Protz On Beer, by Roger Protz

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Santa, it's time to get the beers in

A superb range of beers for the festive season that make great companions for food or as stand-along drinks. The selection is from home and from Belgium

Added: Saturday, December 14th 2024

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Thomas Hardy: Return of the Native

Thomas Hardy's Ale has had a turbulent history like one of the author's Wessex novels. First brewed by Eldridge Pope in Dorchester, it moved to O'Hanlon's and then Meantime breweries, The classic English barley wine is now owned by an Italian drinks business and a new edition has been brewed by Hepworth in Sussex.

Added: Sunday, November 24th 2024

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Heading for the Last Chance Saloon

Covid still has an impact on sales of beer today. As a result of pub lockdowns drinkers bought beer from supermarkets and chose global lagers sold at huge discounts. Now in pubs many people you would expect to drink cask ale are still choosing lager while small brewers find the route to market hard

Added: Sunday, November 10th 2024

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Carlsberg juggernaut rolls over Banks's

Not content with closing Jennings, Ringwood and Wychwood, Carlsberg now plans to close Banks's in Wolverhampton, the 100,000 barrel a year brewery famous for Black Country Mild and Bitter. The Danish lager giant plans to invest £6m in expanding Marston's in Burton, its last remaining ale brewery, but it's likely that many current ale brands will disappear.

Added: Thursday, October 24th 2024

News

Indie brewers tackle 'misleading' globals

Britain's legion of small independent brewers is tackling the problem of drinkers being misled by global lager giants who market such brands as Beavertown and Camden as indies. SIBA, the umbrella organisation for genuine independents, is placing stickers on handpumps to stress that their members' beers are genuine ales from independent producers

Added: Tuesday, October 22nd 2024