by Darren | Tuesday, 25 October, 2022 | Beer and Cider News
Emma McClarkin, chief executive of the British Beer & Pub Association, has been appointed chair of the Worldwide Brewing Alliance (WBA). She is beginning a two-year term, filling the role left vacant by Jim McGreevy, the Beer Institute’s (USA) former president and...
by Darren | Monday, 24 October, 2022 | Beer and Cider News
Round Corner Brewing has added a new beer to its range, a cherry wheat beer called Witchery, brewed with copious amounts of cherries and coming in at 5.2% ABV. The beer has light cherry and orchard fruit characters, which meld with tangerine aromas from Mandarina...
by Darren | Monday, 24 October, 2022 | Beer and Cider News, Events News
The Brighton Tap Takeover — the big city-wide beer festival — returns this November to the South Coast for a fifth year. The three-day celebration of beer and pubs takes place from 11th to 13th November and will feature more than 130 craft beers produced by brewers...
by Darren | Monday, 24 October, 2022 | Beer and Cider News
Nearly 70% of UK consumers believe that having a draught beer or cider in a pub is the greenest way of enjoying a tipple, according to YouGov research for CAMRA (the Campaign for Real Ale). Photograph: CAMRA Alongside being stored and served in re-usable containers,...
by Darren | Sunday, 23 October, 2022 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Pubs and Bars News
Drinks sales in Britain’s on-trade have exceeded last year’s levels for the fourth week in a row, CGA by NielsenIQ’s Drinks Recovery Tracker shows. Average sales in managed venues in the seven days to Saturday, 15th October, were 5% ahead of the same week last year,...
by Darren | Sunday, 23 October, 2022 | Beer and Cider News, Events News
The annual Norwich Beer Festival gets under way tomorrow, with advance tickets still available for most sessions (although you can still pay cash at the door). The event will open at 4pm for a preview for CAMRA members, with the public allowed in from 5pm. Lunchtime...
by Darren | Sunday, 23 October, 2022 | Beer and Cider News
Devika, a 5.2% ABV IPA from True North Brewing Co, has been named champion beer of Sheffield at the Steel City Beer Festival in the city. Devika is brewed at True North’s city centre brewery on Eldon Street, next door to Forum Kitchen and Bar, by head brewer Dean...
by Darren | Saturday, 22 October, 2022 | Beer and Cider News, Events News
Tate Modern is to host a Burning Sky tap takeover this week as part of a celebration of the artist Cezanne and the food and drink of Provence. The can artwork for Victoire by Simon Gane The event will see the launch of Victoire, a Cezanne-inspired collaboration with...
by Darren | Friday, 21 October, 2022 | Beer and Cider News
Edinburgh Castle has announced the launch of an IPA created in collaboration with award-winning Stewart Brewing. The IPA is the latest addition to the Edinburgh Castle range and is brewed and bottled in the Scottish capital. Heaped with American hops, the beer...
by Darren | Friday, 21 October, 2022 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Pubs and Bars News
The team behind East Bristol brewery Good Chemistry Brewing have announced that they are set to re-open a pub next month. The historic Kings Head pub, in central Bristol, is the city’s only pub of national importance in the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)’s Heritage...
by Darren | Friday, 21 October, 2022 | Beer and Cider News
Theakston has teamed up with Newcastle’s Wylam Brewery to create Henry’s Pick, its first ever collaboration beer since the family brewery was founded almost 200 years ago. The Wylam team sit down for a beer during their visit to Theakston Brewery. Photograph: T&R...
by Darren | Friday, 21 October, 2022 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Pubs and Bars News
Like-for-like sales at Britain’s top managed pub, bar, and restaurant groups were 3.0% behind the levels of September 2021, the latest Coffer CGA Business Tracker shows. The Tracker — produced by CGA by NielsenIQ in partnership with The Coffer Group and RSM UK — shows...