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Brewery News
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Budvar boss sees off his critics
Attempts by the Czech government to sack Jiri Bocek (left), manager of Budweiser Budvar, have failed, along with a deal to settle the trademark dispute to the advantage of AB InBev
Added: Thursday, May 3rd 2012
New image for Roosters
Yorkshire brewery under new ownership launches a session pale ale along with rebranding of pump clips and company image
Added: Tuesday, May 1st 2012
Arkell's keeps it in the family...and brings back Mild for May
Swindon's family brewery, founded in 1843, has appointed Alex Arkell to be the new head brewer and he plans to introduce cask beer to a younger generation of drinkers. One of his first steps is to bring back Mild Ale for May
Added: Wednesday, April 11th 2012
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