More than half of the UK’s top cocktail bars are based outside London, with 26 in the north alone in cities including Newcastle, Aberdeen and Edinburgh, the latest Top 50 Cocktail Bars list shows.
Many marked fruit cider as a passing trend, an alternative to RTDs that would last just a summer. How wrong they were. Draught fruit ciders have become an increasingly important part of a pub’s offer and now they’re going premium.
Craft and specialist beer distributor James Clay is set to expand its reach in the Midlands following the acquisition of regional distributor Beer Direct.
Doug Bairner, managing director of BrewDog’s spirits division LoneWolf, has stepped down from his current role to take up the role of non-executive director at the business.
The best places in the UK to drink cocktails will be revealed by Top 50 Cocktail Bars, the inaugural list of the greatest spirits bars the UK has to offer, voted for by bartenders and drinks experts.
Bright sunshine and warm climates call for a drink that tickles the taste buds while quenching a thirst. The pink grapefruit cooler ticks all the boxes.
Brewers selling double IPAs (DIPAs), imperial stouts and other strong beer styles in large packaging formats could fall foul of a new review into the Portman Group’s code of practice, according to the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA).
The Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) chief executive Tim Page has announced he will no longer head the organisation following the results of the Revitalisation Project in April.
North London craft brewery Beavertown is to open and operate a microbrewery at the site of the new Tottenham Hotspur football stadium, fuelling further speculation over a potential stake sale to Heineken.
