Hops

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.

BrewDog to build ‘world’s first’ craft beer hotel

20-Feb-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Scottish brewer and operator BrewDog has revealed plans to build the ‘world’s first’ craft beer hotel in its hometown of Aberdeenshire.

British-grown hops reduce Brexit effect, says brewery

26-Oct-2017 By Fred A'Court

With some imported hops costing 60% more than a year ago, Surrey-based Hogs Back Brewery says it is benefiting from its decision to grow its own varieties on a 3.5-acre plot adjacent to its brewery near Farnham.

Gipsy Hill embarks on journey to recreate historic IPA

18-Oct-2017 By James Beeson

A London craft brewery is attempting to create a modern interpretation of the classic IPA by ageing a version of the beer style in barrels on the river Thames.

Sharp’s Brewery launches hop gin to on-trade

05-Oct-2017 By James Beeson

Cornish brewery Sharp’s has announced the release of a hop-infused gin to the on-trade, following a successful limited release last year.

British beers triumph at World Beer Awards

14-Aug-2017 By James Beeson

Six UK breweries have won in the World's Best styles category of The World Beer Awards. 

8 beer studies worth £82k approved by Worshipful Company of Brewers

04-Aug-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Women's attitudes towards beer, and understanding the perception of ‘body’ are two of the studies which have been approved as part of this year’s distribution from the Brewer’s Research and Education fund (BREF).

BrewDog UK sales rose by 97% in 2016

31-May-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

BrewDog's total UK sales soared by 97% last year and annual turnover was up 60%, making the Scottish brewer one of the fastest growing craft beer brands in the world.

Black Sheep founder cuts fine figure as a beer font

21-Feb-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

The Morning Advertiser looks at this week's top drinks products.

Collaboration

North Brewing Co teams up with Magic Rock for Double IPA

14-Dec-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

North Brewing Company has joined forces with long-time friends and heroes Magic Rock to create a new collaborative brewing project.

Pilsner Urquell continues expansion of tank beer

19-Aug-2016 By Oli Gross

Pilsner Urquell is continuing expansion of its tank beer, with the brewery delivering its unpasteurised product at the opening of Manchester Smokehouse & Cellar yesterday (18 August).

Beer

They come for craft beer and stay for pilsner

14-Jul-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Craft beer drinkers are going to specialist pubs for the beer range, but are staying for less-challenging tasting beers like pilsners according to Veltins managing director of vertical drinks Steve Holt.

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.

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.

Beer

Molson Coors’ Staropramen launches new on-trade 4% ABV Pilsner

02-Jun-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Molson Coors-owned Staropramen has released a new light 4% ABV pilsner for the on-trade called Pravha, which has been revealed to the Publican’s Morning Advertiser first.

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

There’s a Beer For That matches brews to Eurovision Song Contest

13-May-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Beer campaign group There’s a Beer For That has compiled a list of international beers to accompany the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest.

Meantime launches new Mitchells & Butlers-exclusive beer

26-Apr-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

London brewer Meantime has launched a new golden ale in partnership with Mitchells & Butlers (M&B).

Pilsner Urquell continues expansion into London bar scene

26-Apr-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Pilsner Urquell is continuing its expansion in the pub and bar sector with the announcement that the new Draft House site on Chancery Lane will house its unpasteurised beer tanks. 

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.

Beer

Meantime launches lager collaboration with Brompton Bicycles

08-Dec-2015 By James Evison

Meantime has launched a new limited edition Brompton Lager - a 'craft collaboration' with Brompton Bikes.

Top beer stories

How hoppy craft beer is set to change

23-Nov-2015 By Pete Brown

On a recent trip to the Yakima Valley Pete Brown discovered how the reduced availability of popular US hops is about to impact on the flavour of British beer.

Shepherd Neame launches Movember activity for Spitfire

20-Oct-2015 By Jessica Mason

Shepherd Neame has launched a limited-edition Spitfire Ale Movember bottle to pubs and bars between October and November.

Beer

More tank beer outlets in pipeline for Miller Brands

13-Oct-2015 By Jessica Mason

Miller Brands is set to launch two new tank beer outlets, with more UK installations in the pipeline.

Down on the hop farm: celebrating Britain's beery harvest

12-Oct-2015 By Jane Peyton

Beer drinkers rejoice – it’s that time of year when hops are harvested in Britain.

Cask Marque launches new brewery accreditation scheme

02-Jul-2015 By Mike Berry

Cask Marque has launched a brewery accreditation scheme for regional and local breweries to demonstrate to buyers their commitment to quality, consistency and legality.

BrewDog offers IPA with 45-day shelf-life

22-May-2015 By Noli Dinkovski

BrewDog has launched a beer that is intended to ‘die’ if it isn’t drunk by its limited best-before date.

VIDEO: Budweiser takes a swipe at craft beer fans

02-Feb-2015 By Robyn Black

Budweiser came out fighting against the rise of craft beer in its ad slot during last night’s Super Bowl coverage in the US.

