Brewers Fayre pushes for family day
12-Dec-2008
Pub restaurant chain Brewers Fayre has launched a national campaign for a new public holiday in celebration of the family.The campaign comes after a...
12-Dec-2008 By Tony Halstead
Regional brewer and pub operator Daniel Thwaites has launched a new tenancy agreement aimed at giving its licensees new essential tools to trade in a...
11-Dec-2008 By Roger Protz
Whether you start a craft brewery or get in a best-seller, cask is the way forward, says Roger Protz.
Row erupts over ALMR remarks on beer tie
11-Dec-2008
A number of pub companies are believed to be reviewing their membership of the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) following this...
New Diageo products to be brand extensions
11-Dec-2008
Diageo Great Britain's managing director of has suggested that new launches from the company are likely to take the form of extensions to existing...
York brewery in Lancashire hands
11-Dec-2008
York's only brewery has been bought by a Lancashire hospitality group, Mitchell's Hotels & Inns, for an undisclosed sum. It marks a return to...
Opportunities for rum, says new report
11-Dec-2008
Newly-emerging consumer groups represent opportunities to grow rum sales in the UK, according to a new report published yesterday by the West Indies...
Cask Ale Week plans continue apace
10-Dec-2008
Preparations for Cask Ale Week, the seven-day promotional drive planned for Easter 2009, continue apace, with point of sale (PoS) material being put...
Make yours a top cellar at Christmas
10-Dec-2008
Festive trading provides a special challenge over and above all the other pressures facing pubs this year. Dan Unwin of cellar services champion...
Pubco giants defend the tie
09-Dec-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
A pubco boss today warned even more pubs could close if the beer tie was to be removed. Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen and his Punch...
Diageo trials draught cocktails
09-Dec-2008
Diageo has trialled a draught cocktail dispense system in a number of pubs.The new spirit and mixer dispense system is fount-operated and allows...
08-Dec-2008 By John Harrington
Nearly 3,000 letters have been sent to MPs in support of the pro-pub campaign
Black Grouse lands on small screen
08-Dec-2008
Famous Grouse premium variant the Black Grouse will feature in the brand's Christmas advertising for the first time this year.Advertising for the...
'Brewer calls time on hundreds of UK jobs'
08-Dec-2008
Anheuser-Busch InBev, the company behind the Stella Artois, Becks and Budweiser brands, looks set to cull hundreds of jobs in the UK. A memo sent...
05-Dec-2008 By Roger Protz
What on earth is the Government trying to do to pubs? Roger Protz can't believe its latest tax moves.
Dispense innovation brings sales
05-Dec-2008
What have the Grolsch swing-top bottle, Magners and Guinness Extra Cold all got in common? When they were first launched, they were all examples of...
Young's beer brands relaunched
05-Dec-2008
Wells & Young's is to relaunch its Young's Bitter and Young's Special cask beer brands with new pump clips and above the line advertising...
Brandy: Shedding old-fashioned image
05-Dec-2008
DO MANY of your customers slip on a velvet smoking jacket after dinner and retire outside to puff on a cigar, stroke their bushy military moustaches...
Brandy: The story behind the spirit
05-Dec-2008
We all know the French smoke in an inimitably stylish way. The image of one of our cousins from across the Channel giving a gallic shrug while...
Consumer promotion for Echo Fall Spritz
05-Dec-2008
In an effort to drive sales of its ready made spritzer brand Echo Falls Spritz, Constellation is running a promotion with 15 Bristol bars on the...
05-Dec-2008 By Sonya Hook
A Gloucestershire brewer has created a credit crunch beer to help cheer up drinkers during the current financial crisis. Wickwar Brewing Company has...
Island mentality
04-Dec-2008
Just off the coast of Northern France lie the Channel Islands: Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and a few others whose tiny populations apparently...
Meet Mick the Tick
04-Dec-2008
For a Tuesday afternoon in an economic downturn the Wellington, Birmingham's famous cask ale emporium, is busy."Don't worry, you'll not miss him,"...
Establishing brewery no laughing matter, say celebs
04-Dec-2008
It's safe to say Neil Morrissey and Richard Fox have reservations about the editing of Risky Business, the TV show documenting the celebrity pair's...
Pushing wine to next stage
04-Dec-2008
So, you've got your wine offer up and running, your staff know how to uncork a bottle without looking stupid, and your sales figures show customers...
Cyclops goes online
04-Dec-2008
The Cyclops tasting notes system for cask beer has moved online with the launch of the official Cyclops website.www.cyclopsbeer.co.uk will go live on...
