Pint Glass

BrewDog to give away 1 million pints of beer

28-Feb-2018 By James Beeson

Scottish brewery BrewDog is to give away 1 million pints of beer in an ambitious attempt to convert new drinkers to craft beer.

Book publishes 80 #WeWantPlates disasters

27-Feb-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Wooden boards, slates and pint glasses are just three ways pubs should not serve food, according to the We Want Plates book.

Why pubs are pouring profits away with bad head

06-Feb-2018 By Georgina Townshend

Pubs are unnecessarily pouring profits down the drain by falling short of a full measure, according to cellar management trainer and Cask Marque assessor Day Harvey.

Drinkers told to 'grass up pubs' over short measures

02-Feb-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Consumers are being encouraged to ask for their pints to be topped up if they are short of a full measure.

You’re all pouring pints wrong, says New York beer sommelier

05-Jan-2018 By James Beeson

The established convention of tilting a glass when pouring a pint of beer could be leaving drinkers bloated and uncomfortable, according to an American beer sommelier.

Petition to put crowns back on the pint glass 'will restore faith' in Brexit

04-Jan-2018 By James Beeson

An online petition has been launched to restore the crown emblem to British pint glasses, in a move supporters say will “restore faith” in Brexit in a similar fashion to the return of the blue passport.

LONDON

Night Tube sees drinks sales up, but food sales down

22-Dec-2016 By Finn Scott-Delaney from MCA

The introduction of the Night Tube to London has seen an uplift in drinks sales – but at the expense of food sales, a new report has shown.

Legislation

Beer prices could soar by 30p a pint

14-Nov-2016 By Michelle Perrett

The price of a pint of beer could be set to soar by 30p as pub companies face a “triple whammy” of pressures in the New Year, The Sunday Times has reported.

Bar staff insider

Bar staff insider: the drinks you never want a customer to ask for

04-Oct-2016 By Bar staff insider

A Guinness and a bitter shandy – the two drinks that are the bane of a bartender’s life.

Crime

Charges dropped: Pub taken to court for failing to fill pint glass

04-May-2016 By Nicole Sutton

A North Yorkshire licensee was “flabbergasted” to be taken to court for allegedly failing to fill a Trading Standards officer's pint glass.

Leeds bar owner fined £20,000 after man is forced to have oesophagus removed

08-Jan-2016 By Emily Sutherland

A Leeds Bar owner has been fined £20,000 after serving beer accidentally containing caustic soda, leaving one drinker with such severe internal injuries his oesophagus had to be removed.

Government drinking guidelines

Could we really be warned it's unsafe to drink one pint of beer?

13-Nov-2015 By Oli Gross

An anticipated reduction in Government’s guidelines could warn that drinking one pint of many of the country's most popular beers is unsafe.

Guv'nor: We can't afford to lose convivial appeal

23-Sep-2015 By Peter Tiley

Research earlier this year found that fewer than one in 10 pub visits are solely for the purpose of having a drink.

Pub Loan Fund

Pubs minister launches £1.5m fund to help locals buy pubs

11-Sep-2015 By Mike Berry

A new £1.5m fund to help local people take control of pubs at risk of closure has been launched by Community Pubs Minister Marcus Jones.

Nightmare children top complaint from pub goers

02-Sep-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Unruly children top the list of complaints from pub goers according to this year’s Good Pub Guide.

CAMRA

Campaign to reduce 'unjustified' half pint prices

13-Jul-2015 By Oli Gross

The Campaign for Real Ale is launching a campaign to end the “unjustified” practice of pubs charging more for the proportional cost of a half pint.

Pint glass puts women off beer

10-Jun-2015 By Laurie Macdonald

A survey released by Friends of Glass shows that the pint glass may contribute to why many women do not drink beer.

Comment

CAMRA must take action on sexism

26-Feb-2015 By Robyn Black

Despite spending almost my entire career as a champion of beer and pubs I am not, nor ever have been, a member of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).

New research shows over 1,000 pubs saved by beer duty cuts

23-Feb-2015 By Ellie Bothwell

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has urged the Chancellor to cut beer duty for a historic third time in next month’s Budget.

Editor's Comment

Price hikes defy logic

05-Feb-2015 By Rob Willock

Pub customers are understandably confused. And so are licensees. And so am I, frankly.

Good Pub Guide 2015: Regional breakdown of beer prices

04-Sep-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

The average price for a pint of beer in Britain is now £3.31, a 3.4% increase on last year, according to the Good Pub Guide 2015.

Timothy Taylor's Boltmaker is Champion Beer of Britain 2014

12-Aug-2014 By James Wallin

Timothy Taylor's Boltmaker has been crowned the Champion Beer of Britain at the Great British Beer Festival.

Second Butcher’s Hook for London operator

08-Aug-2014 By Elliot Kuruvita

The owner of London gastropub the Butcher’s Hook in Fulham, west London has opened another site.

Festival takes science down the pub

19-May-2014 By James Wallin

A science festival held across the nation’s pubs launches today.

Southampton pub sells pints for 10p

28-Apr-2014 By Helen Gilbert

A Hampshire pub relived the swinging sixties in more ways than one when it served up 10p pints to mark 45 years of being in business. 

Cheers to George and this pro-pub Government

24-Mar-2014 By Andrew Griifiths

George Osborne – the beer drinker’s champion. True, not the first thought that might have gone through your mind on the day the Chancellor set foot into Number 11 four years ago. Yet after the Budget last week, I do not think it an exaggeration to say...

