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Beer

GBBF: Harvey's reveals new look

10-Aug-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

East Sussex brewery Harvey's unveiled its new look at the start of the Great British Beer Festival yesterday (9 August).

BEER

Craft marque? SIBA launches accreditation to reclaim “craft” beer

09-Aug-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has launched a new accreditation scheme it says will reclaim the word “craft” for truly independent brewers.

Beer

CAMRA begins next stage of Revitalisation project

03-Aug-2016 By James Evison

A second survey has been launched by CAMRA as part of its Revitalisation project into the direction of the campaign group's future.

Beer

Carlsberg launches new craft beer and cider offer

03-Aug-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Carlsberg has launched its 2016-17 craft beer and cider range, featuring brews from Hiver, Chapel Down and Rooster’s Brewing Co.

Innis & Gunn’s ‘not to be opened for 100 years’ beer

26-Jul-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Scottish craft brewer Innis & Gunn has gone to extreme lengths to ensure its latest limited edition beer Vintage remains in stock.

Beer

Eden Brewery to explore Japanese market

22-Jul-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Cumbria-based brewer the Eden Brewery is to test the water for its beers in Japan, as well as further European markets, after doubling profits.

Beer

Tiny Rebel brewery to 'increase capacity five-fold'

19-Jul-2016 By James Evison

Champion Beer of Britain-winning Welsh brewery to rapidly expand - including community space, tap room, events space and a bottling and canning line.

Beer

Bath-based Electric Bear Brewing expands capacity

12-Jul-2016 By James Evison

Bath-based Electric Bear Brewing has expanded it’s brewing capacity as it celebrates its first birthday.

Beer

BrewDog launches homebrewing competition

07-Jul-2016 By James Evison

BrewDog launches amateur brewing competition with winner being offered a full-time brewing job with the firm.

Beer

St Austell Brewery buys Bath Ales, creating a ‘force to be reckoned with’

01-Jul-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

St Austell Brewery Company has acquired fellow West Country brewer and pub company Bath Ales for an undisclosed sum.

EU REFERENDUM

'What's wrong with EU?' Cloudwater brewer talks Brexit

29-Jun-2016 By Paul Jones, co-founder and managing director of Cloudwater Brew Co.

I’ve had a number of conversations during the past couple of years with folk about ideas and dreams for our respective breweries, and what we might like to work towards.

British Guild of Beer Writers elect new member

28-Jun-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

Neil Walker from the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has been elected to the British Guild of Beer Writers.

Protz

Manchester: A city united in brewing beer

24-Jun-2016 By Roger Protz

Manchester's most famous beer was the now much-missed Boddingtons, but the city is thriving with breweries news and old. Roger Protz investigates.

Beer

BrewDog founders awarded MBEs

13-Jun-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

James Watt and Martin Dickie, founders of Scotland-based brewery and pub operator BrewDog, have been awarded MBEs in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

Craft beer

BrewDog launches its own ‘beer school’

03-Jun-2016 By James Evison

Scottish brewer and operator BrewDog has announced plans for its ‘beer schools’ across its UK bar estate.

Comment

Pete Brown travels to the "beery Jurassic Park"

02-Jun-2016 By Pete Brown

Our intrepid columnist takes a trip to Copenhagen to test some beer made with a yeast from 1883 and finds there’s more to Carlsberg than meets the eye

Innovation

How two of the world's best craft brewers and a cider producer 'broke beer boundaries'

01-Jun-2016 By James Evison

Thornbridge and Brooklyn breweries - with Oliver’s Cider and Perry - have released a trans-atlantic collaboration Belgian-style beer, Serpent, that they claim break beer production boundaries. Here's the story of its creation.

Opinion

Beer Day Britain is upon us once again

26-May-2016 By Jane Peyton

Beer Day Britain (BDB Day), aka National Beer Day on 15 June is less than three weeks away. After a successful inaugural celebration in 2015 this year’s event is already bigger, with many more brewers, pubs, and retailers involved.

Comment

Protz: How big breweries will crush the craft revolution

24-May-2016 By Roger Protz

The big brewery bears are circling and they are very hungry, argues Roger Protz.

Beer

BrewDog launches Kingpin lager with parody video of famous adverts

20-May-2016 By James Evison

Scottish brewery and operator BrewDog has launched its new lager in typically unusual style.

Beer

News of the Brews: Sharps, Adnams and Love Drinks

17-May-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Sharps, Adnams and Love Beer all have new brews to reveal this week. Find out what's news on the market by reading on.

Beer

How big brewers make craft beer: Inside Meantime’s Pilot Brewery

25-Apr-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Meantime’s newly-launched Pilot Brewery, which will produce a new craft beer every two weeks, has the potential to change the face of the London brewers’ portfolio.

Beer

Meantime launches first new small-batch beers series

18-Apr-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

SABMiller-owned Meantime Brewing Company is set to reveal the first small-batch beers from its new pilot brewery and will develop its future ranges based on how quickly the new brews sell out.

Breweries

Wylam Brewery announces opening of Newcastle site

12-Apr-2016 By James Evison

Newcastle-based Wylam Brewery has announced the opening dates of its new brewery, brewery tap and events space at the Palace of Arts in the city's Exhibition Park.

Breweries

Woodforde's taken over by private consortium

12-Apr-2016 By James Evison

Award-winning Norfolk brewery Woodforde's has been purchased by a private consortium of investors, including former Diageo man, James Hughes.

