by Darren | Friday, 30 October, 2026 | Beer and Cider News, Campaigns, Pubs and Bars News
From warm cellars to greasy glassware, pubs are being urged to ensure their hygiene is up to scratch ahead of a major consumer beer quality awareness campaign next year. Around 7,000 UK pubs currently have a 4-star or 5-star beer and cellar hygiene rating, which...
by Darren | Friday, 30 October, 2026 | Beer and Cider News, Business News
Kirkstall Brewery is launching new branding for its core cask brands, drawing upon the brewery’s heritage and the iconic ‘Three Swords’ symbol. The new pumpclips have a unique shape crafted from premium materials to reflect the quality and traditional...
by Darren | Friday, 30 October, 2026 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Pubs and Bars News
Fans of crime writer M W Craven’s famous detective Washington Poe will know of his fondness for a properly kept pint of Carlisle Brewing Co’s Spun Gold ale. Julie Minns MP Now, following a long-running campaign by Carlisle MP Julie Minns, independent...
by Darren | Friday, 30 October, 2026 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Pubs and Bars News
Ahead of its AGM today, Shepherd Neame has announced a £15 million investment, over three years, in a modern, smaller brewery on its town centre site in Faversham. Alongside the brewery investment, Shepherd Neame will bring forward a 10-year development vision for its...
by Darren | Friday, 30 October, 2026 | Beer and Cider News
Stout (4.2% ABV) has been added to the Timothy Taylor’s range, launching exclusively in cask in pubs. It delivers rich coffee and chocolate flavours, balanced by a gentle bitterness and a smooth, satisfying mouthfeel and finish, says the Yorkshire brewer. Dark in...
by Darren | Friday, 30 October, 2026 | Pubs and Bars News
Derby City Pubwatch has been named National Pubwatch of the Year at a ceremony at the House of Lords. Members of Derby City Pubwatch at the House of Lords ceremony Three other Pubwatches — Chorley, Heathrow, and North Lincs — were highly commended. Derby...
by Darren | Friday, 30 October, 2026 | Beer and Cider News
Shepherd Neame and a Kent-based family butchers are toasting national sausage success. Taylor Meats owner Scott Taylor and his team with the award-winning Boozy Butcher sausages East Kent firm Taylor Meats won a national the ‘innovative’ category of the...
by Darren | Thursday, 29 October, 2026 | Beer and Cider News
New beer launches and collaborations, in store, on bars, and online, from brewers around the UK Pastore has launched four new brews for October. “In fact this month sees our most diverse set of releases ever,” says the brewer and blender, “with an absolute starburst...
by Darren | Thursday, 29 October, 2026 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Pubs and Bars News
A round-up of stories and snippets from brewing and hospitality, and the latest business news in brief Independent Peak District hospitality group Longbow Venues is celebrating seven finalist places in the 2027 Visit East Midlands Tourism Awards – Derbyshire. Three of...
by Darren | Thursday, 29 October, 2026 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Pubs and Bars News
Tied pub tenants will get the right to a guest beer on their bar, chancellor John Healey has announced in his Budget statement. Among other measures announced, there will be an alcohol duty relief scheme for smaller brewers and cider makers,the tax threshold for small...
by Darren | Thursday, 29 October, 2026 | Pubs and Bars News
The Red Lion, in Barnes, London, has been named as the winner of Fuller’s Griffin Trophy, the company’s pub of the year. Left to right: Claire Morgan and Angus McKean, of the Red Lion, Barnes, winners of the Griffin Trophy, and Joe Glover and Kevin...
by Darren | Wednesday, 28 October, 2026 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Campaigns, Pubs and Bars News
Tied pub tenants will get the right to a guest beer on their bar, chancellor John Healey has announced in his Budget statement today. Among other measures announced, there will be an alcohol duty relief scheme for smaller brewers and cider makers,the tax threshold for...
