The British Beer & Pub Association has highlighted ‘Managing Safety in Pubs’, a guidance publication for licensees, with tips on helping customers and staff feel secure, comfortable and safe in all licensed premises in the run-up to Christmas. The guidance sets out risk factors to be considered by licensees, and helps to identify preventative measures […]
When you have finally got the beer packaged and sent out to market you are left with one problem if you have late hopped – how to remove the spent hops now resident in the pressurised conditioning tank. Often they have formed an almost concrete like deposit in the cone of the tank that is […]
Emmerald swept into the Cask industry just over 2 years ago with their unique, reusable GreenCask and GreenKeg. After experiencing their busiest quarter in August 2016, the company are now supplying over 200 breweries in the UK with their reusable, plastic Casks. Is this move from steel to plastic set to continue? It would seem […]
Brampton Mild from Brampton brewery has been named the best beer in the Midlands by judges at the SIBA Independent Beer Awards last night, hosted by the Birmingham CAMRA Beer festival. The awards, run by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), are unique in that the majority of judges are brewers themselves from independent craft […]
Two well-known brands in the Highlands to resurrect another well-known brand! The Loch Ness Beer brand has been rescued by a partnership between two well established Highland businesses – Cobbs Group Loch Ness and Cairngorm Brewery. The brand which won the “Best Branding/Design” award at the UK Beer marketing awards last month is now firmly […]
A Hertfordshire grower and two brewers have converted a 480 lb pumpkin into ~3,000 pints of delicious pumpkin beer for Halloween. And a Halloween promotion of the beer at a local pub will raise money for Prostate Cancer UK. New River Brewery LTD, a local craft brewery based in Hoddesdon, have teamed up with Douglas […]
Quantock Brewery, home to many of Somerset’s finest craft beers, have added a refreshing new drink to their range in the form of Copper Knob Cider. This much awaited gem is a fantastic addition to the selection of fine ales already produced at the brewery. Quantock wanted to produce a drink to excite the younger […]
BrauBeviale is the world’s most important capital goods exhibition for the beverage industry in 2016. Around 1,100 exhibitors (2015: 47 % international) are presenting a comprehensive spectrum of high-quality beverage raw materials, innovative technologies, efficient logistics and sparkling marketing ideas in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from 08–10 November. The around 37,000 visitors (2015: 41 % […]
The arrival of three new fermenting and maturation vessels at Hogs Back Brewery has marked the start of a £400,000 expansion programme at the Surrey brewer. The installation of one 80-barrel and two 120-barrel dual purpose vessels also includes the infrastructure for a further four 120-barrel vessels, as well as a new boiler and chilling […]
Hogs Back Brewery has marked a successful hop harvest with a party, which included a £7,500 charity donation and the triumphant return of Paralympic double gold medallist Georgie Hermitage, who used to work at the brewery. Over the course of the day around 800 guests attended the Hop Harvest Festival at the brewery in Tongham, […]