News of the brews - Brewers gear up for the cup
16-Aug-2007
Greene King Greene King IPA is the official beer of England Rugby. Its World Cup campaign focuses on getting people off the sofa and into pubs....
NEWS OF THE BREWS
16-Aug-2007
Against The Grain The UK's oldest gluten-free beer has moved production to Wold Top in East Yorkshire after demand outstripped capacity at its...
Great British Beer Blackout?
16-Aug-2007
The power of the media is frightening. At its best, it can expose lies, fraud and political shenanigans. At its worst, it can destroy people's lives...
Premium Czech lager Bohemia Regent comes to UK
15-Aug-2007 By The PMA Team
Premium Czech lager Bohemia Regent is to be available in the UK for the first time, thanks to a 10-year distribution deal with JW Lees in Manchester....
14-Aug-2007 By Joe Lutrario
Hobsons Brewery steps up production of its champion beer Hobson's Mild to cope with increased demand
Focus Outdoor: Extending your food offer
14-Aug-2007
Summer's here and the barbecues are sizzling - although whether it's the sausages or the rain hitting hot metal is anyone's guess.Extending your food...
Chris Maclean: a rare bad batch of beer
14-Aug-2007 By Chris Maclean
We have finally seen the end of Gyle 1824. Thank goodness.I am blessed with a beer supply that is remarkably consistent. In almost every instance...
Pink Elephant escapes ticking off
14-Aug-2007 By James Wilmore
A complaint that the name of a wine is linked to drug-induced hallucinations has been dismissed by the Independent Complaints Panel. Pink Elephant,...
Brewer recruits regulars to mystery visit pubs
14-Aug-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
A Leicestershire brewer has recruited regular customers to visit pubs as secret agents on a 'mission enjoyable'.Everards is paying volunteer mystery...
Wine focus: Break out the bubbly
13-Aug-2007
Champagne Lanson has established itself as one of the premier champagne brands in the UK on-trade. This summer the brand ran a new marketing...
Wine focus: Welcome to cava country
13-Aug-2007
Through the morning haze it seems as though a great paw reached down one day to rip away a piece of the land, leaving the beautiful torn peaks of...
Wine focus: Some sparkling facts
13-Aug-2007
If an alien landed in your bar or pub and asked the difference was between a bottle of Bollinger and Jacob's Creek sparkling pinot noir chardonnay,...
Wine focus: Sparkling sales
13-Aug-2007
In many ways it was inevitable. As food standards improved and customers continued to show their new-found willingness to spend their earnings rather...
Lager drop "more than a blip
10-Aug-2007
The downward trend in lager sales this year may not just be a summer blip, according to research group Mintel.The average drinker will knock back 19...
Gloucester pub trades through floods thanks to local brewery
09-Aug-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
A pub in the Gloucestershire flood zone has enjoyed two weeks of unbroken trading, thanks to a local brewery.Freeminer Brewery's Don Burgess...
Greene King's text appeal
09-Aug-2007
Greene King is inviting cask beer drinkers to 'shout' about beer quality by text. The Bury St Edmunds brewer has set up a new quality textline as one...
09-Aug-2007
Mark Taylor looks at what to consider when choosing food suppliers for your pub Where to find suppliers If you are only just starting to go big on...
Camra: local beers mean greener pints
09-Aug-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Pubs should embrace ales from local breweries as the greenest way to serve a pint, according to the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra). As the Great...
Hobsons Mild is new Champion Beer of Britain
09-Aug-2007
Hobsons Mild has been named Champion Beer of Britain at the Campaign for Real Ale's Great British Beer Festival. The 3.2% abv beer is described by...
Q&A: The heart of Cognac
08-Aug-2007
Do you think the trade lacks knowledge about cognac? How can awareness be raised?There is certainly a lack of knowledge about cognac. People find it...
S&N workers to strike
08-Aug-2007
Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) brewery workers have voted for strike action over pay. The staff which belong to trade union Unite, working at the...
07-Aug-2007
Scottish & Newcastle has announced good results for the six months to 30 June 2007 but says the bad weather will make reaching targets "challenging
Champion Beer of Britain 2007 announced
07-Aug-2007
Hobsons Mild has been crowned the 2007 Champion Beer of Britain at the Great British Beer Festival (GBBF). The beer beat off stiff competition from...
Very challenging" trading for S&N
07-Aug-2007 By Hamish Champ
The current bad weather and other localised factors means Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) is uncertain of achieving this year's trading targets in...
