Great British Beer Festival: Greene King’s rare 5X ale to make debut appearance
A rare 12% ABV oak-aged ale from brewer Greene King is to be rolled out for the Great British Beer Festival (GBBF).
Archives for August 5, 2012
London 2012 Olympics: Day 6 of pub landlady Janet Dooner's diary
Janet Dooner, licensee of the Railway Tavern in Stratford, a stone’s throw from the Olympic Park, continues her exclusive Olympic diary. Follow her diary by signing up to our daily news alert .
London pub opens up kitchen for aspiring chefs to make their names
A London pub is spearheading an initiative to give young chefs a head start in the industry.
Birra Moretti teams up with Italian bread supplier Crosta & Mollica for summer promotion
Birra Moretti has teamed up with a regional Italian bread supplier for a summer-long promotion.
Great British Beer Festival is a great shop window for real ale
It’s that time of the year again. Each and every August 1,000 Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) volunteers pack their bags and head down to west London to run the Great British Beer Festival (GBBF). There’s little doubt that this event is the biggest annual...
London 2012 Olympics: Not quite the gold medal event Britain's pubs were hoping for
Imagine my horror when I discovered I was going to be spending a day at The Great British Beer Festival this week. Not, you understand, because I’ll be attending what is effectively the world’s biggest pub – I’m quite looking forward to spending Tuesday...
LT Pub Management Swings into profit
LT Pub Management, the pub management business led by Billy Buchanan, has turned around a loss to report a pre-tax profit of £674,000 in the 12 months to 25 December 2011.
Pub manager retires after 27 years at the helm of the same pub
Pub manager Michael Gibson is to retire after 27 years behind the bar of Newcastle Upon Tyne pub the Old George.
Training the team at your pub is money well spent
As I have travelled the UK and beyond, all too often I will find a fantastic pub or restaurant where the food is excellent, but — and there is a big but — the team who are there to look after you are below standard and, in essence, let the side down.