Beers made with British hops to star in Wetherspoon beer festival

01-Feb-2015 By Robyn Black

Ten overseas brewers, 50 beers and 22 different hop varieties will feature in a 17 day JD Wetherspoon beer festival this spring.

Hook Norton launches Greedy Goose Christmas ale

23-Dec-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Cotswold-based brewery Hook Norton has launched a new Christmas ale - Greedy Goose.

Pete Brown: Hop to it - get planting

09-Oct-2014 By Pete Brown

UK hops may have looked in terminal decline a couple of decades back but, as Pete Brown finds, the future's looking rosy for Homulus lupulus.

Vedett launches an 'extra ordinary' IPA

18-Sep-2014 By Robyn Black

Belgian brewery Duvel Moortgat has added an IPA to its Vedett range.

Hop-ping to the revival of a great British industry

03-Sep-2014 By Roger Protz

‘Hop champion’ Ali Capper is determined to reinvigorate the decline in British hop growing, once described as ‘terminal’. Roger Protz finds out more.

Shepherd Neame marks 25th anniversary of Faversham Hop Festival

02-Sep-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Kent brewer and pub operator Shepherd Neame rolled a barrel of beer through the streets of Faversham last weekend to mark the 25th year of the town’s Hop Festival.

Adnams appeals for wild hops to make new beer

01-Sep-2014 By Mike Berry

Adnams has launched a Suffolk-wide appeal for donations of wild and garden hops and is urging beer lovers to report sightings of them growing to help create its new Wild Hop beer, due to be launched this autumn.

Dismiss craft beer at your peril

11-Jun-2014 By Pete Brown

How a newspaper article predicting the imminent decline of ‘trendy’ brews left Pete Brown hopping mad.

Digging for a local victory with Hogs Back

29-May-2014 By Roger Protz

Hogs Back chairman Rupert Thompson goes back in time to protect the future of the brewery’s beers. Roger Protz joins him on the journey.

Hops shortage in States sparks plea for brewers to buy British

19-May-2014 By Helen Gilbert

New brewers hoping to tap into the burgeoning craft beer market could struggle to source hops in the States and should consider British varieties, the British Hops Association has claimed.

Brains master brewer retires after 40 years in the industry

30-Apr-2014 By James Wallin

Don Jeffrey, one of Brains’ longest serving master brewers and the creator of The Rev. James ale, retires  today after 40 years of brewing.

Pilsner Urquell brings unpasteurised beer to Taste of London 2013

10-May-2013 By Jessica Mason

Pilsner Urquell will be returning to Taste of London Festival for the second year running, bringing unpasteurised Pilsner Urquell tank beer direct from the Pilsen brewery in the Czech Republic.

Marston's to launch new Pedigree beer for this summer's Ashes clash

28-Mar-2013 By Robyn Black

Marston’s is planning on bowling a googly to Pedigree ale fans this summer, with a new version of the brew to be launched ahead of this year’s Ashes clash.

Video: Ooh la la! Eric Cantona stars in new Kronenbourg ad

31-Jan-2013 By Robyn Black

Eric Cantona is to star in a new ad for Kronenbourg 1664 to be unveiled on 4 February, The PMA can reveal

Protz: Getting hip to British hops

07-Nov-2012 By Roger Protz

The French and the Germans must think the British are bonkers. Can you imagine the French allowing their grape farmers to face ruin because wine makers are buying most of their grapes from abroad?And, in a similar vein, would the Germans stand back and...

Hop-portunity knocks in Slovenia for UK brewers

18-Sep-2012 By Pete Brown

How Greene King head brewer John Bexon’s golden ale dilemma led Pete Brown on a pilgrimage to Slovenia to devour cured meat and rub hops.

Unfiltered and unpasteurised Pilsner Urquell available in selected UK outlets

03-Jul-2012

Unfiltered and unpasteurised Pilsner Urquell will arrive in the UK for the first time this month — just 24 hours after leaving the brewery in Pilsen.

Pilsner Urquell crowns Master Bartender

10-Oct-2011

Fearghus McCormack of the Merrion Inn in Dublin has won the title of Pilsner Urquell International Master Bartender (IMB) 2011 during a highly-competitive week-long final in the Czech Republic.

Pilsner Urquell reveals UK master bartender

21-Sep-2011 By Gurjit Degun

Robert Kecskes of the Anthologist in London has been named the UK Pilsner Urquell Master Bartender 2011.

Julian Grocock: 'It's time for beer, not mead'

09-Mar-2011

A few weeks ago I returned home to be told by a daughter that I'd missed a phone call from a journalist - a well respected name in the world of food...

Hobgoblin offers Royal Wedding alternative

22-Feb-2011 By Matt Eley Matt

Beer brand Hobgoblin is marking its claim to be 'unofficial beer of weddings by holding alternative to the Royal Wedding on April 29. The brew -...

New initiative launched to promote beer

19-Jan-2011 By James Wilmore

A new initiative designed to celebrate beer and increase politicians, councillors and the public's understanding of the drink was launched in London...