Beer

Five-year extension to Marston’s distribution deal with Kirin

13-Feb-2020 By Stuart Stone

Wolverhampton-based brewer and pub operator Marston’s has penned a five-year extension to its distribution deal with Japanese beer maker Kirin.

Good Things Brewing Co unveils £750,000 closed loop brewery

13-Feb-2020 By Stuart Stone

The saying good things come to those who wait has been proved true as a year-long, £750,000, refit of Good Things Brewing Co’s 17th century Sussex home nears completion.

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St Austell launches the Proper Pub Quiz campaign

12-Feb-2020 By St Austell Brewery

St Austell Brewery has joined forces with quiz expert and TV personality, Mark ‘The Beast’ Labbett on its latest on trade campaign for its flagship IPA, Proper Job.

Portman Group upholds complaints for violence and sex connotations

11-Feb-2020 By Emily Hawkins

The Portman Group has upheld objections about the design and naming of two wine and beer products.

Opinion

'The pub is primarily about alcoholic beverages. I’d like it to stay that way'

10-Feb-2020 By Sophie Atherton

Sophie Atherton wonders if our arms are being twisted into not having an alcoholic drink

Brew lease of life: how brewpubs can create their own 'talent pipeline'

10-Feb-2020 By Phil Mellows

If you can brew your own beer, you can save money and have an original product. If you create your own staff through apprenticeships, the same thing can happen

Brewery crowdfund will help fulfil Innis & Gunn's ‘ambitious’ on-trade vision

10-Feb-2020 By Stuart Stone

A ‘Beer Money’ windfall, a new brewery and successful festive trading can help Scottish brewer Innis & Gunn fulfil “ambitious growth plans” in the UK on-trade according to founder and master brewer Dougal Gunn Sharp.

Brewery launches pub for hedgehogs

07-Feb-2020 By Alice Leader

Camden Town Brewery is providing a safe place for some prickly creatures to hibernate this winter as it offers hog-sized pub, the Hibernation Arms.

MPs ‘urge the minister’ for beer duty cut

07-Feb-2020 By Alice Leader

MPs are calling on the Government to back the 250,000 supporters who are campaigning to reduce the tax burden on pubs and breweries.

BrewDog unveils new branding and pledge to turn waste beer into vodka

06-Feb-2020 By Stuart Stone

Independent Scottish brewer and pub operator BrewDog has unveiled new branding alongside a raft of commitments to ensure ‘‘we have a planet to make beer for in the future”.

St Austell appoints Andrew Turner to new MD role

06-Feb-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Brewer and pub company St Austell Brewery has appointed Heineken’s Andrew Turner to a new role of managing director, beer and brands.

Molson Coors MD is new BBPA chairman

03-Feb-2020 By Alice Leader

The managing director of Molson Coors Western Europe has been appointed as chairman of the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA), following a vote at the trade association’s general meeting.

Opinion

2020 vision: which craft trends will take off in pubs?

31-Jan-2020 By Jeff Singer

As we start a new decade, Beer Piper’s commercial manager Jeff Singer ponders which beer trends will help pubs get ahead in 2020.

‘Drinkers love being able to enjoy a beer in the room it was brewed in’

29-Jan-2020 By Emily Hawkins

There are many challenges and opportunities for those who run brewpubs. We look at what’s at stake and what can be gained from brewing close to home.

Opinion

We may be living in a soundbite culture, but we need proper pub narratives

28-Jan-2020 By Pete Brown

Pete Brown discovers the passion writers have in their quest to highlight the ups and downs of pubs in the UK