Brewing - Hospitality

Brains brewery may be relocated to England

06-Jan-2021 By MCA Insight

Brains beer may be relocated to England due to a failure to find a buyer for the iconic Welsh brewery business, ITV News reports.

How has 2020 changed people and pubs?

Either 'pretty damn brave, or very foolhardy’ to launch a brewery during an international crisis

31-Dec-2020 By Russ Clarke, Amity Brew Co

Though West Yorkshire-based brewer Russ Clarke describes 2020 as ‘a dumpster fire’, it was also the year he fulfilled a dream by opening his own brewery.

How has 2020 changed people and pubs?

Hugo Boss battle ‘a great source of empowerment and determination’

28-Dec-2020 By Sarah John, director, Boss Brewing

While 2020 has been punctuated by restrictions, setbacks, tragedy and loss according to Boss Brewery director Sarah John, there have also been positive moments she will look back on fondly.

New product round-up

Sir Geoff Hurst launch to support Alzheimer and dementia charities, Boss Brewing ‘protest beer’

18-Dec-2020 By Stuart Stone

The final new product round-up before Christmas 2020 includes a protest pour from Boss Brewing, a gin launch from TV presenter Julia Bradbury, and World Cup winner Sir Geoff Hurst unveiling a limited-edition gin and whisky collection.

SA Brain ‘up for sale’

15-Dec-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Welsh brewer and pub group SA Brain is reportedly up for sale, recruiting advisers to “navigate this period of uncertainty”.

North Brewing Co unveils new ‘multi-million pound’ site

10-Nov-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Leeds-based business North Brewing Co has revealed its new home, doubling its capacity in a former tannery.

Shepherd Neame cuts 10% of staff

04-Nov-2020 By Stuart Stone

Shepherd Neame has cut one-in-ten of its employees in preparation for a month in lockdown.

New product round-up

Dame Vera Lynn tribute ale, alcohol-free Guinness, Untappd birthday brew and LGBTQ charity collaboration

23-Oct-2020 By Stuart Stone

New brews from the likes of Guinness, Bedlam, Greene King and Beavertown comprise a beer-heavy new product round-up this week.

CMA clears £780m Marston’s and Carlsberg joint venture

09-Oct-2020 By Stuart Stone

The Competition and Markets Authority has approved the proposed joint venture between Marston’s and Carlsberg’s brewing operations.

Big Interview

‘The playbook on the 'new normal' is being rewritten almost every day’

02-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

The chairman of the Independent Family Brewers of Britain (IFBB) and Thwaites’ CEO, Rick Bailey, explains how some of the UK’s oldest pub companies are weathering the Covid-19 pandemic.

Beavertown to open new £40m brewery

26-Aug-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Beavertown Brewery has announced it is launching ‘London’s largest brewery’, allowing 90,000,000 pints to be produced a year – 10 times more than at its current Tottenham location.

CMA probe delays completion of Marston’s and Carlsberg joint venture

28-Jul-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

The joint venture between Marston’s Brewing Business and Carlsberg’s UK division to create a giant beer company will be investigated by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), rather than the European Commission.

Shepherd Neame banks £25m ahead of July restart

02-Jul-2020 By Stuart Stone

Kent-based brewer and pub operator Shepherd Neame has agreed a £25m borrowing facility through the Government’s Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS).

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.

Big interview

'Some celebrities may just put their names to a product, but Guy takes a real interest in the beer'

24-Jan-2020 By Phil Mellows

Away from the set, film director Guy Ritchie has been quietly nurturing another interest – beer. A whistle-stop trip to the Wiltshire countryside beckoned to find out how the Gritchie brewery is aiming to take a starring role on the pumps.

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.

Kevin Georgel to join Shepherd Neame

24-Sep-2019 By Stuart Stone

Kent-based brewer and pub operator Shepherd Neame has announced a boardroom reshuffle that will see Miles Templeman step down as chairman and Kevin Georgel join the company next year.

South London pub to revive historic brewing operation

23-Sep-2019 By Emily Hawkins

A south London pub will reopen as the first Young’s site to have a brewing operation since its merger 13 years ago.

Fourpure Brewing opens taproom with £500k funding

22-Jul-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Fourpure Brewing has opened a new taproom in London which it said would ‘blow people away’.

UK’s ‘first apprenticeship for brewers’ launched

11-Feb-2019 By Emily Hawkins

An 18-month course will offer aspiring beer makers the chance to gain a qualification in brewing in the first apprenticeship of its kind.

Kellogg's launches beer made with cornflakes

07-Dec-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Cornflakes brand Kellogg’s has joined forces with a Salford brewery to produce a beer with its unwanted cereal.

Fuller’s launches pilot brewery

19-Sep-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

London brewer and pubco Fuller’s has announced the launch of its new pilot brewery at the firm’s Griffin Brewery in Chiswick.

Robinsons sets out future of Trooper beer

18-May-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Robinsons’ Iron Maiden Trooper beer brand has grown significantly since its launch in 2013, with plans afoot for a further sales boost in the years ahead, according to managing director Oliver Robinson.

Charles Wells announces new brewery

06-Mar-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Brewer and pub operator Charles Wells will build a 30,000hl brewery, worth £13m, in Bedford, after selling its Eagle Brewery to Marston’s in a £55m deal last May.

SIBA Business Awards 2018 finalists revealed

06-Mar-2018 By James Beeson

The UK’s top craft beer and brewing businesses have been named as finalists in the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) Business Awards 2018, with winners due to be announced on 14 March at BeerX in Liverpool.

Northern Monk smashes crowdfunding target in just three hours

02-Mar-2018 By James Beeson

Leeds-based Northern Monk Brew Co has reached its initial £500,000 crowdfunding target, just three hours into its month-long campaign.

How brewers and publicans have been coping with snowmageddon

02-Mar-2018 By Stuart Stone

Although the Beast from the East and Storm Emma are causing snowy chaos across the country, pubs and brewers are doing their best to make the most of the freezing conditions.

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.

Craft Beer Rising 2018

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