Beer

Countryfile presenter and Butcombe toast 3m bottles of collaboration brew

10-Dec-2019 By Stuart Stone

Countryfile's Adam Henson and Butcombe Brewery have raised a glass to the three millionth bottle of Rare Breed beer.

Swinkels and Beer Hawk Fresh tie-up will grow Euro craft beer in UK on-trade

10-Dec-2019 By Stuart Stone

Netherlands-based Swinkels Family Brewers has agreed a distribution deal with Beer Hawk Fresh, which will see its range of craft beers made more readily available through UK pubs, bars and retailers.

Opinion

Successfully managing the 12 drunks of Christmas

10-Dec-2019 By Sophie Atherton

Sophie Atherton ponders the balance between merry and drunk and feels for licensees who are trying to draw a line between the two states.

Guv'nor

Beat the brewer (a game for all the family and staff)

10-Dec-2019 By Sam Cornwall-Jones

I was under the impression you must always have a ‘majority brewer’ on your bar so that they look after your cellar equipment, says Sam Cornwall-Jones, owner/proprietor of the Drawing Board, Warwickshire.

Big interview

People don't consider Cobra 'craft' because its been established for 30 years

09-Dec-2019 By Stuart Stone

Cobra founder Lord Karan Bilimoria reflects on getting his business off the ground and how it continues to expand its range after ten years in partnership with Molson Coors.

Drinks List 2020

Heineken 0.0 on-trade sales increase by £7.7m

05-Dec-2019 By Stuart Stone

While Beck’s Blue is still the best selling low and no-alcohol beer in the UK on-trade, Heineken’s offer more than doubled both in volume and value in 2019.

Drinks List 2020

Top-performing cask ales in UK pubs

05-Dec-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

It is not possible to replicate the cask beer experience outside the pub so if you can give customers the real thing, why would they want to even try to replicate it at home?

Tiny Rebel can complaint upheld again

03-Dec-2019 By Emily Hawkins

A second complaint about Tiny Rebel’s branding has been upheld by the Portman Group for appealing to children, with the brewery describing the decision as “not based on facts”.

Drink Tank

Wise views on IPAs and craft lagers

02-Dec-2019 By Emily Hawkins

The popularity of IPA and lager is not set to fade anytime soon, according to Wild Card Brewery head brewer Jaega Wise.

Wadworth signals intention to build new brewery

02-Dec-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

Family brewer and pub operator Wadworth has voiced its intentions to construct a new brewery, with the aim of building on and protecting its 144-year history.

Norwich City and Woodforde’s launch Teemu Pukki tribute beer

28-Nov-2019 By Stuart Stone

Award-winning East Anglian brewery Woodforde’s has teamed up with Norwich City Football Club to create The Perfect Finnish – a beery tribute to goal-machine Teemu Pukki.

Drink Tank

Craft beer sales drop

28-Nov-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

The craft beer sector has seen an overall drop in volume sales, pulled down by packaged products, despite a growth in draught, data has revealed.

Drink Tank

IPA to overtake lager in 10-15 years, says BrewDog's James Watt

28-Nov-2019 By Stuart Stone

BrewDog co-founder James Watt discussed his vision for the on-trade drinks market, how he views his company’s place within that, and what challenges he sees on the horizon.

Drinks list 2020

BrewDog Punk IPA sales increase by 19.7%

26-Nov-2019 By Stuart Stone

BrewDog’s Punk IPA is still top dog when it comes to on-trade craft beer according to The Morning Advertiser’s latest Drinks List after both its volume and value increased by almost a fifth, year on year.

Budweiser Brewing Group bringing dispense in-house

26-Nov-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I, formerly AB InBev, has announced plans to bring its drink dispense service in-house from 1 April 2020.