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UK real ale ‘Butty Back’ burger hits Top Spot in finals of The World Burger Championships!

A taste of real ale from home, bought success for The Beefy Boys in the World Burger Championships in Las Vegas, with their ‘Butty Back’ burger claiming top spot in the final round! The Beefy Boys are six amateur cooks from Herefordshire, whose passion for turning quality local produce into amazing BBQ foods, guided only […]

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FDEA Network Forum

The UK’s dedicated trade association for food and drink exporters is proud to present their annual flagship Network Forum event – this year brought to you, in association with the Food & Drink Federation.  More information.

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GB Pole Vaulter Turns Craft Brewer

A FORMER Commonwealth record holder and member of the Great British athletics team has made an unusual career move by starting work at a Cumbrian brewery. Linda Stanton, who competed in the pole vault for Great Britain between 1992 and 2001 started work at Penrith’s Eden Brewery earlier this month. During her athletics career Linda, […]

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Pub shares plunge as pub landlords claim beer tie 'victory'

Shares in the pub companies fell across the board amid investor fears about the impact of the end of the “beer tie” Shares in large pub groups have fallen sharply after MPs voted to overhaul the “beer tie” system, which requires some landlords to buy beer from the companies that own their pubs. Enterprise Inns […]

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Perthshire brewery celebrates SIBA award success

INVERALMOND Brewery’s award winning team is toasting yet another raft of successes, with their portfolio of bottled beers sweeping up awards in five out of the 15 categories at the recent SIBA Scotland Regional awards. The brewery, which is also the official distributor of Barney’s Beer in Scotland, has claimed a Silver Medal for Blackfriar […]

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Pub statutory code: Trade responds to market rent only option vote

By Ellie Bothwell, 19-Nov-2014 Leading figures in the pub trade have responded to the new market rent only option for tied tenants in the pubs code. New Clause 2 was voted through by MPsyesterday following a passionate debate in the House of Commons. http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/General-News/Pub-statutory-code-Trade-responds-to-market-rent-only-option-vote  

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Pioneering Beer Microcanning Equipment Hits the United Kingdom

Cask Brewing Systems places its trailblazing equipment in first three London craft breweries, cans fuel fast growth Cask Brewing Systems, makers of the small-scale canning gear that enabled America’s canned craft beer phenomenon, is now supplying equipment to the first craft canners in England. In May of last year, Camden Town Brewery became the first […]

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Celtic Connection celebrated by Head Brewers

This week sees the release of an extraordinary collaborative brew spanning the Celtic nations – Celtic Cross, a 4.5% red ale.   The concept was born from discussions between Brecon Brewing’s Buster Grant and St Austell’s Head Brewer, Roger Ryman, usually over a pint or two at St Austell’s annual charity Celtic Beer Festival! This […]

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Many brewers make the perfect pint

Brewers from two Nottingham breweries have joined forces in an unusual and innovative collaborative brew day to create ‘Flame Out’, a new real ale designed by one and made at the other. It is the first time all the kit and experience of Castle Rock Brewery have been put at the disposal of another local […]

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MPs vote for market rent only option in pubs code

By Ellie Bothwell, 18-Nov-2014 MPs have voted to include a market rent only option clause for tied tenants in the pubs code following a passionate debate in the House of Commons, putting the future of the beer tie into question. http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/General-News/MPs-vote-for-market-rent-only-option-in-pubs-code

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