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Heineken recorded a remarkable sales boost of 29% in Britain in the first half of 2005, a sure sign that its move to sell its…

Added: Thursday, December 1st 2005

Is it time to re-evaluate the origins of two 19th-century beer styles, India Pale Ale and Pale Ale? One veteran Scottish brewer, who has recently…

Added: Thursday, December 1st 2005

When Reuters news agency left Fleet Street in London a couple of months ago there was a vast outpouring of grief in the media about…

Added: Tuesday, November 1st 2005

A special St Albans Ale has gone on sale in the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Albans, restoring a potent link with the time…

Added: Tuesday, November 1st 2005

Richard Everard presses all the right buttons. "The family brewers are the custodians of cask beer," he says. "The nationals aren't interested in cask -…

Added: Saturday, October 1st 2005

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Added: Saturday, October 1st 2005

The Hook Norton Brewery was featured prominently in an earlier profile on beer-pages and remains an excellent example of British brewong tradtition. Just a short…

Added: Saturday, October 1st 2005

It was when he fell off a ladder in his brewhouse that Richard Jenkinson knew it was time to hang up his mashing fork and…

Added: Thursday, September 1st 2005

There were many fine messages of support for London following 7 July but the most poignant was a one-sentence letter in the Guardian from a…

Added: Monday, August 1st 2005

White smoke suddenly gushed from the chimney at Mauldons as we stepped from the brewhouse into the loading and delivery area. Steve Sims roared with…

Added: Monday, August 1st 2005