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Drinkers urge chancellor to save the UK’s pubs
Drinkers and pub-goers are being mobilised in their thousands to urge the chancellor to take action in his March Budget to save the UK’s pubs and brew...
A brief history of cask beer
Though many people assume cask beer ‘has existed from the time brewing was first instituted in this country,’ as a 1923 manual for licensees puts it,...
Barley wine takes top bottled beer award
Norfolk's real ale lovers are raising a glass to Lacons Audit Ale, an eight per cent barley wine, recently judged by local CAMRA branches as Norfolk’s...
Shep’s cask club returns
Shepherd Neame has announced the return next month of its popular real ale initiative Cask Club next month, kicking off with Maverick (3.4 per cent)....
Thousands of breweries and pubs face closure
There are growing fears that 2023 could see a wave of company collapses as the cost of living crisis continues. New data published by accountants Begb...
Closed brewery’s past celebrated
A brewery in operation for close to 200 years had a display dedicated to it by West Cumbria branch. Closed last November, Jennings brewery in Cockermo...
French beer competition gets seal of approval
The annual France Bière Challenge has secured approval from the European Beer Consumers Union. The competition sees the best French beers competing fo...
Brewing giant pins hopes for success on smaller casks
Greene King is rolling out cask pins — a four-and-a-half-gallon cask ale container — this summer following a seven-figure investment. In recent years...
Podcast explores Try or Dry January debate
The popular CAMRA podcast Pubs. Pints. People. has returned in 2023 with an episode featuring new beer resolutions, which highlights the impact that c...
Don’t miss CAMRA’s winter beer extravaganza
There’s less than four weeks to go to the start of CAMRA’s Great British Beer Festival Winter, taking place in the spiritual home of the brewing indus...
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