by Darren | Monday, 4 December, 2017 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Pubs and Bars News
The Society of independent Brewers (SIBA) has purchased a majority shareholding in Flying Firkin Distribution Ltd (FFD) as part of a commercial strategy to develop routes to market opportunities for its 850 brewing members. FFD, based in Colne, Lancashire, has been a...
by Darren | Monday, 4 December, 2017 | Beer and Cider News
Wiltshire brewer Wadworth has created a collaborative pale ale with the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity, named Carrier Ale. The beer celebrates the commissioning of the biggest and most powerful aircraft carrier ever built in Britain, HMS Queen Elizabeth, which...
by Darren | Monday, 4 December, 2017 | Beer and Cider News, Business News
Great Newsome Brewery director, Matthew Hodgson (left), with Lewis Whitelock, team manager at Tesco Extra, St Stephen’s Hull Great Newsome Brewery has secured a deal with Tesco, following successful similar contracts with Asda and Waitrose. Six of its most...
by Darren | Monday, 4 December, 2017 | Beer and Cider News
Oakham Ales has unveiled a major rebranding of its brews for 2018, with the designs based on consumer feedback. Through social media and meet the brewer events, the Peterborough brewery has conducted extensive market research into customer perception and appreciation...
by Darren | Monday, 4 December, 2017 | Beer and Cider News
Wychwood’s Hobgoblin IPA took over the new Oxford Circus store of JOVOY Parfums Rares to launch the robustly-hopped addition to its family of beers. Hobgoblin IPA is a bold brother to Hobgoblin Ruby, Britain’s second best-selling premium bottled ale, and to the...
by Darren | Monday, 4 December, 2017 | Beer and Cider News
The last time Exmoor Ales’ Stag found itself in a bottle it was called Centenary Ale and had been especially brewed to celebrate Somerset Cricket Club’s centenary in 1991. It was meant to be a one-off and sold in four-packs of 330ml bottles. However, when some of the...
by Darren | Monday, 4 December, 2017 | Beer and Cider News
Beer aficionado and writer Steve Crouch has been named as the fifth member of the Imperial Beer Club curators team. A lambic monster and a hop head, Steve started drinking beer from a young age. A lager drinker at first and a fan of spider beer from Australia, he...
by Darren | Monday, 4 December, 2017 | Beer and Cider News
Big Job from St Austell Brewery has been crowned champion bottled beer of Britain in a competition run by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). At 7.2% ABV, the beer is powerfully hopped with Citra and Centennial varieties, and made using Cornish barley. There is a...
by Darren | Monday, 4 December, 2017 | Business News, Pubs and Bars News
The brewing and pub industry has a good record on recycling and should be exempt from any deposit scheme that emerges from a current Government consultation. This is the key message from the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) in its response to the Defra...
by Darren | Monday, 4 December, 2017 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Pubs and Bars News
Butcombe Brewing Company has announced the opening of a new 54,000 sq ft Bridgwater depot, creating 12 jobs and supporting the double-digit growth in the brewer’s keg range, which includes Butcombe Original, Goram (Avon IPA) and Bohemia (Pilsner). The facilities...
by Darren | Monday, 4 December, 2017 | Pubs and Bars News
Pub operator and brewer Brakspear has purchased a pub in Wendlebury, just outside Bicester, as the 11th in its growing managed estate. The Lion is a 190-cover, food-led pub with 13 bedrooms under construction, due to open in March next year. It was purchased from...
by Darren | Monday, 4 December, 2017 | Pubs and Bars News
Left to right: Elaine Hindal, Drinkaware chief executive; Drinkaware Crew team members Alex Sellers, Rebecca Flanagan and Cerys Atchinson; JulieTippins, head of compliance at DHP Family, which owns Rock City; and Nottinghamshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner,...
