All in the best
02-Jun-2005
possible taste Hoping to educate the press and through them the public about the UK's diverse lager offer, Coors hosted a generic tasting...
Irish beer sales still in decline
02-Jun-2005
New Irish Brewers' Association figures show a 9% drop in draught beer sales in the Republic in the past year since a smoking ban was introduced and...
Pub of the Year to brew its own beer
02-Jun-2005
Colin Keatley, the owner of Camra's national pub of the year the Fat Cat in Norwich is to start brewing his own beer. Keatley has built a...
One for the road
02-Jun-2005
Who'd be a business development manager? They clock up more miles in a month than most drivers do in a year and are often criticised for not doing...
South Africa: the winds of change
02-Jun-2005
A re-visit reveals a maturing wine industry It was nine years since I had visited South Africa's winelands, and I had to own up to a twinge or two...
Sheps Tapps into local spud market
02-Jun-2005
Potato farmer Nicholas Tapp joined Shepherd Neame chief executive Jonathan Neame to taste the first of 2005's Kentish new potato crop at the Crown...
A branded new approach - Big-name drinks brands can drive food sales at your pub...
01-Jun-2005 By Max Gosney
Big-name drinks brands can drive food sales at your pub, according to a leading drinks supplier. We asked three chefs to list leading spirits brands in their pub menu descriptions - but were they a sales hit? Max Gosney reports
In session…with Ben McFarland
01-Jun-2005
Beer Writer of the Year Ben McFarland on the power of celebrity in the world of marketing.Cartoon caricatures of Ian Botham and Allan Lamb are...
Customers flock to Sheps' beer-with-food events
01-Jun-2005
Kent brewer Shepherd Neame is running a series of beer-and-food evenings in some of its 370 pubs and free-trade accounts. Customers at the Crown Inn,...
Blasts from the past - Beers to match classic British dishes
01-Jun-2005 By Susan Nowak
With classic dishes dominating the charts of Britain's favourite pub fare,Sue Nowak chooses beers to match The Morning Advertiser food survey (7...
InBev buys back Becks UK distribution rights
27-May-2005
InBev has bought back the UK rights to distribute Beck's from Scottish & Newcastle.InBev, which bought the Beck's brewery in 2001, will pay...
Cobra cuts the carbs for new launch
26-May-2005
Cobra, famous for the less gassy lager sold in Indian restaurants, has become the latest brewer to launch a bid to carve out a low-carbohydrate beer...
Rooney Anand
26-May-2005
chief executive, Greene King (18) Like his namesake who bags goals for ManU and England, Rooney Anand's stock has significantly risen this past...
FSA tests ways to clearly label food
26-May-2005
by Max Gosney Pub menus may have to feature traffic-light-style labelling by 2006, as the Government steps up its search for a food signposting...
George Gale toasts a year of growth'
26-May-2005
Regional brewer George Gale is toasting a "satisfactory year of growth" which has seen both profits and turnover increase against a backdrop of...
Promoting beer: Brit beers meet Spanish style
25-May-2005
Barcelona was the setting for the latest stage of the Beautiful Beer campaign. Adam Withrington reports.What do you think of when you hear the word...
London International Wine & Spirit Fair round-up
24-May-2005
Last week saw the biggest London International Wine & Spirit Fair on record. Adam Withrington cast his eye over proceedings.Think pink…A walk...
Greene King comes out fighting over beer prices row
23-May-2005
Greene King has defended itself against accusations from tenants that it is breaking competition law over its beer prices. Pub Partners managing...
Pride returns to the Lion Brewery
19-May-2005
After nearly 30 years of detachment in the hands of a succession of owners, Hartlepool's Camerons Brewery is keen to stress its newly found stability...
Two-thirds of pint glass called for by Pedrick
19-May-2005
by Ewan Turney A top brewery executive has called for the weights and measures review currently under way in the UK to extend the range of...
Waverley TBS sales force joins Camra
19-May-2005
The entire 260-strong sales force of wholesalers Waverley TBS signed up as Campaign For Real Ale members at the company's annual sales conference....
Wigan hosts to fight Punch beerflow bid
19-May-2005
A licensee has slammed Punch over its insistence on beerflow monitors being installed at his pub. Terry Hurley claims lessees are being reduced to...
Raising Spirits: Spirited effort
18-May-2005
The history of gin is absolutely embedded in the last 300 years of English social history. Starting from Dutch origins, when, according to legend,...
Martell targets after-dinner drinkers
18-May-2005
Martell cognac is reaching out to food-led pubs with its new two-year £2.1m marketing campaign.Following an extensive period of research, the number...
