Speciality Beers

Wetherspoons' beer festival returns

25-Mar-2010 By John Harrington

The 19-day festival will see pubs offer up to 50 beers, including some brewed exclusively for JDW.

Beer and food matching: Relationship issues

17-Jan-2007

Beer's relationship with food is changing and its status is now rivalling that of wine at the dining table, believes Richard Fox, one of the regular...

League of gentlemen

30-Nov-2006

Advertising is becoming the norm for speciality beers as they step into the limelight. Jo Grobel looks at the role of mass marketing in niche...

Modern matchmaking

30-Nov-2006

As the smoking ban approaches, beer and food-matching is becoming a hot topic. Jo Grobel looks at how suppliers are trying to make their mark...

Innovate to accumulate

17-Nov-2005

Turning speciality beers into more than a novelty purchase is a challenge for pubs. Yet some licensees have managed to convert their regulars,...

A recipe for success

28-Jul-2005

The fantastic opportunities offered by speciality beers have been highlighted at the latest Masterclass demonstration held at The Garrison Hotel in...

Marketing: a double-edged sword

21-Jul-2005

Traditionally, speciality beers were not marketed because the small brewers didn't have the spare cash to throw at multi-million pound ad campaigns....

Tempting new-age drinkers

21-Jul-2005

However hard they tried at uni to force pints of cheap beer down their throats at the student union, many women found that they were simply not put...

Beer & Food: Matchmaking

16-Feb-2005

Matching beer and food should be a very easy concept for the pub trade. So why has it taken so long to catch on? John Porter reports.On the face of...

Trailblazing Brits

18-Nov-2004

Speciality beers aren't just about unusual brews from the Continent ­ licensees can also find well-crafted gems closer to home. ADRIAN TIERNEY-JONES...

Confused definitions reign in the trade

18-Nov-2004

Herding the styles of imported, speciality and specialty beers into recognised groups is a difficult task; even a poll of brewers reveals some...

Beer and Food - Euro stars

01-Sep-2004 By Max Gosney

Interbrew is on a mission to dominate what it predicts is a speciality beers sector set to soar. Max Gosney travelled to the home of Hoegaarden to...

Beer and Food - A civilised choice

01-Mar-2004 By Richard Fox

Richard Fox looks at how beer with food stretches back thousands of years and suggests some simple ways of using beer in your kitchen. Ambling...

A timely toast for an 850-year-old classic brew - Leffe

24-Jun-2002

Centuries of brewing tradition and beer culture are being toasted across Europe as the world's best-known Belgian abbey beer, Leffe, celebrates a...

What's next for brewers when premium lagers become mainstream?

14-Nov-2001

With premium lagers becoming mainstream, brewers have recognised a demand for newer speciality beers. Ben McFarland reportsIt's been several years...