07-Aug-2007 By Joe Lutrario
CAMRA is calling on brewers to make beer more appealing to women in a bid to boost the real ale market. CAMRA's first female chairman, Paula Waters,...
Stolen GBBF beer replaced in time for festival start
06-Aug-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
The Campaign For Real Ale (CAMRA) has told beer fans not to worry after a lorry of 15,000 pints destined for the Great British Beer Festival was...
Brewer to include drinking guidelines on bottles
03-Aug-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
A Scottish independent brewery is leading the charge on sensible drinking by including new government alcohol consumption guidelines on all its...
02-Aug-2007 By The PMA Team
Wales's biggest brewer and retailer, SA Brain, has reported a slowdown in growth after a very challenging year. The company has reported a drop in...
SA Brain sees profits fall in 2006
02-Aug-2007 By Hamish Champ
Despite difficult trading last year Welsh brewer SA Brain said it believed it had "continued to perform better than the market" in the year to...
Microbreweries hit by flooded pub closures
01-Aug-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Pub closures from flooding are hitting sales at microbreweries across the country.Flooding in Central and South East England has caused over 500 pubs...
01-Aug-2007 By John Harrington
Dorset brewer Hall & Woodhouse is spending £6,000 sponsoring a campaign to stop adults buying alcohol for children in shops. The Blitz Wize...
Getting straight to the pint
01-Aug-2007
When is a pint not a pint? Phil Dixon reckons the Campaign for Real Ale is in danger of losing its head over its full-measure campaign
Smirnoff ad takes to the waves
01-Aug-2007
Diageo is pumping £5m into its largest-ever integrated marketing campaign for Smirnoff. Breaking initially online this week, before hitting cinema...
Back to Basics: Going extra cold
31-Jul-2007
Serving cold beer has become just as important for pubs as providing a warm welcome.Over the past few years extra cold and super-chilled lagers have...
C&C Group warns profits set to fall 35 per cent
31-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Shares in C&C Group were down 24 per cent today after it warned its operating profits for the first half of its current financial year would be...
Big Apple, Greene King?
30-Jul-2007
Beer was the furthest thing from my mind, it had to be said. It was only an hour since I had been staring open mouthed through the clouds at the...
Diageo launches biggest ever Smirnoff campaign
30-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Diageo GB today launches its largest ever marketing campaign for its Smirnoff vodka brand.The £5m campaign commences today with a presence online,...
iCocktails in your pocket
30-Jul-2007
Licensees and bartenders have been given the chance to access a free database of cocktail recipes and training through their iPods.Ashley Carpenter,...
27-Jul-2007 By John Harrington
Drinks companies are stepping up their efforts to provide drinking water.
Focus South West: give that man a Tribute
27-Jul-2007
The past 12 months have been pretty significant for Roger Ryman, head brewer at South West family brewer St Austell. Not only has he seen capacity at...
Floods: pubcos and breweries give their experiences
26-Jul-2007
Derek Andrew, managing director, Marston's Inns & Taverns: "A hundred of our pubs, across both tenanted and managed estates, have been seriously...
Pubco boss thwarts till-roll bandits
26-Jul-2007
A pub company boss has issued advice for licensees who receive payment- demands for goods they never ordered after being cold-called by a salesman....
Marston's moves to end keg losses
26-Jul-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
Marston's has cut off beer supplies to a number of wholesalers in an attempt to reduce the number of kegs being lost in the supply chain. Wholesalers...
Gordon: get on to the grocers
26-Jul-2007
Last week was one of the drinks trade's blackest for a long time. Bad news was heaped upon bad news in the media. And worryingly, the reports were...
John White: beer man nonpareil
26-Jul-2007
There is only one way to commemorate the memory of a fellow beer-writer - and that is to raise a glass to him in one of his favourite hostelries. So...
Archers Brewery rescued from administration
25-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Swindon's Archers Brewery has been sold by administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers to a local businessman for an undisclosed sum.PwC announced it had...
25-Jul-2007 By John Harrington
Britain's brewers are supplying tankers normally used for the transport of beer to provide safe drinking water for communities affected by the...
New font for Stella Artois launched
24-Jul-2007
InBev UK has launched a new Stella Artois font along with the roll-out of a branded chalice glass to all Artois accounts. The technically innovative...
Diageo gets new chairman
19-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Dr Franz Humer is to succeed James Blyth as chairman of drinks giant Diageo from July next year.The group's board said Humer, currently a...
19-Jul-2007 By John Harrington
MA launches campaign to ensure fairer treatment for trade by energy brokers
