Whatever else you’re doing tomorrow, Saturday 29th June, make sure you tune into SKY Sports at around 10.30 am – during the British & Irish Lions game – to view the TV commercial for ‘Let There Be Beer’, the new campaign to celebrate and promote beer. Let There Be Beer aims to reignite the public’s […]
MPs flocked to the Strangers’ Bar recently to enjoy a pint of ‘Sajid’s Choice’, the beer brewed for Economic Secretary to the Treasury Sajid Javid by his local brewer, Bird’s Brewery of Bromsgrove. The 3.8% ale was brewed for Javid to commemorate the historic decision to cut beer duty, announced in this year’s Budget, in […]
Beer industry chiefs are launching a multi-million pound bid to arrest falling beer sales with a campaign aimed at reawakening Britons’ latent love of beer. Brewing giants including Molson Coors AB-InBev, Carlsberg and Heineken have joined forces with the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA), the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) and the Society of Independent Brewers […]
One of Yorkshire’s fastest growing microbreweries, Ilkley Brewery, is taking London by storm following a high jinx win at the inaugural Craft Beer Battle earlier this month and two listings at Jamie Oliver’s barbecue steakhouse, Barbecoa. The award winning real ale aficionados from the spa town of Ilkley have been racking up kudos in the […]
Evolution not revolution has been the key to Hawkshead’s modern, new look. “The industry is going through a period of change and we wanted to reflect that in the new, refreshing branding” said Hawkshead’s Managing Director, Alex Brodie. The new branding, which includes a new logo, will run through each of their products, whether it […]
County’s biggest ever Beer Competition & Festival announces charity partner The Cumbria Community Foundation (CCF) has been selected as charity partner by SIBA North West for its 2013 beer festival and competition. The organisation – the Society of Independent Brewers – will donate the cover price of its event guide and has invited the charity […]
Brewery upstart BrewDog’s combination of craft beer and hipster branding is proving a huge hit with drinkers. BrewDog’s beers – with names like Punk IPA, 5am Saint and Dead Pony Club – stand out in the world of real ale, and it is with the same distictiveness that the company has sought to fund its […]
Award winning Moorhouse’s Brewery enjoyed its eleventh annual golf competition at Burnley Golf Club. With 20 teams, 80 players from the brewery, customers and suppliers took part in the charity event, which raised £700 for Pendleside Hospice with a raffle of prizes donated by suppliers. The Lower Buck team from Waddington won the day while […]
Sonnet 43 beers are now available to buy UK-wide after the brewery unveiled its online store. The young craft micro-brewery, based in Coxhoe, County Durham, launched the e-shop after receiving many queries from customers who, until now, could only get the beers from the brewery itself or selected retail stores regionally. The online store boasts […]
Oakham Ales, the acclaimed, innovative and independent ale brewery based in Peterborough, is making a splash in and around Edinburgh. Three pubs* have recently signed up to the brewers’ popular ‘Oakademy of Excellence’ which means they stock Oakham Ales on a permanent basis. The three cask-ale led pubs include: Malt and Hops, The Staggs Bar […]