By Brennen Jensen City Paper Across the pond in the U.K., it’s common to see pub signage proclaiming the availability of “real ale.” As opposed to what, you might wonder? Near beer? Something with artificial hops? What they refer to is the Brit’s traditional brew—naturally carbonated ales served from unpressurized vessels at cellar temperatures (mid-50s F), usually […]
BURSLEM-BASED Titanic Brewery won a series of awards at the West Midlands Camra (Campaign for Real Ale) regional awards for 2014. The brewery’s Plum Porter won specialist beer of the year, while the regular Titanic Stout won in the stout category. Read more: http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Titanic-Brewery-winners-West-Midlands-Camra/story-25816852-detail/story.html#ixzz3O9YgUsSt Follow us: @SentinelStaffs on Twitter | sentinelstaffs on Facebook Read more: http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Titanic-Brewery-winners-West-Midlands-Camra/story-25816852-detail/story.html#ixzz3O9YXOUIG Follow us: @SentinelStaffs […]
The Liberation Group has acquired Butcombe Brewery, bringing together two of Britain’s best-known independent brewery and pub companies, which will now have 94 pubs, bars and eateries, two breweries brewing over 30,000 barrels of award winning beer as well as retail and wholesale operations employing more than 750 staff. The Liberation Group, the award winning […]
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) is supporting Tryanuary, the new initiative that encourages drinkers to seek out new independent breweries, beers, bars and bottle shops during January. SIBA has contacted all its members – brewers, suppliers and pubs – to enlist their support for Tryanuary. A number of SIBA brewers are already among the […]
A CUMBRIAN brewery will be the only one of the county’s more than 30 beer producers to take part in an international celebration of the grain that made history. The Maris Otter 50th Beer Festival in September 2015 will mark the extraordinary success of Maris Otter malting barley – revered among ale brewers as the […]
The Derby Brewing Company is proud to announce their January Charity Appeal: Eat, Drink, Donate. Offering an alternative to the national ‘Dry-January’ appeal, Eat, Drink, Donate offers the people of Derby the chance to continue supporting the vital Great British Brewing Industry, whist raising money for 2 incredible local-borne charities, all whilst having fun. […]
MILLIONS of pints have been sunk and even more money has been spent as the beer and pub industry tried to change, evolve and compete during 2014. Read more: http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/Burton-s-pub-beer-industry-high-hopes-2015raises/story-25780544-detail/story.html#ixzz3NOnzuGTh
Celt Experience, an ‘experimental and strange’ craft beer brewery, is doubling in size because of international demand. Tom Newman hasn’t slept for two days when we meet at the Celt Experience Brewery outside Caerphilly in Wales. This isn’t because of the enormous growth of his craft beer business, which is doubling capacity next year as […]
Leading beer and beverage business Carlsberg UK has given its commitment to the Government’s Public Health Responsibility Deal pledge on packaging, a cross-industry partnership to ensure consumers are given full information in order to facilitate responsible drinking. Carlsberg UK has signed a pledge to not sell any carbonated product containing more than four units of […]
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