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Campaign backs new Indie Beer mark
CAMRA has thrown its weight behinf SIBA’s new Indie Beer campaign, designed to help consumers seek out independent beers and breweries.  The campaign...
New fight for independents
A new campaign to make it easier for drinkers to identify beer from independent breweries in pubs, bars and shops has been launched as demand for loca...
Carlsberg juggernaut rolls on
Not content with closing Jennings, Wychwood and Ringwood breweries, Carlsberg now plans to axe the giant Banks’s brewery in Wolverhampton, famous for...
Lakes’ loss of community
Halewood Artisanal Ventures is to permanently close the Hawkshead Beer Hall and Taproom in the village of Staveley. Located on the Mill Yard industria...
Workers take over brewery
Sheffield-based Abbeydale brewery has become an Employee Ownership Trust. The change of ownership covers the whole business, encompassing both the bre...
Sheps commits to cask production
Britain’s oldest brewery Shepherd Neame (above) has reaffirmed its commitment to cask ale. The move follows a report in the Telegraph that the Kent br...
Dark delight takes bottled beer title
Five Kingdoms Dark Storm stout (6.9 per cent ABV) is CAMRA’s Champion Bottled Beer of Britain. The annual competition recognises the best bottle-condi...
Steel City brewer scoops top title
Jim Rangeley, Lead Brewer at Abbeydale, the City’s oldest brewery was recently named as Brewer of the Year at the 2024 Brewers Choice Awards. Jim was...
Coming up for air
The arrival of Fuller’s Vintage Ale is a cause for celebration, the beer lovers’ equivalent of the latest Bordeaux wine from France. Vintage Ale is li...
Hogs Back celebrates hop harvest
Hogs Back brewery has celebrated its 10th hop harvest with a record 4,200 fans flocking to the brewery over three days. The celebrations followed two...
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