by Darren | Saturday, September 16, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
The Liberation Group has acquired four pubs in the West Country within the last month to grow its Butcombe estate to 34 pubs. These new acquisitions mean The Liberation Group has purchased ten pubs for its Butcombe estate so far in 2017 — a 42% increase in the size of...
by Darren | Saturday, September 16, 2017 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
x New figures from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) show one billion pints of British beer were shipped around the world last year, bringing a £600 million boost to the UK economy. Brigid Simmonds, chief executive of the British Beer...
by Darren | Friday, September 15, 2017 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
Pub operator J D Wetherspoon has posted an impressive 28% rise in profit (before deductions), with like-for-like sales up 4% over the past year. But it is getting ready for tougher times ahead, with the hospitality industry fearing that customers will start to rein in...
by Darren | Thursday, September 14, 2017 | CORNWALL BLOG
The new edition of CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide is published today, and beer lovers and publicans alike will be flicking through the pages to see who’s included. Here, in no order, and with no prejudice against those who are also listed in the book, is my top...
by Darren | Thursday, September 14, 2017 | BEER NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
The Campaign for Real Ale has named its top 16 pubs in the country as part of the nationwide search for the organisation’s national pub of the year. The contenders range from micropubs to street-corner locals and community-run pubs. Aside from serving beer, many...
by Darren | Thursday, September 14, 2017 | BEER NEWS
The 45th edition of the Campaign for Real Ale’s Good Beer Guide hits the bookshelves today, with contributors reflecting on the massive changes to the beer industry since it started in 1974. It also recognises just five pubs across the country that have been in...
by Darren | Wednesday, September 13, 2017 | PUBS AND BARS
Fuller’s Wykeham Arms, in Winchester, has been named town pub of the year in the 2018 Good Pub Guide, having won the title previously in 2013 and 2016. Jonathon Swaine, managing director of Fuller’s Inns, said: “This is an outstanding achievement for [general...
by Darren | Wednesday, September 13, 2017 | BEER NEWS
Warwickshire-based Purity Brewing Company is celebrating after being named brewery of the year for 2018 by the Good Pub Guide. The annual travel guide, which has been listing and rating pubs up and down the country since 1982, has recently started including breweries...
by Darren | Tuesday, September 12, 2017 | BEER NEWS
St Peter’s head brewer, Steve Groves, adds hops to a brew St Peter’s Brewery is celebrating a clutch of top awards at this year’s Global Beer Masters competition, comprising one gold, one silver and three bronze medals. The microbrewery, based...
by Darren | Tuesday, September 12, 2017 | BEER NEWS, CORNWALL NEWS
Sharp’s Brewery has announced the launch of a new black IPA, Fathoms Deep (4.5% ABV), the latest addition to the brewer’s limited release series for the Blue Flag initiative. Brewed in Rock, the new beer is now available across on-trade outlets until October...
by Darren | Tuesday, September 12, 2017 | BEER NEWS, CORNWALL NEWS, EVENTS
The Eden Project, in Cornwall, has announced the line-up of drinks for its annual beer festival, which takes place this year on Saturday, September 30. There will be beers from mostly Cornish breweries, including Blag Flag, Forge, Padstow and Tintagel, plus national...
by Darren | Tuesday, September 12, 2017 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) says all its members trading on the Beerflex scheme now hold a valid FSQ certificate or other professional food and drink quality accreditation commissioned themselves. This means 494 independent craft breweries can...