Minimum pricing would have 'negligible' impact on low income moderate drinkers, says report

10-Feb-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Minimum alcohol pricing of 45p per unit would reduce deaths and hospital admissions among those who purchase large quantities of low cost alcohol, but would have negligible effects on low income moderate drinkers’ alcohol consumption and spending.

Young's offers free pints to celebrate 182nd birthday

20-Sep-2013 By John Harrington

Young’s, the London-based pub company, is giving away free pints of Young’s beer at its outlets in the capital via vouchers in City AM, Evening Standard, and Time Out, to celebrate its 182nd birthday.

How to pour a beer using your just your mind

17-Sep-2013 By Robyn Black

In the same week it was announced that the new iPhone offers “Touch ID,” which replaces the need for PINs with fingertip recognition, I poured a pint of beer using the power of thought.

Guinness harnesses new technology on fonts to engage consumers

07-Aug-2013 By Robyn Black

Technology fitted to the new Guinness fonts will enable punters to instantly win free pints, as well as get involved in offers and competitions.

We have to get on board with Let There Be Beer

03-Jul-2013 By Robyn Black

The new campaign to boost beer “Let There Be Beer,” comes just in the nick of time, as new research from CGA Strategy shows.

Why we love lager

29-May-2013 By Robyn Black

It is not overstating the case to say that standard lager is the most important pint you pull and glass you pour in your pub.

Good things come to those who serve quality pints of Guinness

16-Apr-2013 By Robyn Black

Guinness teams will be visiting some 6,000 pubs and bars between now and the end of June in a bid to drive sales of the Black Stuff in the on-trade.

Sinking pints with the Chancellor and beer industry bigwigs

26-Mar-2013 By Snifter

Snifter lifted many pints in celebration of the beer duty escalator scrap and a penny off a pint at the Westminster Arms last night, with none other than the Chancellor George Osborne (well, along with many others at the same party).

Beer Duty Debate: Beer in danger of becoming a luxury item

05-Mar-2013 By Michelle Perrett

A pint of beer is in danger of becoming a luxury item, Conservative MP for Nuneaton Marcus Jones has told the House of Commons today during a debate on the beer duty escalator.

Government still has time to scrap the duty escalator, claims Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin

12-Jun-2012 By Michelle Perrett

The Government still has time to change the Finance Bill and scrap the duty escalator, claims Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin.

Diamond Jubilee: Pubs at centre of the celebrations

01-Jun-2012

The pub industry will be joining in with the celebrations this weekend as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The Publican’s Morning Advertiser takes a look at what pubs and others within the trade are doing to celebrate Her Majesty’s special weekend.

Time to prove that beer is more popular than pasties - Sign the petition

02-May-2012 By Rob Willock

Nearly 500,000 people in the UK have signed petitions against the so-called ‘pasty tax’, which will see a 20% rate of VAT applied to heated pasties and pies. Meanwhile, at the time of writing, the ‘Stop the Beer Duty Escalator’ petition had managed to...

Looking forward to the green shoots of spring

23-Jan-2012 By Steve Haslam

First of all, happy new year to everybody and hopefully it was a great Christmas for you. But we know what follows now — back to the reality of the January blues.

GMB calls for trading standards action over 'under-filled' pints

20-Dec-2011 By Michelle Perrett

The GMB has called on a range of trading standards offices to take action against pubs serving short pints.

Head: are you giving too much?

14-Dec-2011 By Mark Daniels

Last week, somebody decided that pubs are giving their customers too much head, which prompted somebody in a union to write to the government and complain that this is the sole fault of the pub companies.

GMB writes to Davey

12-Dec-2011 By Michelle Perrett

The GMB has written to business minister Ed Davey calling for the Government to act over the “under filling” of pint glasses in the pub trade.

Female-friendly or simply sexist?

26-Oct-2011 By Jessica Harvey

Over the weekend, a female friend of mine lamented being offered a half pint of beer, when her male companions had not been levelled the same enquiry for their pint orders at the bar.

Dragons Done?

15-Sep-2011 By Publican Sam

It’s not often that the TV makes me want to write about it, but the latest episode of BBC TV’s Dragon’s Den (series 9, episode 7) caught my attention to such an extent that I want to share a few thoughts.

GMB: pubco tenants interests too disparate for industrial action

13-Sep-2011 By Ewan Turney

Trade Union the GMB claims the interests of tied tenants are “too disparate” for them to unite and take industrial action against pubcos — plus tenants fear the power of the pubcos.

Heineken unveils new two-thirds glass

18-Aug-2011 By Michelle Perrett

Heineken UK is to launch a range of two-thirds pint glasses to trade customers from November 2011. The new-size glassware will initially be...

Exclusive: JDW uses 'spotters' for ID patrols

10-Feb-2011 By The PMA Team

JD Wetherspoon has started to employ "spotters" to identify under-age drinkers that have slipped through the net at its pubs. They are being...

Pub lays claim to smallest cinema

28-Jan-2011 By Matt Eley Matt

Is this the smallest public cinema in the country? Staff at the Old Fighting Cocks in Telford, Shropshire, seem to think so. They have transformed...

VAT rise adds 6p on a pint of beer

04-Jan-2011 By Ewan Turney

The Government should consider a lesser rate of VAT for the hospitality trade after today's rise to 20% is expected to add 6p on a pint. That's the...

Pubs pilot 'safer' pint glasses

09-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt

Trials are underway at secret pub locations across the country to test new safer pint glassware. The Design Council this week confirmed that tests...