by Darren | Saturday, 1 February, 2025 | Beer and Cider News
Track Brewing Co has launched a Digital New Zealand series of beers, partnering with not just an NZ brewer for each beer, but also a hop supplier from that country. The series follows another from last year which shone the spotlight on Australian businesses. First off...
by Darren | Saturday, 1 February, 2025 | Beer and Cider News, Brewers Association
Lotte Peplow, the Brewers Association’s American craft beer ambassador, looks at opportunities for non-alcoholic beer following Dry January. Photograph: Brewers Association And that’s a wrap on another Dry January! Were you a complete abstainer, a ‘damp’ January...
by Darren | Saturday, 1 February, 2025 | Blog, Business News, Pubs and Bars News
Remember the penny off a pint promised in the Budget last autumn? Well, today it comes into being as alcohol duty rates are re-aligned. It’s part of “a package of support to help the alcohol sector to grow”, says the government. Photograph: Unsplash/DanBarrett Will...
by Darren | Friday, 31 January, 2025 | Beer and Cider News, Events News
Early bird tickets are still on sale for this year’s Manchester Craft Beer Festival, which takes place at Depot Mayfield on 16th and 17th May. The event will see more than 80 breweries pouring more than 500 beers, and as ever there’s top-notch food and...
by Darren | Friday, 31 January, 2025 | Beer and Cider News, Pubs and Bars News
Greene King is celebrating another record-breaking fundraising year with its long-term charity partner, Macmillan Cancer Support, raising £3.9m during 2024. The achievement follows the announcement last year that the business had reached £20m over 12 years of...
by Darren | Friday, 31 January, 2025 | Beer and Cider News, Business News
Magic Rock and Fourpure breweries are to become part of Keystone Brewing Group, already home to brands including Black Sheep, Purity, and Brew By Numbers. Magic Rock was founded in Huddersfield in 2011, and Fourpure started life in London in 2013. Both brands had...
by Darren | Friday, 31 January, 2025 | Beer and Cider News
The death has been announced of Allan McLean, a Scottish journalist specialising in the railway industry, but also an accomplished beer writer. He was 78. A contemporary and friend of former foreign secretary Robin Cook, he was born in Edinburgh in 1946. The pair...
by Darren | Friday, 31 January, 2025 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Pubs and Bars News
The new edition of the Beer Today Newsletter is available to download now. The newsletter is published every Friday as an A4-sized PDF. Pubs, bars, and taprooms are free to print off copies for drinkers to browse while they enjoy their beers!. Download the PDF...
by Darren | Friday, 31 January, 2025 | Beer and Cider News, Campaigns, Pubs and Bars News
The Firs Club, in Codsall, Staffordshire, has won the Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) Club of the Year Award for 2024. The multi-award-winning social club — named West Midlands regional Club of the Year three years in a row — is a must-visit for cask beer fans....
by Darren | Thursday, 30 January, 2025 | Business News, Pubs and Bars News
Britain’s pubs, restaurants, and hotels overcame widespread challenges to end 2024 with virtually the same number of premises as 12 months earlier, the new Hospitality Market Monitor from CGA by NIQ and global consulting firm AlixPartners shows. The study tracks...
by Darren | Thursday, 30 January, 2025 | Beer and Cider News
Greene King has released its seasonal Fresh Cask Releases calendar for 2025, with rotating styles and flavours that complement the time of year. While the cask category saw an overall decline last year, the cask calendar continued to grow both in stockists and volume...
by Darren | Wednesday, 29 January, 2025 | Business News, Cornwall news, Pubs and Bars News
St Austell Brewery has acquired the lease of one of Cornwall’s most iconic pubs, The Godolphin in Marazion, which overlooks St Michael’s Mount in Mount’s Bay. Left to right at The Godolphin, Marazion, are: Kevin Georgel, chief executive of St Austell...
