07-Sep-2006 By Rosie Davenport
Beverage Brands is unveiling a new category-management initiative to help licensees make the most of space in their fridges. Based on AC Nielsen's...
07-Sep-2006
Next year's smoking ban in England could have dire consequences for wet-led pubs, says Derbyshire licensee Clive MacIntyre. But he has a solution -...
BrandsBriefs
07-Sep-2006
Diageo trials alcoholic water Diageo is trialling a new Smirnoff-branded alcoholic sparkling water in Texas, USA. If trials are successful, Diageo...
07-Sep-2006 By Roger Protz
One of the great treats of the trade used to be visiting the Guinness brewery at London's Park Royal - a trip round the site, including the...
Standard bearer
06-Sep-2006
Anyone who thinks they know what the future holds in the drinks industry is a mug. If someone wagers you a decent sum of money predicting what the...
Legal advice: Beer-ties - the future...
06-Sep-2006
Beer-ties are one of the most debated issues in recent pub law history. Are they a good thing, are they a bad thing, should they be banned, should...
Losing bottle?
06-Sep-2006
Last year a drinks buyer for one of the big managed pub groups told me that the future of beer lay in draught and that premium packaged lager (PPL)...
The world according to Jim
05-Sep-2006
How hard is it for Budweiser to be a secondary brand in the UK in comparison to Foster's and Carling, given your dominance in the US? Is it the same...
05-Sep-2006 By Rosie Davenport
Carlsberg is planning to launch a multi-million pound TV campaign to support the launch of Carlsberg Edge. The beer, which is brewed with citrus...
Inside track
04-Sep-2006
How do you see the lager market developing over the next few years?For us at Scottish & Newcastle (S&N), innovation and product quality has...
So, farewell Young's
04-Sep-2006
As I write this nearly a hundred employees at Young's Brewery have received their letters of redundancy. Soon, the brewery will come to a shuddering...
Smith lands new Diageo director's role
04-Sep-2006 By Hamish Champ
Diageo has appointed David Smith, former field sales director, to the newly created position of sales director for the UK business.The job has been...
01-Sep-2006 By Ewan Turney
The Great BritishBeer Festival should be moved to winter - that's the view of Caledonian boss Stephen Crawley.
01-Sep-2006 By The PMA Team
Another regional brewer has disclosed that a pension deficit continues to present a major issue for it. £3.8mSt Austell Brewery made a special...
01-Sep-2006 By The PMA Team
Brewer and retailer Hall & Woodhouse has seen a 63% rise in pre-tax profit in the year to 28 January 2006 after the sale of its soft drinks...
Brewers hit out at guest beer push
31-Aug-2006
Family brewers are fighting back against a campaign aimed at giving licensees the right to serve guest beers in their pubs.The Campaign for Real Ale...
25-Aug-2006 By The PMA Team
Pubs need to recognise the opportunity that now exists to charge more for high-quality, premium cask-ale brands, according to Wolves & Dudley...
Bottled brands
25-Aug-2006
Every summer there is a drinks brand that becomes a must-have on the nation's bar tops. This summer saw pubs clamouring to stock Magners - the cider...
24-Aug-2006 By Roger Protz
I returned home from work to find four cans of Carling in the fridge. "What are they doing in there?" I asked, close to hysteria.
17-Aug-2006 By Tony Halstead
Fewer than 50 Punch licensees have exercised their right to jettison the beer tie which would enable them to negotiate lucrative free-trade prices...
Greene King to lower ABV of premium ale
11-Aug-2006
Greene King is lowering the alcoholic strength of Old Speckled Hen from 5.2 per cent to 4.5 per cent in a bid to boost sales.The change comes...
10-Aug-2006 By Andrew Jefford
The Great British Beer Festival may have moved home, but
Pubs dine out on growing food trend
10-Aug-2006
The doom merchants were wrong. Cultural change has seen the pub emerge as the home of mass-market casual dining, writes Tim Clarke, chief executive of Mitchells & Butlers
10-Aug-2006
Heineken has signed a four-year deal to be the official beer of Chelsea Football Club. The deal kicked off on Wednesday at Chelsea's first home...
Bobby's golden rule
10-Aug-2006
After 50 years as chairman of Shepherd Neame,
Brands Briefs
10-Aug-2006
Booker goes for Pinot Grigio Malt House Vintners, Booker's range of beers, wines and spirits, has extended its Caifornian River Wild brand to...
