BEER AND CIDER NEWS

Hogs Back Little Swine

Awards | Big wins for Hogs Back Brewery’s alcohol-free Little Swine

Sharp's Twin Coast

Cornwall | Sharp’s marks 30th anniversary with cask pale ale launch

2023 Hop Idol winners

Contest | Hop Idol is back, looking for Nottingham’s best home brewer

Siren birthday beers

Siren Craft Brew | The 11th anniversary specials are here

Harrogate Brewing Co SIBA

SIBA | Independent Beer Awards winners are revealed

Tim Lawrence

Cornwall | Assistant brewer Tim steps up at Driftwood Spars

Round Corner Steeplechase

European Beer Challenge | Quintet of medals for Round Corner Brewing

Thornbridge SIBA Business Awards

SIBA | Business Awards: here are the winners in full

Abyss Richard Norris

Beer | Strange Things Are Happening at Abyss Brewing

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SIBA | New branding and new name for independent brewing champion

William Simon Theakston

Brewing | William is latest Theakston to join the family business

Albert Johnson Lydia Crimp

Cider and perry | New faces at the top of Three Counties association

Left Handed Floating

News in brief | Updates from Electric Bear, Pomona Island, UnBarred, Track, Fierce, Amity, Wild Horse, Brew York, Gen!us, Overtone, Neon Raptor, Polly’s, Thornbridge, Left Handed Giant, Dolphin, UnBarred, Gipsy Hill, Broughton, DEYA, Attic, and many more…

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Events | This week get out to Bognor Regis, Burton upon Trent, Finhampstead, Knowle, Liverpool, London, Lostwithiel, Marlow, North Shields, Nottingham, Preston, St Neots, Wallingford, Wraysbury, and Yeoford

Dick Turpin York

Pubs and bars in brief | Updates from Young’s, Robinsons, Mitchells & Butlers, Laine, Admiral Taverns, Shepherd Neame, Brakspear, Nicholson’s, Heartwood Collection, Old Mill, Heartwood Inns, Crafty Devil, Butcombe, Seven Bro7hers, Kirkstall, and many more…

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Willie the Boatman

Berlin | The feminist beer that deliberately breaks laws

Willie the Boatman

Australia | Willie the Boatman joins the Powder Monkey crew 

American Cider Association

Cider | Global expansion for Certified Cider Professional programme

PUBS AND BARS NEWS

Rob Muirhead Kings Arms

Awards | Mid-Chilterns CAMRA names its top local pubs

beer and Welsh flag

Wales | CAMRA invites new first minister for a pint

White Lion Norwich

Norwich | CAMRA reveals its local award-winning pubs and club

Abel Heywood

Hydes | A fresh look for Manchester’s Abel Heywood

Royal Oak Eccleshall

Eccleshall | Easter weekend re-opening for the Royal Oak

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Bath | Abbey Ales looks to breathe new life into The Hop Pole

BUSINESS NEWS

Butterfield Smith

Cider | Sandford Orchards appoints new sales director

Fierce Beer

Scotland | Fierce beer secures new funding for expansion

CGA beer glass

On-trade | Sport and weather boost beer sales

Roosters Daleside

Yorkshire | Rooster’s acquires fellow Harrogate brewery Daleside

Stuart Jaclyn Bateman

Brewing | New branding for Batemans, and a new core beer

Brewpoint

Finance | Wells & Co sees upturn in a challenging market

BUSINESS FOCUS

Otter Fresh Ale

Opinion | An evolution to help save cask ale

Forster Mills live music

Pubs and bars | How live music can boost footfall

CGA beer pour

On-trade | Revealed: Ten key trends in beer sales

Sarah Taylor Keystone Law

Insolvency | Preventing a premises licence being permanently lost

EVENTS NEWS

historic brewing

Manchester | Brewing historians to present a series of talks

Newcastle Beer Cider Festival

Newcastle | Festival to celebrate 50 years of campaigning in North East

Women on Tap Summer Hop

Harrogate | Women on Tap announces Summer Hop festival

We are Beer festival

Manchester | Trade session added to We Are Beer’s Craft Beer Festival

Bowness Bay beer festival

Kendal | Bowness Bay Easter Beer Festival returns

Hadrian beer festival

Newcastle | Hadrian Border reveals anniversary beer festival dates