by Darren | Tuesday, March 26, 2019 | BEER NEWS
New research from Nielsen for drinks cans trade body The Can Makers, reveals that growth of cans in the beer and cider market jumped by a further 6% in 2018. Sales of single can ales were the standout success story of the year. Last year both cider and ale in cans...
by Darren | Monday, March 25, 2019 | BEER NEWS, CIDER NEWS, EVENTS
Sledmere Estate, Half Moon Brewery and Colemans Cider have joined forces to deliver the best of what Yorkshire has to offer at the Horizon Festival. With live music, award-winning local food and drink, and the setting of Sykes Barn, in the heart of the Sledmere...
by Darren | Friday, March 22, 2019 | BEER NEWS
Cave Direct has announced that it will be the new importer of Swedish brewery Omnipollo in the UK. The brewery, founded in 2011 by Henok Fentie and Karl Grandin, has become world renowned for its amazing beer and equally great artwork, integral to their partnership....
by Darren | Friday, March 22, 2019 | BEER NEWS
Brewgooder, the beer brand on a mission to bring clean water access to one million people, is this celebrating its third anniversary by joining forces with Co-op for its first national retail campaign — the Co-op Well Dig. Running until May 14 across 408...
by Darren | Friday, March 22, 2019 | BEER NEWS
Left to right at the Battle of the Wits are Ben and Sarah Pullen, Shepherd Neame communications executive Kathryn Tye, and host Adam Morrison Shepherd Neame’s first Battle of the Wits comedy night — a battle between 25 amateur comedians — raised almost £2,000 for...
by Darren | Friday, March 22, 2019 | BEER NEWS
Wold Top brewery manager, Alex Balchin, accepts the SIBA gold award from Charlotte Taylor, of Beatson Clark Wold Top Brewery’s blonde beer, Wold Gold, has won the gold award in its category at the SIBA National Independent Beer Awards. Meanwhile, one of its...
by Darren | Friday, March 22, 2019 | BEER NEWS
Stone town councillors have met Joule’s Brewery representatives to sign terms for the town’s Old Fire Station. The building is adjacent to Crown Wharf, which Joule’s also owns. The brewer has submitted plans to build a brewery taphouse and studio...
by Darren | Friday, March 22, 2019 | BEER NEWS
Greene King says its special edition beer, Flanders Fields, brewed to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, has raised £32,961 for the Royal British Legion. Flanders Fields, the official beer of the Royal British Legion’s campaign marking the...
by Darren | Friday, March 22, 2019 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Brewbroker co-founders Toby Chantrell (left) and Benjamin Smith BrewBroker, the brewing industry’s first peer-to-peer marketplace, is set to launch its platform in America. Well established in the UK, BrewBroker currently works with more than 400 traders in Britain...
by Darren | Friday, March 22, 2019 | BEER NEWS
Sinclair Breweries Ltd has announced that it is re-launching its Atlas Brewing Company range, in keg and can formats. The initial brews have been created at the state-of-the-art, SALSA approved, Orkney Brewery, by a team that includes John Rodger, one of the original...
by Darren | Friday, March 22, 2019 | BEER NEWS
The team at Swannay Brewery have added more awards to their collection, taking their total trophy tally to well over 150 since 2008. Voe, in 330ml can format, from the brewery’s Mutiny range, was awarded silver in its category at the International Brewing Awards. Its...
by Darren | Thursday, March 21, 2019 | BEER NEWS, CORNWALL NEWS, EVENTS
Returning for a seventh year, Newquay Beer Festival will be back this September, bigger and better than ever. With a new site layout at the five-star Hendra Holiday Park, more undercover provision, two music stages, and more than 100 beers and ciders (at least 50 of...
