Germany

Analysis

What support has been available to pubs and bars across Europe?

14-Oct-2020 By Stuart Stone

How does the UK Government's support for the hospitality sector stack up against what's being offered on the continent?

North Brewing Co growing across the globe

03-Aug-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Publican Awards winners North Brewing Co has revealed that its beers are now being drunk around the world.

The Pub Conference

Tim Martin on JDW pubs: "It can go wrong in a flash"

20-Jun-2016 By Oli Gross

Tim Martin has insisted that JD Wetherspoon is not a brand and stressed that its position on the high street continues to evolve.

Budvar to launch session beer Pardál in UK

01-Aug-2013 By Robyn Black

A new session beer from Czech brewery Budvar is set to be launched in UK pubs and bars.

Support grows for petition calling on the Government to recognise the importance of British beer

11-Mar-2013 By Michelle Perrett

A petition calling on the Government to recognise the importance of British beer has received 358 signatures.

Licensees recognised at Pubwatch conference

14-Feb-2012 By Adam Pescod

National Pubwatch recognised the good practice displayed by two licensees — Janet Dooner and Miles Murphy — by presenting them each with an Outstanding Contribution Award last week.

Netherlands amends smoking ban in pubs

05-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit

The Netherlands has become the first European country to overturn its smoking ban — by allowing more than 2,000 pubs to re-introduce smoking.

Diageo launches Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange

13-Sep-2010 By Robyn Black

Diageo is launching an ambitious new initiative for its Smirnoff brand, in a bid to create buzz and excitement around the vodka globally. The...

Pub takes euros for beer

17-Aug-2010 By James Wilmore

A Dorset pub has decided to accept euros for a limited period in a nod to the huge numbers of German and Dutch tourists visiting the county this...

Fair Pint hopeful for change for tied tenants

19-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit

Anti-tie campaign group Fair Pint has expressed confidence in the chance for "meaningful reform" of the relationship between tied tenants and their...

Beer drinkers' £100m tax bombshell

18-Jun-2010 By Gemma McKenna

Raising duty and VAT will see UK beer drinkers shelling out an extra £100m by the end of 2010, says the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).

Mulholland re-elected chair of Save the Pub Group

11-Jun-2010 By Gemma McKenna

Outspoken Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland has been re-elected as chair of the All Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group at the group's inaugural meeting...

Proud of Pubs Week: Get your MP into your pub

03-Jun-2010 By Matt Eley Matt

With a change in government and more than 200 newly elected MPs there has never been a better time to get the people in power into your pub. And...

Carlsberg sponsors Euro 2012

21-May-2010 By John Harrington

Carlsberg has announced its sponsorship of the Euro 2012 football tournament. It's the seventh time the brewer has sponsored the European...

Mulholland slams BBPA over pub industry debate

10-Nov-2009 By Hamish Champ

Greg Mulholland, the Lib Dem MP who chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group, has slammed the sector's leading trade body for refusing...

Leeds barman is Pilsner Urquell's UK champion

10-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna

A Leeds barman has won the Pilsner Urquell UK Master Bartender of the Year, and will go on to represent the nation in the international finals to be...

Geoff Brown, Punch Taverns

27-May-2008 By MA reporter

It will be harder to generate sales from Euro 2008 with no Home Nations involved but it won't be impossible. You just need to be more creative and...

Pete Robinson: What we can learn from the Germans

23-Apr-2008

The 'business' part of my sojourn was completed mercifully quickly leaving plenty of time to explore some of Germany's finest bars, bierkellers,...

Pete Robinson: The German "smoking ban" is a big joke

14-Nov-2007

Let me begin by declaring I have no time for the corrupt army of EU bureaucrats ensconced in Brussels but I regularly travel throughout Europe on...

Pubs left out of streamlined EU rules on organic food

13-Jun-2007

Pubs will be exempt - for now - from new European Union (EU) rules on food labeling designed to make it easier for consumers to identify organic and...

Brains goes Continental

10-Apr-2007

Brains has launched its first continental style beer targeted at 18 - 35 year olds in Wales called 45. Brewed in Cardiff, 45, is made with pure welsh...

FIONA SIMS - columnist

20-Jul-2006

With a run of good vintages and some very affordable offerings, there's never been a better time to put Riesling on your wine list

Dining Deutsch part 2

01-May-2006 By Jo Bruce

The first game of the World Cup kicks of in Munich on 9 June. PubChef headed to Bavaria to explore the region's culinary scene and look at produce...

Interbrew U-turn on Staropramen

06-Nov-2003

Interbrew UK has bowed to drinker pressure and announced that the brewing of its draught Staropramen brand is returning to the Czech Republic from...

Hop to it

23-Oct-2003

At Wingersheim, a small town at the centre of the Alsace hop farms, I travelled on a bumpy trailer behind a tractor to view the fields with their...

Holsten launches first non-alcoholic beer

17-Jul-2003

Amid talk of responsible drinking, Holsten UK is doing its bit by launching its first non-alcoholic beer (NAB).Brewed in Hamburg, Germany, and with...

Locals protest against brewery closure

30-Jul-2002

Locals have objected to news that the world-famous Three Tuns brewery at Bishops Castle in Shropshire could be knocked down.Secretary of the...