by Darren | Thursday, 14 December, 2023 | Beer and Cider News
Purity Brewing Company and Warwickshire Gin Company have collaborated to create special edition Emperor Dry Hopped Gin. David Blick, of Warwickshire Gin Co, and John Conod, of Purity Brew Co, with the Emperor Gin and Emperor hops It’s a particularly special recipe for...
by Darren | Wednesday, 13 December, 2023 | Beer and Cider News
Simon Rogan’s Our Farm has teamed up with the Cumbrian-based Fell Brewery to create a range of locally-made craft beers. Using produce grown on the farm and ingredients foraged from areas surrounding the Lake District village of Cartmel, four brews will be released —...
by Darren | Wednesday, 13 December, 2023 | Beer and Cider News
Athletic Brewing Company is launching its popular alcohol-free Run Wild IPA on draught throughout the UK this Dry January. The company, which owns and operates what is believed to be the largest dedicated alcohol-free brewery in the world, is encouraging drinkers to...
by Darren | Wednesday, 13 December, 2023 | Pubs and Bars News
Long lost and historic pubs of Middlesbrough come under the spotlight in a new book by historian Dr Tosh Warwick. Last Orders! Middlesbrough’s Lost & Historic Pubs, published by Heritage Unlocked, features more than 150 photographs, plans, historic newspaper...
by Darren | Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 | Beer and Cider News
Sandford Orchards is relaunching its rugby charity cider, Rib Tickler, with donations from its sale going to the Wooden Spoon charity. The organisation aims to positively transform the lives of vulnerable children and young people through the power of rugby. “Rib...
by Darren | Monday, 11 December, 2023 | Beer and Cider News
The Campaign for Real Ale has announced that the Great British Beer Festival is ‘taking a year off in 2024’, but will return in 2025. “We have taken the difficult decision not to go ahead next year as our current venue could not secure the dates we...
by Darren | Monday, 11 December, 2023 | Beer and Cider News
Five years after bringing its famous alcohol-free lager to market, Lucky Saint has launched a second beer, the alcohol-free Superior Hazy IPA. The launch follows two years of research and development. The Hazy IPA uses only natural ingredients, with no flavourings or...
by Darren | Monday, 11 December, 2023 | Beer and Cider News, Business News
Carlsberg Marstons has announced that its Ringwood Brewery will now close, after a hunt to find a buyer was called off. Ringwood was founded in 1978 by microbrewery trailblazer Peter Austin. It created classic beers such as Old Thumper and Forty-Niner, with its...
by Darren | Sunday, 10 December, 2023 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Pubs and Bars News
Year-on-year drinks sales in Britain’s on-trade were down again last week, though the 2022 football World Cup made for difficult comparatives. CGA by NIQ’s Daily Drinks Tracker shows average sales in managed venues in the week to last Saturday (2nd December)...
by Darren | Sunday, 10 December, 2023 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Pubs and Bars News
East Sussex-based Three Acre Brewery has taken to crowdfunding as it looks to open a taproom, to be called The Brew Café, in 2024. Three Acre is a craft brewery based in the countryside at Blackboys, born from hobby home brewing. It opened in 2019. The brewery...
by Darren | Sunday, 10 December, 2023 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Cornwall news
St Austell brewing director, Georgina Young, has been handed not one but two prestigious awards for her continued dedication to the beer industry. Georgina Young with SIBA chief executive, Andy Slee, at the British Guild of Beer Writers’ awards ceremony....
by Darren | Saturday, 9 December, 2023 | Beer and Cider News
Tring Brewery has collaborated with local soap maker Nicky Gordon to create a beer-scented soap bar, profits from which will go to charity. The beneficiary will be Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital. Each bar is made using a traditional cold-pressed method and crafted...
