The British Hop Association has launched a new logo for Brewers to use on pump clips, bottle labels and marketing materials that confirms the provenance of the hops in their beer. Ali Capper of the British Hop Association said “As a result of our recent work to promote British Hops, brewers were getting in contact […]
In response to demand for more local information about craft brewers, YourRound has expanded it’s free BeerCAM app for iPhone and Android to include brewers as well as pubs. Terry Dicks, founder and director at YourRound says “Dozens of people have asked us if we can tell them what breweries are in and around a […]
Duvel Moortgat has won the top brewer award in the annual Castle Rock Brewery Beer of the Year night held at the Canalhouse pub in Nottingham. Their win, in the 14th year of the competition, is the first to have been awarded to a continental brewer and is the first time the award has gone […]
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SIBA chairman Keith Bott yesterday posted a ‘message in a barrel’ to the Chancellor on behalf of the association’s 652 members, requesting an end to the unpopular beer duty escalator. The barrel was sited for the day at the House of Commons, enabling MPs to post their own message to the Treasury ahead of Budget. […]
Local beer is offering a lifeline to Britain’s troubled brewing and pub industries, with volume sales up by an estimated 6.8 per cent last year to over 1.4 million barrels, according to the Local Beer Report, published today by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA). Over the same period, on-trade beer sales overall declined by […]
Hallidays Accountants LLP are aiming high as they set themselves a target of raising £5,045 for the Seashell Trust, their chosen charity for 2013. The money Hallidays wants to raise will be used to purchase a MOTOmed Therapy Bike for the Peter Harrison Fitness Suite at the Seashell Trust. The specialised exercise bike helps those […]
The generosity of an Oadby licensee has helped lift spirits at Leicester Hospital after he arranged for six televisions to be installed at one of its wards. Phillip Wharton, 61, who runs the Fox Inn in Oadby has paid £1,000 of his own money to buy five of the televisions and organised a raffle which […]
Wye Valley Brewery has recently acquired The Vaga Tavern, in Hereford, bringing its estate to six pubs in total. The Vaga Tavern is a pub with a great heritage as the centre of community activity, however in recent years it had lost some former glory. New owners Wye Valley Brewery together with licensees Ben and […]
The Chiltern Brewery, the oldest independent brewery in Buckinghamshire and the Chilterns, has won yet another award for one of their beers. The bottled Lord Lieutenant’s Porter has won a bronze medal in the International Brewing Awards held in Burton on Trent. The awards, held on Friday 15th February and known as the ‘Beer Oscars’, […]