by Darren | Friday, 11 September, 2026 | Beer and Cider News, Events News, Pubs and Bars News
Wetherspoon’s autumn beer festival, from 7th-18th October, will feature brewers from Ukraine and Singapore for the first time. Other overseas brewers come from China, Denmark, and the USA, and their beers will help to form a 30-beer line-up. The international...
by Darren | Thursday, 10 September, 2026 | Beer and Cider News
New beer launches and collaborations, in store, on bars, and online, from brewers around the UK “Gluten removed, but aura added,” say Electric Bear of their new 4.5% ABV pale ale Californian Bruv. Loaded with West Coast hops Citra, Cascade, Amarillo, and Chinook,...
by Darren | Thursday, 10 September, 2026 | Pubs and Bars News
CAMRA’s Pub Heritage Group is appealing to experienced pub owners and operators to consider taking on the Star Inn, Netherton before its marketing period comes to an end. The Star Inn, Netherton. Photograph: Michael Slaughter Currently...
by Darren | Thursday, 10 September, 2026 | Beer and Cider News, Business Focus, Business News
Licher Brewery has reduced the time needed for yeast harvesting by six to seven hours per week after replacing two centrifugal pumps with a Certa Sine pump from MasoSine. Lennart Battenfeld of Licher Brewery A Certa Compact 300 pump now performs the work previously...
by Darren | Thursday, 10 September, 2026 | Beer and Cider News
Brakspear cask ales, including the flagship Brakspear Original Gravity bitter, are to be brewed at Hogs Back Brewery, the companies have announced. The move means a significant investment in installing traditional ‘double drop’ brewing vessels at the...
by Darren | Thursday, 10 September, 2026 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Pubs and Bars News
Getting the Chancellor to Drop the Tap Tax in the Budget could create more than 7,600 extra jobs in the pub and beer sector and add more than £300 million to the economy. That’s the view of the Centre for Economic and Business Research (Cebr), which has published...
by Darren | Wednesday, 9 September, 2026 | Beer and Cider News
Loch Lomond Brewery has partnered with Castle Rock on a new teacake stout to be launched primarily in cask, with a limited keg release. Left to right: Alex Handford, sales manager at Loch Lomond Brewery; Carl Duke, sales at Castle Rock; Scott Murray, lead brewer at...
by Darren | Wednesday, 9 September, 2026 | Beer and Cider News, Events News
Finalists have been announced for the Scottish Beer Awards 2026. The winners will be announced on 6th October at the Beer Matters Conference in Glasgow. Winners at a previous awards ceremony Beer Matters brings together brewers, suppliers, hospitality professionals,...
by Darren | Wednesday, 9 September, 2026 | Pubs and Bars News
Fuller’s has exchanged contracts with Stonegate to purchase 10 pubs — nine in prime London postcodes, and one in the centre of Bath. The total purchase price, before fees and taxes, is £35.25 million, representing a multiple of 8.4 times acquired site...
by Darren | Wednesday, 9 September, 2026 | Business News, Pubs and Bars News
UKHospitality Cymru has told the Welsh government that hospitality needs practical help to reduce its tax burden, which is one of the highest of any sector in the UK. David Chapman, executive director for UKHospitality Cymru, made the case to Adam Price MS, the...
by Darren | Wednesday, 9 September, 2026 | Beer and Cider News, Business News
Brewlab have announced that they are adding brewing apprenticeships to their professional training portfolio, delivered from their base in Sunderland. Over the past 40 years, Brewlab has supported the brewing industry through specialist training and laboratory...
by Darren | Tuesday, 8 September, 2026 | Beer and Cider News, Events News, Pubs and Bars News
Beer lovers from across the Tees Valley raised their glasses — and thousands of pounds — for the Great North Air Ambulance Service during the annual pALEgrimage, which this year celebrated its 10th anniversary. Presenting a cheque from a previous event to the Great...
