FESTIVAL NEWS
South East London CAMRA (the Campaign for Real Ale) and Charlton Park Rugby Club (CPRFC) are teaming up for the 1st Kidbrooke Beer and Cider Festival, taking place at Broad Walk, London, SE3 from May 1-3. » MORE
BEER NEWS
Nottingham-based importer Left Coast Distribution has added Uncommon Brewers’ 473ml cans of Golden State Ale, Baltic Porter and Siamese Twin to its growing portfolio of Californian craft beers. » MORE
BREWERY NEWS
Hogs Back Brewery has announced the planting of a two-and-a-half-acre traditional hop garden beside the brewery in Farnham, Surrey. This is the start of a larger initiative to link Hogs Back brewing with local raw materials and traditional farming skills. » MORE
BOOKS
Fans of the hugely popular Boak and Bailey beer blog will be pleased to hear that their first book is due for publication this summer. Brew Britannia: The Strange Rebirth of British Beer tells the story of a very British fightback. » MORE
BEER NEWS
Lincolnshire brewer Batemans is appearing for the first time at this year’s Hotelympia show at ExCel, London, from April 28-May 1, as part of the exhibition’s Craft Beer Takeover, a dedicated area celebrating the craft beer revolution. » MORE
BREWERY NEWS
As the Tour de France Grand Départ draws ever closer, Ilkley Brewery is setting its wheels in motion for the world’s greatest cycle race by commissioning its own yellow cycling jerseys. » MORE
BEER NEWS
Paul Nunny from Cask Marque, which organises Cask Ale Week, said: “Promotions like this are a great way of gaining new business. I hope that plenty of other breweries and pub companies will be following suit and offering imaginative promotions to get people sampling. » MORE
PUB NEWS
The project, funded by Robinsons Brewery and licensee Graham Crowther, continues a landmark year for the brewer in which more than 40 pubs within its 330-strong estate will be refurbished. » MORE
BEER NEWS
A Cumbria brewery is helping to mark an important milestone for an historic railway with an exclusive beer that will also commemorate one of man’s most faithful friends. » MORE
PUBS NEWS
Punch Taverns has delivered profits of £50m before tax in the 28 weeks to March 1, it has revealed today — figures in line with expectations, according to its chief executive. However, it still has to come up with a debt refinancing plan upon which all its stakeholders agree. » MORE
A site in Fulham Reach will open later this year and a second new site in Greenwich (pictured) will open in early 2015. » MORE
FESTIVAL NEWS
As news of Norwich’s City of Ale festival spreads further afield, the Strangers’ Bar in the Palace of Westminster has lined up no fewer than three local ales for MPs and their guests to enjoy between April and June this year. » MORE
CAMPAIGNS
Fair Deal for Your Local — the umbrella organisation for the campaign groups seeking better deals for pubco licensees — has released the text of a letter it delivered to David Cameron and George Osborne in Downing Street last week. » MORE
BEER NEWS
An experiment into the taste perception of beer conducted at Edinburgh International Science Festival has found that visual stimuli can significantly affect how we perceive flavour. » MORE
Five British beers have taken awards at the World Beer Cup, at the Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America event in Colorado, United States. » MORE
Women enjoying beer is no new thing in Norfolk – the myths that women don’t enjoy beer or that pubs are a space for men to escape to find no place in one of the finest cities in the country to find a pint. Now, a group known as FEM.ALE want to celebrate women who are actually doing the brewing within the industry. » MORE
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