by Darren | Tuesday, 9 April, 2024 | Beer and Cider News, Pubs and Bars News
The Society of Independent Brewers and Associates (SIBA) has partnered with the Great British Pub Awards to introduce a new category for best beer pub. Nominations are now open. Building on the success of SIBA’s independent beer bar, which it brought to the awards in...
by Darren | Tuesday, 9 April, 2024 | Pubs and Bars News
Shepherd Neame is joining forces with Kent theatre company Changeling for a second year, to stage open-air theatre at two of its pubs this summer. Shakespeare With Sheps will see the Maidstone-based players perform Shakespeare’s Henry V during an outdoor summer tour...
by Darren | Monday, 8 April, 2024 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Pubs and Bars News
Brew York has announced ambitious plans to add a further five venues to its managed estate over the next few years, with a first deal now agreed. Brew York founders Lee Grabham and Wayne Smith The York-based brewery has acquired three new venues via an agreement...
by Darren | Monday, 8 April, 2024 | Pubs and Bars News
Joseph Holt has recruited its youngest ever landlady. Twenty-five-year-old Zoe Carnan has taken on the Clock Tower, in Northwich. Zoe Carnan outside The Clock Tower, in Northwich Already, Zoe has brought a burst of energy to the Cheshire pub with the launch of free...
by Darren | Monday, 8 April, 2024 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Pubs and Bars News
Drinks sales continued a pattern of growth into the second half of March, with St Patrick’s Day celebrations boosting pubs and beer suppliers in particular. CGA by NIQ’s Daily Drinks Tracker shows average sales in managed venues in the week to Saturday, 23rd March,...
by Darren | Sunday, 7 April, 2024 | Beer and Cider News, Business News
Independent Birmingham brewery Attic Brew Co has launched a Local Beer Here campaign to encourage drinkers to try great local craft brews. Beer does’t get any fresher than that served at Attic’s own taproom in Stirchley The initiative celebrates the...
by Darren | Sunday, 7 April, 2024 | Beer and Cider News, Business News
Literature-themed Frodsham brewery Chapter Brewing has announced that its story will be ending in June after eight years in business. “We have had the privilege of making beer for you all and being alongside you drinking it,” said the brewer on social...
by Darren | Saturday, 6 April, 2024 | Pubs and Bars News
Back to the Local, a book on London pubs of the 1940s, is being reprinted this summer, in a new edition featuring the original accompanying illustrations. The book was written by Maurice Gorman, an Irish journalist and broadcasting executive who died in 1975. In...
by Darren | Friday, 5 April, 2024 | Beer and Cider News, Pubs and Bars News
Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Co (CMBC) has responded to criticism from the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) of its new ‘Fresh Ale’ concept. CAMRA has reported the brewers Fresh Ale concept to Trading Standards for potentially breaching consumer...
by Darren | Friday, 5 April, 2024 | Beer and Cider News
There’s a supercharged version of St Austell Brewery’s Proper Job launching today, thanks to a collaboration with Burning Sky Brewery. Mark Tranter, of Burning Sky Brewery, mashing in with St Austell brewing director Georgina Young Sauvin So Good was an...
by Darren | Friday, 5 April, 2024 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Pubs and Bars News
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has reported the Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company (CMBC) ‘Fresh Ale’ concept for potentially breaching consumer protection legislation. The campaign has written to National Trading Standards and Trading Standards Scotland asking...
by Darren | Friday, 5 April, 2024 | Business News, Pubs and Bars News
Arkell’s Brewery has added another venue to its ever-expanding portfolio of pubs, this time, another in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. George and Alex Arkell with Dodo’s Chris Manners and Leo Johnson The Wiltshire brewer purchased The Sudeley Arms, located on the...
