Beers

Customers ‘actively looking’ for eco-friendly drinks at All Bar One

05-Sep-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Bar brand All Bar One has launched a sustainable beer and cider menu to meet customers’ desires to order from environmentally friendly suppliers.

North Brewing Co and Beer Hawk team up for charity beer event

28-Feb-2018 By James Beeson

A tasting session, which will include a rare set of BrewDog beers, is to be auctioned as part of Yorkshire Brewery North Brewing Co’s efforts to raise £20,000 for a local hospice.

Opinion

Sophie Atherton: Festive beers only serve to disappoint

30-Nov-2016 By Sophie Atherton

Beer somellier, Sophie Atherton, looks at why most festive beers prove to be absolute turkeys.

Beer special

Wild beers: Pete Brown has tasted pickled gherkin beer...and was surprised

07-Jul-2015 By Pete Brown

They’ve tended to be regarded very much as niche and novelty beverages but, as Pete Brown found out, wild beers can also be surprisingly pleasant.

The beer factor

27-Jun-2011 By Phil Mellows

Martin Hayes tells Phil Mellows how he converted the Cask in south-west London into an inspirational example of modern pub retailing.

Aged Beers: Age difference

09-Dec-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire

The next stage of the beer revolution is here -  "It's what I call forensic brewing. This is CSI Greenwich." Forget women. Forget people under the...

Craft brewers slam extra duty on strong beers

01-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney

The move to increase duty on beers above 7.5%abv will handicap brewers producing niche, artisan beers.

Exclusive Interview: BrewDog Aberdeen opens its jaws

28-Oct-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire

Licensing laws. They can really be a total kill-joy can't they? All you want to do is offer customers who tattoo your brand logo on their body free...

Czech microbrewing: Changes afoot in the land of lager

30-Sep-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire

It started 20 years ago with the fall of communism in the Czech Republic. And ended, no less dramatically by all accounts, with a man taking his...

Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) 2010: A cask ale celebration

12-Jul-2010

During the first week of August, the UK's beer industry and thirsty ale drinkers from across the globe will again converge on London's Earls Court...

Around the world in 800,000 barrels

05-Jun-2008

Aside from the declining volumes of the big brands there is a niche beer market that is on the up — and it's accessible to licensees, reports Nigel...

Eastern promise

14-Feb-2008

Forget all the tea in China - there are plenty of genuinely-imported Asian brews to give your beer offer a taste of the Orient, says Adrian...

Polish persuasion

14-Jun-2007

Imported Polish beers are one of the fastest-growing sectors in the industry. Adrian Tierney-Jones reports on their rapidly-rising popularity We've...

Beer with food - Anything goes

01-Mar-2006 By Richard Fox

Or does it? Over the next few pages Richard Fox, author of the new Food and Beer Cookbook, gives advice on matching different beer styles with food.

Mapping the trends of the future

17-Nov-2005

With a plethora of beers from around the globe making their way to Britain, consumers seem content to take their taste buds on a world tour. We ask a...

Embracing the spirit of speciality at De Hems bar in London

21-Jul-2005

Matt Nicholas, manager of Mitchells & Butlers' successful Dutch-themed outlet in Soho, reveals the secrets behind offering a wide range of...

Genuine Imported Beers: Retailing

27-Jan-2005

If customers are forking out for an imported beer, make sure it's served properly.In theory, specialist imported beers represent a terrific...

Refresher course isn't easy

16-Jan-2003

The closure of Brakspear's Brewery in Henley-on-Thames last year threw up the intriguing question of whether it would be possible to successfully...

Carlsberg-Tetley to launch Euro guest lagers

07-Nov-2001

C-T goes European to introduce premium beer programme in UKCarlsberg-Tetley (C-T) has made its first sortie into the UK's burgeoning premium...