Last year's Intelligent Choice report into what it presented as a booming cask market was, according to some sources involved in its creation, a...
Opinion: Shadows cast over Magners in the cider orchard
04-Feb-2009
Magners producer C&C posted some pretty striking results recently that raised major questions. Are the struggles of the market-leading brand that...
Trade chief slams penny pint promotion
04-Feb-2009
A penny-a-pint promotion has been slammed as irresponsible by a trade leader. Last week The Publican revealed that Teesside pub chain, the Dukedom...
Fuller's raises beer prices by 2.5 per cent
03-Feb-2009 By Hamish Champ
Fuller Smith & Turner, the London-based brewer and pub operator, is the latest group to raise the price of its beer following rising raw material...
03-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
Charles Wells Pub Company is to absorb all price increases and duty hikes on draught beers and ciders for its tenants until 4 April. The move follows...
03-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
Leicestershire brewer Everards has announced its seasonal ale line-up for 2009. The programme kicks off this month with the rugby inspired cask...
03-Feb-2009 By MA reporter
Every licensee wants to back a winner. So to help you become a winner, the MA recently compiled a brand new listing of the 50 drinks that made the...
03-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
Cobra Beer saw its volumes increase by 28% for the three months to 31 January on last year. Volumes for the six months to 31 January are up 21%. The...
03-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
London brewer Fuller's has announced plans for a 2.5% increase in beer prices but will absorb cost increases until 1 April. The London Pride brewer...
02-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
Former England rugby captain Lawrence Dallaglio is set to make an appearance at thousands of pubs during the Six Nations tournament, thanks to Greene King.
Carlsberg announces beer price hike
02-Feb-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Carlsberg UK has announced it is to hike trade prices of its beers by an average of 2.8 per cent. The move will take effect from Monday, March 2....
02-Feb-2009 By MA Reporter
Old Pulteney used the London Boat Show as a launch platform for its latest campaign, which aims to reinforce its maritime links. The single malt...
02-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
Carlsberg is to increase its wholesale prices for draught and packaged beers by 2.8% from 2 March. The Danish brewer blamed an increase in material...
Food pubs help cask stay strong
30-Jan-2009
Cask ale is no longer the preserve of traditional, wet-led pubs, with food-led sites increasingly recognising the product as a major source of...
John Porter: Small beer
30-Jan-2009
This would be the same government that is incapable of teaching a large percentage of the population how to read and write, can't work out that if...
Famous Grouse offers rugby-goers free samples
30-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Famous Grouse whisky is to offer rugby goers free samples and beanie hats as part of its sponsorship of the Scottish rugby team. All adult fans...
29-Jan-2009 By Roger Protz
Beer lover Ken Clarke's return to the Tory front bench must surely have the pub trade cheering — and Peter Mandelson quaking
New energy drinks from Coca Cola
29-Jan-2009
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) will launch two new formats in its Relentless energy drink range across the on-trade next month.Relentless Origin and...
Makro axes Carlsberg Export in support of pubs
29-Jan-2009 By James Wilmore
A war of words has erupted between Makro and Carlsberg after the wholesaler announced it was axing one of the brewer's brands. Makro has removed...
Beer on offer for 1p
29-Jan-2009
A pub chain is offering what is probably the country's cheapest beer at just 1p a pint. The Stockton-on-Tees based Dukedom Group, has slashed the...
Fuller's chairman blasts government over duty rises
29-Jan-2009 By Hamish Champ
Fuller Smith & Turner chairman Michael Turner has demanded that the Chancellor of the Exchequer scraps the duty escalator mechanism, which will...