10-Aug-2006
Dark Smooth aims for sweet spot Cheshire-based brewer Robinsons is currently trialling a new 3.7% abv stout. Dark Smooth is currently available in...
10-Aug-2006 By Roger Protz
The mood in the industry is that the family brewing sector is doomed. The gloom-mongers point to the recent disappearance of Gale's and Ridley's as...
10-Aug-2006
Nearly a third of all wine drinkers will not buy the tipple in a pub, according to new research by wine giant Constellation Europe. In a poll of 700...
08-Aug-2006 By Iain O'Neil
The 2006 Great British Beer Festival has been hailed as a tremendous success by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). NEW COMMENT
03-Aug-2006 By Iain O'Neil
London brewer Young's has sold its Wandsworth brewery to property agent Minerva for £69million. Young's announced in May that it was to merge its...
Website promotes pub food excellence
02-Aug-2006
A Cumbrian couple have transformed their love of pub food into a business with the launch of a new website. Directors Sharon Wood and Jon Green are...
02-Aug-2006
Sussex brewer Harveys has purchased the former Scottish & Newcastle UK Distribution Depot in Lewes. The 2.35 acre site, with 36,568 square feet...
01-Aug-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Crouch Vale Brewers Gold has been named Camra's Champion Beer 2006
Champion Beer of Britain 2006 announced
01-Aug-2006
Brewers Gold from Crouch Vale in Essex has been crowned the 2006 Champion Beer of Britain at the Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) for the second...
Budweiser BE runs out of energy
31-Jul-2006 By Rosie Davenport
Anheuser-Busch is axing its Budweiser BE beer and energy drink off-shoot after failing to recreate the same buzz with UK consumers as it achieved in...
31-Jul-2006 By John Harrington
Trade leaders have rubbished a new report that ranks alcohol and tobacco as more harmful than LSD, ecstasy and cannabis. MPs argued for alcohol and...
31-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Scottish & Newcastle has hit out at cheap supermarket booze - which it says encourages irresponsible drinking. The brewer made the complaint to...
28-Jul-2006 By Graham Ridout
Pressure is mounting for an Office of Fair Trading (OFT) inquiry into TrenStar, the country's largest keg supplier.
In Session... with Ben McFarland
27-Jul-2006
Beer sales are supposed to be solar powered. Aside from England winning the World Cup (it seems laughable now doesn't it?), there's nothing that the...
Drinks giant caught out over leaked email
27-Jul-2006 By James Wilmore
Bosses at drinks giant Constellation have been left red-faced after a leaked email revealed they are encouraging employees to buy the firm's own...
27-Jul-2006
Wine supplier Constellation Europe sent an email urging staff to buy the company's wine in JD Wetherspoons to help them win a supply contract to the...
Beer festivals - the US way
25-Jul-2006
For someone who just about earns a living penning beer-related tat for drinks magazines and newspapers, the Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) is a...
Shepherd Neame ages 150 years overnight
25-Jul-2006
Kent family brewer Shepherd Neame may have to rethink its entire marketing strategy, after newly discovered documents pushed the date of the historic...
Choosing the Champion Beer
24-Jul-2006
It is the revered highlight of the Great British Beer Festival (GGBF), but the Champion Beer of Britain (CBOB) is dogged by as many conspiracy...
Cinzano unveils Spritzz Up drink
21-Jul-2006 By Jo Grobel
Cinzano is launching its first extension to the brand in 144 years in a bid to attract a younger generation of drinkers. The new wine-based drink,...
20-Jul-2006 By Tony Halstead
Three prominent cask ale brewers have pulled out of next month's Great British Beer Festival in London. Adnams, Batemans and Woodforde's confirmed...
Brewery boss quits pub in beer-tie row
20-Jul-2006
A brewery boss is to quit his pub after new owner Young's banned him from selling his ales there. David Roberts and his wife, Ruth, will call last...
20-Jul-2006 By Roger Protz
A leaflet the size of a tabloid newspaper, printed in full colour, fell out of my local free sheet last week. It was from the supermarket group...
19-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil
The surprisingly warm British summer has prompted beer inspectors to issue a warning about 'bathwater beer' being served in too many pubs. Inspectors...