Grape Expectations: Merlot
13-May-2005
In the last of our series on wine styles Adam Withrington examines merlot - not the critics' choice but hugely popular.For the last six months I have...
Young's AIM plan seeks simpler share structure
12-May-2005
by The PMA Team London brewer Young's plans to scrap a class of its shares and join the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) a move that some...
Greene King faces action over beer prices
12-May-2005
Up to 90 Greene King tenants are taking action against the brewer over anti-competitive beer prices.Lessees in the Oxford and Wantage area have...
Ubevco to close
12-May-2005
Drinks importer Ubevco is to close following a decision by its directors to split up the company.The distributor of imported lager brands such as Sol...
Diageo invests in new low-sugar Archers RTD range
12-May-2005
Diageo has announced it will be investing £4m in a new RTD brand, despite falling category sales.Archer's Vea is a low-sugar RTD aimed at women aged...
Using wine-preservation systems to serve wine at its best
12-May-2005
Offering your customers a large selection of wines by the glass is fantastic, but you need to ensure that every glass of wine served is fresh....
Thwaites aims to bowl 'em over with cricket hero deal
12-May-2005
A bit like the Aussies, you are going to see a lot more of Andrew Flintoff this summer. For the England cricket hero has signed up to front the new...
Oz Clarke's beer odyssey
12-May-2005
So many people were impressed by a speech given last year at the Tesco Brewing Innovation Awards by Oz Clarke that they clamoured for a repeat. So...
How to create a wine station
12-May-2005
In the third part of the Morning Advertiser's series, Clare Young managing director of training consultancy Vintellect gives advice on creating...
Archers Vea aims to pep up RTDs
12-May-2005
by Rosie Davenport Diageo has pledged to fight rival RTD manufacturers on taste and calorie count as it pins its hopes for reviving the category on...
Cellar to glass: Pure and simple
09-May-2005
Simply Cask Ale - a workshop organised by Interbrew and The Publican - aims to teach the basics of looking after cask ale. Phil Mellows reports.Cask...
Cellar to glass: Perfection
05-May-2005
Producing a high-quality pint of cask ale each and every time is a matter of following some simple basic rules.Licensee delegates at the first Simply...
Light ales face chop as a result of EU directive
05-May-2005
by Ewan Turney Light ales may face the chop as an "unintended consequence" of a European Union health directive on food labelling. The EU directive...
Scotch:
05-May-2005
what's in a name? Once again, the normally placid loch waters of the Scotch whisky world are thrashing like a piranha tank. Andrew Jefford brings...
New approach at vintage fair
05-May-2005
Licensees may have been slow to wake up to the profit potential of wine, but they're catching on fast with help from the likes of the London...
The big chill beckons
05-May-2005
Has there ever been a better time for beer? With the press full of tales of woe brewery takeovers and mergers, binge drinking, rows over licensing...
What's on offer
05-May-2005
New World wines will be out in force at the fair, but France, which is still number one in the on-trade, will be putting on a big show While the New...
Young's ponders exit from Wandsworth
05-May-2005
by Andrew Pring Swirling media speculation on the future of Young's and a sharp rise in share price has prompted chief executive Stephen...
Win a bite of Big Apple food trends
05-May-2005
The MA's PubChef has teamed up with Kitchen Range Foods to offer two lucky licensees the opportunity to win an exciting food study tour to vibrant...
Beer quality: The cream of Cornwall
04-May-2005
In the latest of our features on the quest for quality, Adam Withrington met two regional brewers who are proudly flying the flag for quality cask...
Cellar to glass: Beer masters
04-May-2005
Shepherd Neame's Master of Beer training courses are paying off as the customers begin to notice the difference in the serve. Phil Mellows...
Ralph's is the cider champion
03-May-2005
Ralph's 3B's cider was picked out as the National Champion Cider of Britain last weekend.The Welsh drink, made by Ralph Owen in New Radnor, was...
Franchise Freedom - heavenly food without the headache?
01-May-2005 By Richard Fox
Want heavenly food without the headache? Then why not consider the franchise route. Richard Fox looks at one way of escaping the pub kitchen
Making the most of Sherry
01-May-2005 By Chris Losh
I doubt there's ever been a drink so misunderstood as sherry - nor one where the opinion of the "experts" and the public differs so sharply. While...
Net Gains - how pub chefs can make the most out of seafood
01-May-2005
Mitchell Tonks, owner of the FishWorks restaurant group, offers advice on how pub chefs can make the most out of seafood. Mark Taylor reports...
Famous Eaters - Adolf Hitler
01-May-2005
Famous people - past and present - who are well known for their eating habits NAME: Adolf Hitler BORN: 20 April 1889, Braunau Am Inn, Austria DIED:...
