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A charity bike ride sponsored by Hertford brewer McMullen has raised just over £50,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust and the Skeletal Cancer Action Trust. » MORE
Hardknott Brewery, from Cumbria, has used squid ink to make a special beer which looks like a stout, yet is light and refreshing with overtones of sea air. » MORE
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Butcombe Brewery beat off 66 companies to win the food and drink category at the national Made in the UK Awards. » MORE
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Over two weekends in August, customers at The Runhead Bar and Grill, Holburn Lane, Ryton, and the Sandpiper, Farringdon Road, Cullercoats, will be able to sample a wide range of real ales and ciders from the North East’s finest craft breweries. » MORE
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The new distribution deal will see St Austell, the South West’s biggest licensed wholesaler of beers wines and spirits, offer Jail Ale and Dartmoor Brewery’s Legend and Dartmoor IPA beers to free trade outlets across the region. » MORE
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The Three Bears in Hazel Grove has been named Stockport’s Perfect Pub by radio station Pure 107.8fm. » MORE
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As the riders raced for the finish line at the Tour de France, Black Sheep Brewery beat the clock on its own very special challenge — to get the first bottles of its newest beer to the Champs Elysees in time for the race finale. » MORE
:: CIDER NEWS
A Cornish cider company has signed a two-year sponsorship deal with the UK’s largest surf and music festival, Boardmasters. The deal comes one year on from the launch of Rattler 4%, which complements Healeys’ existing range of Original (6%), Pear (4%) and Berry (4%) Rattler. » MORE
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Customers in St Austell Brewery’s 168 pubs across Cornwall, Devon and Somerset will take part in the ‘Raise a Glass – a Tribute Fit for Heroes’ event, which has been organised by the brewery’s fundraising team. » MORE
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Brakspear is supporting the Friends of the Earth’s Bee Cause campaign, to save Britain’s declining bee population, by planting bee-friendly flower beds that are now starting to flourish in its pubs’ gardens. » MORE
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Based in the former Havana Café site on Clifton Down Road, Beerd pop-up is open for eight weeks and a wide range of different styles of beers will be on offer. » MORE
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The four-day event features top brewers from the UK, mainland Europe and the US, plus food to match and a music bill, too. » MORE
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The brewery has steadily expanded its range of products and last month installed a new £5,500 cooling system that will allow it to keep up with increasing demand. » MORE
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The latest UK Beer Barometer from the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) shows that UK beer sales have increased at the highest rate since the quarterly survey began in 1997. » MORE
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Lovers of cricket and beer raised a toast to an ongoing partnership between two Yorkshire icons at a special evening with Jason “Dizzy” Gillespie. » MORE
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Beer Today goes into print today — albeit in a trial form with a very limited circulation. Click here to download the PDF. » MORE
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As is traditional in all BrewDog bars, Cardiff will not only showcase the brewery’s own beers, but also offer craft beers from some of the best breweries from around the world. » MORE
The pubs include the Keyworth Tavern, Rifle Volunteer in Kirby, Nags Head on Mansfield Road, Old Volunteer in Carlton and the Old Cross in Stapleford. More recently, the Golden Fleece, which re-opened on June 19 after a £200,000 investment, saw hundreds attend its opening weekend. » MORE
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