Beer
REAL ALE FESTIVAL REPORTS RECORD NUMBERS
A spectacular overnight thunderstorm failed to deter real ale and cider enthusiasts who turned up in record numbers to the East Malling beer and cider...
Competition watchdog gives Heineken thumbs up for pubs purchase
The Competition and Markets Authority (ICMA) has given the go ahead for Heineken’s purchase of 1,900 pubs from Punch Taverns. At the start of the summ...
Sales of speciality beer soar as core lager falls
Carlsberg has reported better-than-expected results for the first half of the year as speciality beer sales soar. While the company’s core lager brand...
Fuller’s open day – free to all
On Saturday 2 September Fuller’s is opening its doors to the public for another popular Pride & Passion Open Day. The free entry event will take place...
Cask Ale Week urges CAMRA branches and members to get involved
There may be a lot of debate around the definition of craft beer. But there’s no debate around the idea of a week-long national celebration of cask al...
New name for CAMRA’s winter beer fest
CAMRA’s national winter ales festival is has a new name and image. The National Winter Ales Festival has been rebranded as the Great British Beer Fest...
Ruby Mild shines again for Yorkshire brewery
Rudgate and Saltaire brewery, both based in Yorkshire, have become category winners at the Campaign for Real Ale’s prestigious Champion Beer of Britai...
Monkey not blue after Champion Beer victory
Local East Midlands brewery Blue Monkey has scooped gold in the Golden Ales category of Campaign for Real Ale’s prestigious Champion Beer of Britain a...
Goat’s Milk cream of crop in Champion Beer competition
A Warwickshire brewery, originally located in an old coffin shop, has won the Campaign for Real Ale’s prestigious Champion Beer of Britain award on th...
Sir Ian McKellen pulls in the pints
Sir Ian McKellen has won an accolade to rival his collection of Academy Awards – which celebrity people would most trust to run our local pub.
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