Posts by: Timothy Hampson
U-turn on takeaway beer
Pubs in England and Wales will be able to continue selling takeaway beer and cider after the government decided to keep Covid licensing rules. The rul...
Medicinal mischief inspires latest seasonal beer
Greene King has revealed Mischief Maker, its latest limited-edition cask ale for August and September. The 6 per cent ABV golden cask ale is a double...
Pub staff ensure tragic death will not be in vain
Bar staff at a pub in Swinton are setting up a menopause support network in memory of a woman who took her own life. When Charlotte Sumbland (pictured...
Calls for destroyed historic gem to be rebuilt
Demolished, destroyed and razed - within days of its sale by Marston’s to a new owner the historic Crooked House pub in the West Midlands is reduced t...
Mild magicians conjure up campaigning success
Stockport and South Manchester CAMRA’s recent mild beer trail, the country’s longest running and largest of its kind, has been declared an enormous su...
New brew quenches thirst for lower-strength cask ale
T&R Theakston has launched a new beer to meet the rising demand for lower-strength beers. Theakston Quencher is a 3.4 per cent ABV, hop-forward cask a...
Brewer launches lip-smacking ‘sunshine in a glass’
A zesty new beer from Kentish brewer Shepherd Neame is now available. Citra Smack (3.8 per cent ABV) is the fifth in its popular real ale initiative C...
Warning for politicians ahead of general election
Just days after prime minister Rishi Sunak visited CAMRA’s Great British Beer Festival, new research commissioned by the Campaign shows two in five Br...
Campaign calls for action on pubs to make pints affordable
Research commissioned by consumer organisation CAMRA shows only a small minority of Brits (10 per cent) feel that a pint is affordable. Despite some...
Brewer trades up to bottled beer crown
Green Jack’s Baltic Trader (10.5 per cent ABV ) has won CAMRA’s Champion Bottled Beer of Britain title. The final of the annual competition was held a...
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