Beer
Whisky first for top fest
The Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) has had a gin bar for many years but, this year, for the first time, it will be hosting a beer and whisky tasti...
Summer fruit and goat’s cheese salad with Henry Hogz Raspberry Sour vinaigrette
Summer is in full swing. Cricket, Wimbledon, strawberries and cream, picnics on the beach and if you are lucky the chance to enjoy a refreshing pint i...
The emperor’s new clothes?
Making my way to a table just in front of the bar at my new local, Stockport’s the Magnet, I take a seat and watch a near constant stream of people ap...
Brewery numbers up despite tough trading
A former Devon fire station could soon be turned into a new brewery and tap house. The building in Topsham closed in 2020 when the fire service was re...
A very Peculier Rebel
A new brewing collaboration is bringing the disruptors and establishment together to celebrate cask ale. T&R Theakston and Tiny Rebel have joined forc...
Beer Drinker of the Year named
Cask ale champion and MP for Dudley South, Mike Wood (left) has been named Beer Drinker of the Year by the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group (APPBG).
Summer pins drop for Greene King
Greene King has announced two summer seasonal beers Ale Fresco and New Tricks, a collaboration with nearby Nethergate brewery. Ale Fresco is a 4.3 per...
Cockermouth brewing revival at the Bitter End
A new brewery is set to rise in Cockermouth from the ashes of the now closed Jennings. Last November, Carlsberg Marston’s shut the Jennings brewery, b...
A healthy respect for beer
What is it about the British that we treat beer, our national drink, with such lack of respect? I spent several days in Belgium last month on a work a...
Sales soar for South-West brewer
Cornish brewer St Austell has shrugged off its Covid blues and announced record sales for 2022. Total revenue was ÂŁ209m, up 34 per cent on 2021 and su...
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