Beer

Innis & Gunn pumps £3.1m into Perth brewery acquisition

07-Apr-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Scottish brewing giant Innis & Gunn has bought Perth-based Inveralmond Brewery Limited after raising £3.1m for the acquisition and is set to pump a significant amount into its redevelopment as a new product development brewery.

Manchester’s breweries old and new join forces

07-Apr-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Old and new brewers JW Lees and Cloudwater Brew Co have come together for the first time to create a new beer for Manchester Beer Week later this spring.

Beer

Thornbridge announces £2m investment to make more beer

05-Apr-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Thornbridge Brewery has announced a £2m investment plan, which will see the installation of a new bottling line, an increase in brewing capacity and improved logistical and warehousing facilities.

Beer

Meantime invests in sales team after CEO Miller steps down

05-Apr-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

SABMiller-owned Meantime Brewing Company has announced plans to bolster its sales team, just days after Nick Miller stepped down as the firm’s CEO.

Awards

Final call for entries: The Beer Marketing Awards

05-Apr-2016 By PMA

Following the success in its inaugural year, the Beer Marketing Awards has returned for 2016. The deadline for entries is 11 April, so if you have been involved in innovative and effective marketing ideas and campaigns from the UK’s brewing industry,...

BrewDog releases 'redacted collaboration' Ballast Point beer

04-Apr-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

BrewDog has begun selling Ship Wreck, the beer it originally collaborated with brewer Ballast Point on in 2015, under its own brand.

Crowdfunding

Chapel Down smashes £1m target for new brewery

04-Apr-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

British wine producer Chapel Down has raised more than £1.7m for its new Curious Drinks brewery through crowdfunding, smashing its original target of £1m.

West Berkshire Brewery launches £1.5m crowdfunding campaign

29-Mar-2016 By Emily Sutherland

Craft brewer West Berkshire Brewery is looking to raise £1.5m through crowdfunding platform Seedrs.

Beer

SIBA survey predicts 12-month boom

23-Mar-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

British brewers are setting themselves up for a successful 12 months ahead, as four out of five businesses polled by the Society of Independent Brewers Association (SIBA) say they expect turnover to increase this year.

Publican Awards 2016: Best brewing pub company

14-Mar-2016 By James Evison

BrewDog were celebrating once again adding to their collection in the trophy cupboard after being named Best Brewing Pub Company of the Year, sponsored by Tradeteam.

BrewDog axes development fund to support craft beer independence

11-Mar-2016 By Ben Winstanley

BrewDog has announced the closure of its Development Fund in response to the number of craft beer breweries acquired by large beer brands in the past 12 months.

Beer

Brewing up standards in higher education

04-Mar-2016 By Roger Protz

An interest in brewing has led to a high-tech teaching centre for university students. Roger Protz reports.

Comment

The return of lager: The beer that's harder to brew than IPAs or imperial porters

25-Feb-2016 By Pete Brown

Despite not having much of a chance of becoming the next great clairvoyant, Pete Brown could be on the right track by predicting a growth in quality lager.

Protz: As family brewers struggle, one shows the future

22-Feb-2016 By Roger Protz

Camerons thriving north-east brand as an exemplar of how traditional family brewers can be fit for the twenty-first century.

BrewDog set to launch brew-your-own beer concept Hopworks at new Dalston bar

17-Feb-2016 By Ben Winstanley

Scottish brewer and pub operator BrewDog is set to launch a new brew-your-own concept within its upcoming Dalston bar, opening in April.

PMA500

PMA500: Six things we learnt

05-Feb-2016 By Emily Sutherland

The PMA’s business club for multiple operators landed in Nottingham last month with a fresh new look - the PMA500. Operators from across the country enjoyed a day of presentations from top industry experts and suppliers, followed by a networking study...

Beer

How Woodforde's combines a mash tun from an old laundry and modern kit

04-Feb-2016 By Roger Protz

Woodforde’s has a mash tun from an old laundry. Roger Protz discovers that it scrubs up well.

VIDEO: Do you have the balls for whale testicle beer?

27-Jan-2016 By Ben Winstanley

Whale testicle beer maker, Icelandic company Stedji microbrewery, has released a video detailing the process of making its controversial brew.

Funding for brewers

Brewers Research and Education Fund open for applications

14-Jan-2016 By Oli Gross

A major grant for scientific research and education in the brewing industry has opened for applications.

News of the Brews

05-Jan-2016 By Ben Winstanley

New year, new beer! This is the first news of the brews of 2016, bringing you the latest in all things happy.

Craft beer

BrewDog seeks to protect itself from "bland industrial beer" takeover

23-Dec-2015 By MC Allegra

BrewDog is proposing amending its articles of association, ruling out a takeover by any “monolithic purveyor of bland industrial beer”.

Buying craft: AB InBev & Camden Town

22-Dec-2015 By Jessica Mason

Imagine you started every relationship with the knowledge that it would end in divorce.

Beer

Camden's AB InBev buyout: Q&A with founder - and Twitter response

21-Dec-2015 By Oli Gross

There’s been a mixed reaction to AB InBev’s buyout of Camden Town Brewery from beer lovers – some say it’s disappointing for the world of craft beer, while others see it as a natural progression for a brand growing in popularity. Founder of the brewery...