11-Sep-2008 By Tony Jennings
In Europe, brew masters in traditional breweries are regarded with an awe bordering on reverence. An almost papal authority is attached to their...
11-Sep-2008 By Ewan Turney
Asda will stop selling any beers or cider that offer "extra free" in Scotland from 30 September. The supermarket giant has taken the step to remove...
10-Sep-2008 By Ewan Turney
Tesco has slashed the price of hundreds of wines in half as part of its Autumn wine festival — a move which is sure to further pressure pubs.
Mark Daniels: Real Ale - its not for men
10-Sep-2008
Every day I seem to be opening up a newspaper or visiting a web page or listening to the radio, only to hear more and more doom and gloom about our...
'SABMiller and InBev tipped to target Cobra'
10-Sep-2008
Cobra Beer is being tipped as a potential bid target for bigger rivals including SABMiller and InBev, following the collapse of talks with Diageo,...
Profit from Beer
09-Sep-2008
Remember how you felt when your dad told you it was time the stabilisers came off your bike? In a function room above a pub in Slough it was just...
Kopparberg Q&A: Ciderman and his amazing blends
09-Sep-2008
Magners is facing tough competition from rival ciders, a lot of them accused of being copycats that hopped on a bandwagon, or cheap variants of apple...
£2m support for Newcastle Brown, McEwan's and Scrumpy Jack
09-Sep-2008
A £2m marketing support package has been placed behind Newcastle Brown Ale, McEwan's, Youngers, Newcastle Exhibition, Woodpecker and Scrumpy Jack.It...
Wines that add sparkle
08-Sep-2008
Our wine champion ViVAS - the joint venture between 3663 and Bibendum - has offered the Sell More, Save More pubs a series of ideas for food and wine...
Snacks focus: Sssh... theyre healthy
08-Sep-2008
AS ANY publican knows only too well, the average bar is full of people with strong opinions, most of which they are only too happy to express.This...
Profit from premium products at major Publican event
05-Sep-2008
When the stellar line-up of speakers takes to the stage at the Premium Innovation conference at London's Commonwealth Club on Tuesday, September 30,...
05-Sep-2008 By Roger Protz
Closed pubs are just one tangible face of the damage done by the Beer Orders.
Kronenbourg 'knives and bubbles' ad is cleared
04-Sep-2008 By MA reporter
The Advertising Standards Authority dismissed claims that the ad is linked with violence and aggressive behaviour.
04-Sep-2008 By John Harrington
Trials have taken place at Tesco but an on-trade launch is not ruled out.
Beer tie winners and losers
04-Sep-2008
TO SAY that the current scrutiny of the beer tie has the potential to make dramatic differences to the way brewers supply pubs is something of an...
Pubs caught out over cancelled Carlsberg promotion
04-Sep-2008 By James Wilmore
A licensee was forced to hand out free pints to angry customers after Carlsberg cancelled a high-profile giveaway promotion with a national...
Pernod Ricard takes control of Absolut Vodka
03-Sep-2008 By John Harrington
The initial payment to Maxxium will be £48m for the Vin & Spirit portfolio.
Punch boss wants "quick and decisive" BEC review
03-Sep-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Punch Taverns owns 7,560 pubs across the country. The vast majority of licensees running those pubs are 'tied' to the pubco. Here leased division...
Pubco bosses defend the beer tie
02-Sep-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubco bosses have launched a staunch defence of the beer tie in the first in a new series of Publican Special Reports. In two in-depth interviews,...
Pubs warned over food safety
02-Sep-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Food operators have been told they risk losing their business if they don't adhere to food safety issues. The stark warning comes from stock audit...
Ad campaign for Sourz
02-Sep-2008
Maxxium is embarking upon a major consumer campaign this month to reposition speciality spirit Sourz as a modern mixable spirit, following a re-pack...
John Nicolson to head Heineken Americas operation
02-Sep-2008 By Hamish Champ
Heineken has announced the appointment of John Nicolson, former Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) Eastern European boss, as head of Heineken's...
01-Sep-2008 By John Harrington
The Carling and Grolsch brewer cites massive cost inflation - after making just 2p profit per pint in 2007.
Opinion: Eavesdropping on InBev
01-Sep-2008
I just can't get away from work these days. A trip to drink beer in Brussels on a day off recently was bound to be something of a busman's holiday,...
Drinks giant slams Scottish government
01-Sep-2008
Diageo has slammed plans by the Scottish government to crack down on pubs' alcohol sales and promotions, and proposed an alternative system of...