'Cheap alcohol ban will hit wine drinkers most'
04-Dec-2008
Wine drinkers will be hit hardest by a proposal to ban cut-price alcohol promotions in supermarkets and off-licences, according to...
Heineken rugby sponsorship continues
04-Dec-2008
Heineken has negotiated a deal for its sponsorship of rugby's top European inter-club competition to continue for another four years.The annual...
04-Dec-2008 By Catherine Quinn
Pomegranates have hit the newspapers as a superfood, but the latest innovation is in the drinks business. Rimon Winery now manufactures a wine made...
'Tis the season for Christmas beers
03-Dec-2008
More brewers have added seasonal beers to licensees' Christmas stockings.Manchester-based Hydes Brewery is bringing back its festive beer Rockin'...
Wine and spirits producers back government action
03-Dec-2008
Wine and spirits producers are backing new moves from the government against problem premises and drinks campaigns, expected to be announced later...
WKD returns to TV screens
03-Dec-2008
RTD brand WKD returns to TV screens nationwide this month with a new advert - its fourth burst of TV advertising this year.The ad, "Warm Up", will...
Darts tournament reaches final stages
03-Dec-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Darts star Bobby George was on hand to present Lee Williams with a £1,000 cheque for charity after he won the Southern England regional final of the...
02-Dec-2008 By Ewan Turney
Heineken has agreed to extend its title sponsorship of the European Rugby Cup (ERC) for a further four years.
Maxxium takes on Stolichnaya
02-Dec-2008
Maxxium subsidiary The Edrington Group has signed an agreement with Russian vodka exporter SPI Group for the exclusive UK distribution rights to its...
Peeterman Artois and Artois Eiken axed by InBev
02-Dec-2008
InBev UK has confirmed it is to withdraw Stella Artois brand variants Peeterman Artois and Eiken Artois from trade.It comes despite assurances from...
Cancer patient brews fundraising beer
02-Dec-2008
A cancer patient has raised money for research into the disease by helping to produce the beer Testicale. Paul Latimer, 26, was diagnosed with...
Opinion: Barrrr, Darling!
01-Dec-2008
The fourth series of Blackadder got great comic mileage out of a character simply because his name was Darling. If only such mirth could be found in...
01-Dec-2008 By Ewan Turney
InBev has dropped Eiken Artois and Peeterman Artois from its portfolio — as it looks to concentrate on the rollout of its new Stella 4%.
01-Dec-2008 By Ewan Turney
The BBC's Money Programme will examine the issue of the beer tie and rents in a special programme due to be aired on Friday 12 December. Reporter Max...
Get the punters in
28-Nov-2008
Pubs and bars have taken quite a pounding in recent months, as the off trade, and supermarkets in particular, entices customers away from their local...
28-Nov-2008 By Ewan Turney
An Australian beer, not previously served in the UK, has been voted as the most popular at JD Wetherspoon's international beer festival. Barons Black...
BBPA calls for meeting with Darling
27-Nov-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
The British Beer & Pub Association has called for showdown talks with the Chancellor over his eight per cent hike on alcohol duty. The group's...
Carlsberg not being delisted by Enterprise
27-Nov-2008
Enterprise Inns has issued an apology to Carlsberg and admitted it made a mistake telling licensees it had delisted the lager. Last week The Publican...
'Chancellor in low spirits as PBR blunder rectified'
27-Nov-2008
The Chancellor was forced to backtrack on a key element of his Pre-Budget Report on Wednesday after he admitted that the Treasury had got its sums...
Clay's limited-edition ales
27-Nov-2008 By Sonya Hook
Ten limited-edition draught ales from America and Germany are being made available from James Clay in time for Christmas. The craft-beer selection...
27-Nov-2008 By Roger Protz
Camra's founding members reunited recently. Roger Protz was there for a fine pint of cask beer.
Way of the Copper Dragon brewery
26-Nov-2008
By the time you read this, the first pints from Yorkshire brewery Copper Dragon's new £4m brewhouse will be wetting customers' lips. It is the...
Heineken's Continental Bond
26-Nov-2008
JAMES BOND'S experience supping beer at the London premiere of blockbuster Quantum of Solace would have been very different to his drinking...
BBPA: Whisky tax changes should apply to whole sector
26-Nov-2008 By James Wilmore
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has met with Treasury officials this morning to argue for "fair treatment" on the measures announced in...
