by Darren | Friday, July 20, 2018 | BEER NEWS, EVENTS
BrewDog is setting up a ‘Punk State’ in Bristol over the next two days (July 20 and 21), where visitors to Broadmead Square will be able to grab free cans of Punk IPA. The Punk State takes the form of a roadblock — visitors will be issued with a Punk...
by Darren | Thursday, July 19, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
It’s a new era for Saltaire Brewery from today, as it announces a refreshed brand and the launch of a new range of beers. The independent brewery, based in West Yorkshire, has been creating its internationally award-winning beers since 2006 and is now aiming to...
by Darren | Thursday, July 19, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
EeBriaTrade is to host a free, trade only tasting event at its Bermondsey taproom with some of the most talk about and respected brewers and cider makers in the UK. The event, on July 30, will feature Twisted Barrel (Coventry), Arundel (Sussex), Six° North (Scotland)...
by Darren | Thursday, July 19, 2018 | BEER NEWS, CAMPAIGNS, PUBS AND BARS
An industry campaign has been launched to highlight the vital contribution pubs make to the British way of life and the threat they face from a range of tax pressures. It comes with a focused call to sign a petition and write to MPs to ask for a cut in beer duty. The...
by Darren | Thursday, July 19, 2018 | BEER NEWS, EVENTS
Travelling to Franconia: Moor Beer Co’s Justin Hawke Beers from the Franconia region of Germany will be under the spotlight when Moor Beer Co stages its second I Want Moor festival from August 10 to 12. The event has been dubbed ‘Franken Fest’ and...
by Darren | Thursday, July 19, 2018 | BEER NEWS, EVENTS
Flashback: images from last year’s festival. Photographs: Lucy Forrester The New Wave will be the theme for this year’s Whitelock’s and The Turk’s Head Beer Festival, in Leeds, being staged from July 26-29. This year’s festival will celebrate the New...
by Darren | Thursday, July 19, 2018 | BEER NEWS
Beer sommelier Jane Peyton is headlining at this year’s Mindful Drinking Festival and giving a personal tour of the ten alcohol-free beers featured at the event. As well as festival sponsors Heineken 0.0, an audience of more than 60 in the Wise Bartender tasting...
by Darren | Thursday, July 19, 2018 | BEER NEWS
A group of female licensees and pubs campaigners has written to Brigid Simmonds, chief executive of the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) urging her to condemn for Small Business Minister, Andrew Griffiths’, actions in sending texts of a sexual nature to...
by Darren | Thursday, July 19, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS
Ready to go: the new brew kit at Docks Beers, Grimsby The first commercial brewery in Grimsby for 50 years is taking the town’s hard-working heritage to heart, as it is named Docks Beers. Axholme Brewing Co is in the final stages of fitting out a deconsecrated...
by Darren | Thursday, July 19, 2018 | BEER NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS, PUBS AND BARS
Underneath the Arches: the new Brewhouse & Kitchen venue in Hoxton, London Brewhouse & Kitchen will celebrate the official opening of its Hoxton brewpub today — the London district’s first on-site brewpub and brewery. The architecturally unique venue...
by Darren | Tuesday, July 17, 2018 | BEER NEWS, CORNWALL NEWS
Sharp’s Brewery will once again be sponsoring the annual Padstow to Rock swim, on July 27, with several of its team members participating in the gruelling challenge. The event is raising money for Marie Curie, a charity that cares for people living with a terminal...
by Darren | Tuesday, July 17, 2018 | BEER NEWS
St Andrews Brewing Company has taken to crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, seeking £400,000 to move its development on to the next stage. In its pitch, the company says: “Our vision is to establish our brand worldwide as a creator of brilliant beers and the...
