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Apprentices’ Secret Santa special
Four of St Austell brewery’s apprentices have joined together to create a special Christmas beer to round off a successful 2023. Secret Santa was desi...
New brewery boss pledges support for cask
Acorn’s new general manager Liz Casserly (pictured) has ambitious plans for cask ale at the brewery, now under new ownership. Her appointment follows...
Festive favourite returns
Kent brewer Shepherd Neame’s award-winning Christmas Ale is back just in time for the festive season. A pub favourite for more than a decade, the full...
CAMRA chairman’s Autumn Statement message
Last week the chancellor delivered the Autumn Statement and it was mixed news for pub-goers and the licensed trade. Against a backdrop of rising price...
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...
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