Great British Beer Festival

Record numbers attended GBBF this year

Record numbers attend GBBF

By Robyn Lewis

A record number of beer fans attended this year's Great British Beer Festival, with numbers up 7.6% on last year according to Camra.

Titanic: definitely noit a sinking ship

Titanic Stout is Champion Bottled Beer

By Ewan Turney

Titanic Stout has been crowned Champion Bottled Beer of Britain and will now be sold through 100 bars and cafes by Travelodge. Titanic scooped the...

Hardman: paid tribute to membership

Camra membership tops 100,000

By Ewan Turney

The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) is celebrating its 100,000th member on the day the Great British Beer Festival kicks off.

Justice for Licensees: manifesto for change with Unite

Unite unveils pub manifesto for change

By Ewan Turney

Trade union Unite has called for reform of the beer tie, a review of smoking regulations and a fair deal for pub managers in its pub trade manifesto....

The Sun Inn is set to go under the hammer

Campaigners battle to save historic pub

By Gemma McKenna

Campaigners are battling to save a Herefordshire pub regarded as having "national importance". The grade-II listed Sun Inn in Leintwardine, near...

Group will promote cask ale

Regional brewers unite to promote cask

By Tony Halstead

Regional brewers have formed a new marketing body dedicated to raising the profile of cask beer. The Why Handpull? Marketing Group hopes to launch a...

Stephen Oliver

Oliver regrets Camra "hobbit" jibe

By John Harrington

Marston's beer boss Stephen Oliver says he "regrets" some of his "intemperate" descriptions of certain real ale enthusiasts, who he labelled...

GBBF: Numbers down this year

Beer festival sees dip in visitors

By John Harrington

Attendance at this year's Great British Beer Festival was down 10% on 2007, reflecting the overall downturn in pub visits, but bar sales remained at a good level.

Fight the Hikes: Join the battle

'Darling, you are killing pubs'

By Ewan Turney

The Chancellor will go down in history as the man who launched the £5 pint for the London Olympics and closed thousands of community pubs. That is...

Yeast feast

Yeast feast

Susan Nowak serves up ideas on how to match a delicious variety of beers to complementary bread styles It's no wonder that beer and bread have such...

GBBF hits 30

GBBF hits 30

The Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) is celebrating its 30th birthday this year. The event, which this year will see the trade session sponsored by...

NewsDigest

NewsDigest

A new report calls for raising the age for buying cigarettes in Scotland from 16 to 18. It also calls for the licensing of cigarette sales north of...