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Czech 'victory' in new Battle of the Buds

Czech 'victory' in new Battle of the Buds

The British Court of Appeal has backed the Czech Budvar brewery and says both Budweiser brands can use the full trademark name in the UK. At the same time, Budvar has ended its deal with AB InBev to import the Czech beer in the U.S.

Added: Thursday, July 5th 2012

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Michigan choir's 4 July serenade for Pedigree in famous Union rooms

Michigan choir's 4 July serenade for Pedigree in famous Union rooms

A male voice choir from the U.S. was so inspired by Marston's world-famous Union Rooms in Burton that they burst into song with both the American and British national anthems

Added: Wednesday, July 4th 2012

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Wye Valley to invest £2m to expand brewery and keep pace with demand

Wye Valley to invest £2m to expand brewery and keep pace with demand

Dorothy Goodbody brewer Wye Valley is making a major investment in a new brewhouse and is using the same team that successfully designed the new Moorhouse's plant in Burnley. *Thornbridge Brewery is adding to its estate by leasing a pub in Sheffield from Punch Taverns

Added: Monday, July 2nd 2012

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Tax burden crippling family brewers

Tax burden crippling family brewers

McMullen of Hertford, celebrating 185 years of brewing this year, says the high rates of duty and VAT it hands the government are hampering its ability to invest in its pubs.

Added: Wednesday, June 27th 2012

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Will Boddingtons get the bullet?

Will Boddingtons get the bullet?

One of the iconic cask beers of the 1970s -- once worth 850,000 barrels a year -- faces likely extinction as AB InBev searches for a brewery willing to produce the beer

Added: Monday, June 25th 2012

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Aussie craft brewer faces takeover bid by giant behind Castlemaine and Toohey's

Aussie craft brewer faces takeover bid by giant behind Castlemaine and Toohey's

Leading Australian craft brewer Little Creatures faces a A$381 million bid by Lion, owner of XXXX, Boag's and Toohey's.

Added: Thursday, June 21st 2012

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Three sisters are keeping their Fenland family brewery safe for the future

Three sisters are keeping their Fenland family brewery safe for the future

Elgood's brewery in Wisbech dates from Georgian times and is under pressure from both large regionals and micros. But Belinda, Claire and Jennifer are carving our new routes to market to save the brewery for future generations

Added: Friday, June 1st 2012

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Sierra Nevada is full of eastern promise

Sierra Nevada is full of eastern promise

One of the leading American craft breweries, based in California, plans a new facility in North Carolina that will dramatically grow production of such key brands as Pale Ale and Torpedo IPA

Added: Friday, May 25th 2012

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Bounced Czech: the plot to do down Budvar

Bounced Czech: the plot to do down Budvar

In a major interview, Budweiser Budvar boss Jiri Bocek reveals a government scheme to strip the brewery of key export markets and end the trademark dispute to AB InBev's advantage. He outlines how a leading Czech entrepreneur engineered the sale of the Mestansky Brewery -- which also owns the Budweiser trademark -- to AB InBev and he is sharply critical of the role of global brewers interested only in making profits rather than good beer

Added: Thursday, May 10th 2012

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London: beer reborn

London: beer reborn

The capital was once dubbed a 'beer desert' but today there are close to two dozen breweries bringing fine tasting ales back to London. Some of the breweries, such as Meantime (left) and Sambrooks, have grown to the size of small regionals

Added: Sunday, May 6th 2012

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