Beer News

High Street drinks retailer Oddbins has launched its own range of beers brewed by Compass, a craft brewery in Oxfordshire. The range includes a German-style Kolsch beer brewed with smoked malt. Oddbins also wants to appoint a Beer Taster who will advise on more beers for the group to stock -- the job is unpaid but Oddbins promises plenty of free beer!

Added: Thursday, May 8th 2014

Sales of craft beer in Portland, Oregon, have overtaken those from industry giants AB InBev and MillerCoors. Craft beer now enjoys a 45.8% market share compared to the giants' 40.6%. It's the first American city to record a leading market share for independent brewers

Added: Tuesday, May 6th 2014

The Campaign for Real Ale's annual conference called for action against giant pubcos to be stepped up and criticised the slowness of Business Secretary Vince Cable to publish his proposals that will tackle the tactics of Enterprise and Punch. National chairman Colin Valentine (pictured) stressed the importance of the scrapping of the beer duty escalator and two cuts in duty.

Added: Monday, April 28th 2014

Beer drinkers can be attracted to certain brands if they like the colours of the labels. An experiment at the Edinburgh Science Festival with Barney's Beer, a local micro-brewery, found that tasters preferred one of two beers from Barney's -- even though the beer in both bottles was identical. The tasters even identified different malt and hop notes in the beer they preferred. Pictured: Andrew Barnett of Barney's Brewery.

Added: Saturday, April 12th 2014

CAMRA Chief Executive Mike Benner, who has masterminded the public role of the campaign for 10 years, is leaving to become managing director of the Society of Independent Brewers. At its annual conference this month, SIBA overhauled its structure and Benner will play a key role in its political and commercial activities. He is seen (right) with new SIBA chairman Guy Sheppard

Added: Monday, March 24th 2014