St Austell Brewery launches Christmas cocktail menu
St Austell Brewery, the independent owner of more than 180 sites across the West Country, has launched its first-ever festive cocktail menu.
Archives for December 1, 2021
Vote now: have you seen Christmas cancellations?
Poor communication about coronavirus variants from the Government has caused widespread uncertainty in the hospitality sector and has impacted cancellations, according to the Night-Time Industries Association (NTIA).
GBPA 2021 winner through to next round on MasterChef: The Professionals
The winner of Great British Pub Awards (GBPA) 2021 Best Young Pub Chef award has made it through to the next round on BBC’s MasterChef: The Professionals.
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Death by a thousand cuts?
And so we find ourselves, once again, standing at a potential cliff edge, waiting for the casual and careless shove of our political leaders to send us into the abyss.
Brewers welcome Small Brewer Relief changes
Brewers and trade bodies have today welcomed the Government’s proposals to improve the current structure of Small Brewer Relief (SBR) to align more closely with economies of scale and remove barriers to growth.
Property round-up
The pub where Liverpool and Everton football clubs were formed on the market at £3.75m
The property round-up this week includes details of a pub site for sale that was home to the formation of Liverpool and Everton football clubs up for sale, a hip hop speakeasy in Shoreditch to open in February and an Admiral Taverns site reopens after...
The Drinks List
Gordon’s plunders top two positions in gin section
This year’s list of the UK’s top gin brands was full of familiar faces and most brands hadn’t budged from last year’s rankings.
The Drinks List
Smirnoff Red outstrips rivals to land top vodka brand title
This year’s top five vodka brands may have all declined in both volume and value sales but there is a new entry to the list as Russian Standard Vodka drops away.
The Drinks List
Smirnoff Red remains top of the spirits category class
Despite a drop in volume of sales by 16% (15% in value), Smirnoff Red has remained the top selling spirit on The Drinks List, followed by Gordon’s Pink Gin and Jägermeister.
The Drinks List
Strongbow tops the list as best-selling cider for another year
The UK’s most popular cider in the on-trade is still Strongbow, new data from The Morning Advertiser’s Drinks List 2022 has revealed.
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400 million pints of Britain’s no1 lager brewed using renewable electricity*
An estimated 400 million pints of Carling have now been made using 100% renewable electricity, according to brewer Molson Coors Beverage Company**.