Harvest Pale is Champion Beer of Britain
Castle Rock's Harvest Pale has been crowned Champion Beer of Britain at CAMRA's Great British Beer Festival.
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Castle Rock Harvest Pale crowned Champion Beer of Britain
Castle Rock Harvest Pale has been named the 2010 Champion Beer of Britain at the Great British Beer Festival (GBBF). The 3.8 per cent ABV blonde...
Home rule for licensing
Now that licensing has moved back to the Home Office, May might try to place even stronger controls on retailers, says Peter Coulson.
North-east is top real ale region
People in north-east England are the top drinkers of real ale after new research showed 74% of adults in the region have tried it. The Campaign for...
Greater Manchester wants minimum price of 50p
Council chiefs in Greater Manchester have set a proposed timetable for adopting a minimum price of 50p per unit of alcohol. Bosses of the 10 local...
First brew from new Meantime Brewery
London brewer Meantime has brewed its first beer at its new £1.9m premises in Blackwall Lane today.
'Alcohol-free pub plan for city centre wins support'
First it was the smoking ban - now Cardiff could have its first ever alcohol-free pub. A former bar manager says he wants to open Wales' only dry pub...
Accounting for the slump in trade
Licensees facing piles of bills may feel at a loss, but they could do a lot worse than get an accountant and a stocktaker, reports Noli Dinkovski.
Rutland pub loses licence after landlord liquidation
A Rutland pub has lost its premises licence and thousands of pounds in trade after its landlord went into liquidation. Ventra 18 failed to let...
Pub quiz machines escape tax
Pub quiz machines based on Monopoly and Cluedo are games of skill and not liable for machine tax, the government has ruled. HM Revenue and Customs...
£85m pub quiz machine tax ditched
The Government has backed down from plans to inflict an £85m tax on pub quiz machines, such as Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
CAMRA: beer can help weight loss
New research has found that beer can help weight loss, cut alcohol consumption and be part of a healthy lifestyle. That's according to the Campaign...
Fewer pub rent reviews in recession
The economic downturn has meant a slowdown in the number of rent reviews being carried out — that's according to Fleurets annual rental survey....
Pubs' legal rights at risk in crackdown
Pubs could be denied basic legal rights under the Government's plan to overhaul licensing, says the BBPA.