The Independent Manchester Beer Convention (Indy Man Beer Con or IMBC) and 200-year-old Middleton-based brewer JW Lees have joined forces to produce a ‘beer to start...
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Vocation explores variations on the Ascension theme
Vocation Brewery has taken its popular double-dry-hopped IPA Ascension (6.8% ABV) and created four new variations that build on the original recipe. The base brew features...
Wild Beer Co releases trio of barrel-aged brews
Wild Beer Co has unveiled three new barrel-aged beers that each represent the maker's brewing and blending methods in very different ways. Natural ingredients are used in...
Live: Draught beer duty cut will apply to small containers
Campaigners have won a concession in forthcoming draught beer duty changes with the chancellor saying the new rates will now apply to smaller beer and cider containers. When...
Purity remains passionate about cask beer quality
As Cask Ale Week gets under way, Purity Brewing Co is remaining passionate about the preservation and promotion of premium cask beers. Quality is seen as one of the biggest...
Details of Women in Beer seminar are revealed
Edinburgh-based Beers Without Beards has released tickets for its Women in Beer Seminar, part of the second running of the Women in Beer Festival (WiB Fest). The seminar,...
Sharp’s Coaster makes a return, sort of, for Cask Ale Week
A Sharp's Brewery team has given a new twist to an old brand to celebrate Cask Ale Week. Coaster Alphonso re-imagines Sharp's Coaster but with a mango twist. Members of the...
Rugby-playing trio launch premium low-cal lager Bach 95
Bach 95, a premium reduced-calorie lager, has been launched by Sale Sharks rugby player Will Cliff, former rugby player Tom Holmes, and former rugby player and sports agent,...
Black Sheep teams up with rap artist for cask promotion
To mark Cask Ale Week, Black Sheep Brewery has enlisted the support of British rap artist Jester Jacobs, as part of its Drink Cask Beer campaign. Black Sheep has...