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
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
Scotland's beers are on the march
Corkers! Let beer breathe
The launch of Fuller's Vintage Ale 2024 is a cause for celebration, greeted by beer lovers in common with wine buffs' welcome for the latest Bordeaux vintage. It's bottle conditioned, meaning it will age and improve due to live yeast. Vintage has been joined by a new bottle-conditioned beer, The Union, from the Thornbridge Brewery using their restored and revived Burton Union system
Added: Monday, September 30th 2024
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Burton Bridge: saving beer's heritage
Emma Cole and Al Wall have restarted brewing at Burton Bridge in…
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Marston's pulls plug on brewing heritage
Marston's has ended 190 years of brewing by selling its breweries…
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Major study of role of women in brewing
In a major study of the history of women brewers, Dr Christina…
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