Beer News

Small brewers in tax plea to Sunak

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) and the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) have appealed to Chancellor Rishi Sunak to change his new tax rates for draught beer to include containers of less than 40 litres. Research shows that many pubs and bars do not have the cellar space or turnover to sell 40 litre containers. The Chancellor is pictured with Boris Johnson moving kegs at a London brewery following last year's Budget
Added: Tuesday, February 1st 2022
Guinness to brew in heart of London

Global brewing giant Guinness plans to build a micro-plant in Covent Garden in the heart of London. The brewery will cost £73 million and will cover an area known as Old Brewers' Yard where brewing has taken place for 500 years, The new plant is due to come on stream in 2023 and will offer tours and a restaurant.
Added: Monday, January 31st 2022
Mad Squirrel meets Frank the Tank

Mad Squirrel Brewery in Hertfordshire has developed a new system of serving fresh draught beer from a tank. Its taproom in St Albans has its best-selling Sumo pale ale on sale, stored in Frank the Tank. The beer is unfiltered and unpasteurised and contains live yeast. It stays in drinkable condition for five days
Added: Sunday, January 23rd 2022
Brewers bullish about cask beer revival

Sales of cask beer fell like a stone during the covid lockdowns but brewers feel confident that a revival is underway. Stuart Bateman, pictured with his sister Jaclyn, says his Lincolnshire brewery is doing well but cask must not be priced beyond drinkers' means. Tom Stainer of CAMRA says cask beer must be treated as a pub's Unique Selling Point while James Calder of SIBA argues that many independent brewers are well placed to meet consumer demand for real ale
Added: Thursday, January 20th 2022
Budvar beats virus blues to boost sales

The authentic Czech lager beer Budweiser Budvar saw a remarkable 38 per cent growth in sales in 2021. It was the number three in World Lager sales in the off trade. On trade sales recovered fast once the lockdown ended. The beer is on draught and also in bottles and cans. Some specialist outlets serve Budvar from special tanks holding unfiltered and unpasteurised beer
Added: Thursday, January 13th 2022
ESB at 50: rolling back the years

Fuller's famous strong ale ESB is 50 years old and Justin Hawke at Moor Beer, working with the Chiswick brewery, has brewed Rebirth, using the original recipe. Today only English hops are used but Justin has a mix of English, American, Australian and Slovenian varieties. He has also brought back maize, which is no longer used by Fuller's
Added: Sunday, December 19th 2021
Beers to get Santa stuck in the chimney
Good Beer Guide shows brewery growth

The 2022 edition of the Good Beer Guide, published by CAMRA -- the Campaign for Real Ale -- shows that the number of breweries in the UK has grown despite the impact of the pandemic. The guide lists some 4,500 pubs throughout the country that are serving cask beer in tip-top condition. The guide calls on the government to give greater support to both pubs and breweries in order to face the power of cost-cutting supermarkets
Added: Friday, November 12th 2021
Brewers unite in bid to boost COP26

25 breweries in Britain and Ireland have joined forces to to brew collaborative beers led by Toast using surplus bread as their contribution to tackling waste. They have written an open letter to world leaders who will attend COP26 to step up the campaign to tackle climate change.
Added: Friday, October 15th 2021