Coors raises price of a pint by 3p
01-Sep-2008
Coors has announced a 3p increase in the wholesale price of a pint of lager from September 29, warning that inflations in the cost of raw ingredients...
Belgian beers celebrated in new book
01-Sep-2008 By James Wilmore
A new book celebrating the best Belgian beers is being released today by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). '100 Belgian Beers to Try Before You...
Magners loses its fizz as sales slide
31-Aug-2008 By Hamish Champ
Magners producer C&C Group signalled that the cider market had lost some of its fizz when it warned last week that its turnover for the six...
Guernsey's Randalls Brewery celebrates new look
31-Aug-2008
Last week saw the official opening of the Randalls La Piette Brewery in Guernsey. Describing itself as a 'midi brewery', after a major refit the...
29-Aug-2008 By Tony Halstead
A form of open-book accounting for new tenants is among the measures in the new package from the Cheshire brewer and pub operator
29-Aug-2008 By The PMA Team
Drinks giant Diageo has warned that the slowing UK economy would lead to more middle class people drinking at home rather than at the pub. Chief...
Guinness acts to pull more people into pubs
29-Aug-2008
Guinness is looking to drive more people into pubs with a £5m ad campaign aimed at celebrating the after-work drinking occasion.Entitled '17:59....
Cask Beer Week to return
29-Aug-2008
Cask Beer Week will be back in pubs next Easter, it has been confirmed. The annual event, orginally organised by the Independent Family Brewers of...
28-Aug-2008 By Roger Protz
This brewing business, it's women's work. So, for that matter, is running top beer festivals.
28-Aug-2008 By Paul Collins
Medallist worked at pub while in training
28-Aug-2008 By John Harrington
Guinness gets its highest share ever of the beer category, despite flat sales.
Importer appoints new team
28-Aug-2008
Drinks importer PLB has made four new appointments as it bids to expand the company's presence in the on-trade.Headed up by sales managers Jonathan...
28-Aug-2008 By The PMA Team
The C&C Group - owners of Magners - is to triple the size of its UK office to combat declining cider sales, it has been revealed. The Irish...
Roy Beers: Is it finally time to join forces with the "good" off trade?
28-Aug-2008
That's not my perspective, although I can sympathise with many of the arguments, but the heart-felt message - to anyone who will listen - from an...
Guinness proves to be good for Diageo
28-Aug-2008 By Hamish Champ
Guinness producer Diageo has announced net sales for the year up eight per cent to £8.1bn.Driven primarily by growth in its international markets,...
New ad campaign for Gordon's
27-Aug-2008
Diageo is launching a £3.5m marketing campaign for Gordon's gin, extending the brand's partnership with Gordon Ramsay.The campaign includes press,...
Dusanj brothers table bid for Cains Beer Company
27-Aug-2008 By Hamish Champ
Brothers Sudarghara and Ajmail Dusanj have lodged a bid with the administrators of the collapsed Cains Beer Company to buy back the business,...
Adnams sees operating profits slump 88 per cent
26-Aug-2008 By Hamish Champ
Adnams, the Suffolk brewer, said tough trading conditions, rising costs and delays in selling off a number of the group's pubs contributed to a...
Six out of 10 wine fans drink rosé
26-Aug-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
The popularity of rosé has soared so much over the last three years that it is now drunk by 60 per cent of regular wine drinkers. Research by the...
26-Aug-2008 By Ewan Turney
Adnams has reported a £148,000 loss before tax for the six months to 30 June as the credit crunch and rising prices take their toll.
Tumbling drink sales hurt pubs
25-Aug-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Consumers are leaving pubs in their droves and heading to the off-licence as the credit crunch bites, according to latest research. Figures released...
Red Square Reloaded falls foul of watchdog's code
22-Aug-2008 By James Wilmore
The producer of vodka-based drink Red Square Reloaded is being forced into changing the drink's packaging - to make it clear it contains alcohol....
22-Aug-2008 By Ewan Turney
Alcopop Red Square Reloaded has been ordered to alter its packaging to make it clear the drink contains alcohol. Industry watchdog Portman Group's...
22-Aug-2008 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Bids for Cains Beer Company are due to be lodged with administrators Pricewaterhouse Coopers today.
21-Aug-2008 By Roger Protz
Effects of the bad weather, smoking ban, rising beer duty and rent are overwhelming rerasons why Gary and Sandra Higginbotham left Punch pub Old Fox in Hertfordshire.
