Brewing
Wimbledon serves up experimental hop specials
Wimbledon brewery and hop merchants Charles Faram are to showcase recently developed English varieties in a new series of pale ales and IPAs due for r...
Business rates help welcome but duty freeze a missed opportunity
In his Autumn statement the chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced a freeze on alcohol duty until next August plus extended the business rate relief scheme...
Reverse ABV creep and why it’s happening
In August 2023 the British government launched an overhauled alcohol duty system, affecting all UK producers of beverages from wine and spirits, to be...
40FT measures up to take SIBA crown
An American-stye IPA from Dalston’s 40FT brewery has been voted the best cask beer in London and the South East by a panel of industry experts. Neighb...
Mixed fortunes for cask beer
The new owners of Parish brewery, Bruce Cooper and Charlie Gamble, will warm the proverbial cockles of your heart. They’ve bought the company in Burro...
Cream of the crop lined up for autumn
Real ale is on the up as Surrey-based Hogs Back reveals three seasonal cask ales to take drinkers through the autumn, offering styles for all tastes f...
Glasladies’ festive fundraiser
The Glasladies Beer Society, a Glasgow-based local beer appreciation group for women and non-binary people, is to launch a new festival alongside rais...
Bitter taste of climate change
Whether you love heavily hopped IPAs or subtle golden ales you love alpha acids but don’t know it. These are the compounds in hops that give bitternes...
Gold for Black Gold
Cairngorm brewery’s Black Gold (4.4 per cent ABV) has been crowned CAMRA’s Champion Beer of Scotland. The session stout was described by judges as hav...
Does cask need the Madri effect?
Cask beer drinkers are far more ready and willing to pay a premium price for well-kept ale than most brewers or pubs believe. That's the view of beer...
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