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Old World meets New in Marston's range
Digging up history in a Cornish beer bottle
A bottle of beer thought to date from 1910 has been found at the site of St Piran's Oratory in the sands at Perranporth in Cornwall. The beer is a Walter Hicks' ale brewed at St Austell Brewery and was probably left by a worker engaged in encasing the oratory in concrete to protect it from sea and sand. Brewery archivist Chris Knight (pictured) says there's a drop of beer left in the bottle and it may be possible to identify the actual brew
Added: Thursday, March 20th 2014
Author Danny Wallace brews beer with Truman's to boost Nicholson's pub festival
Nicholson's Inns nationwide beer festival, which runs from 24 March to 19 April, will feature an IPA specially brewed by Truman's in East London in collaboration with writer and broadcaster Danny Wallace, whose new novel Who Is Tom Ditto? will be published next month. Danny is pictured in Truman's Brewery at Hackney Wick
Added: Thursday, March 20th 2014
Brewers and drinkers hail budget beer cut
Wetherspoon beer fest goes global
A beer festival in Wetherspoon's pubs nationwide will feature 10 beers from overseas brewers never before seen on cask in Britain. They include beers from the U.S., Australia and South Africa, and they will be joined by a range of British-brewed ales. Pictured: a group of the international brewers in the Crosse Keys in London
Added: Wednesday, March 19th 2014
SIBA unveils national beer champions
Old Sodbury Mild from Cotswold Spring Brewery and Independence from Bristol Beer Factory claimed gold awards at the SIBA -- Society of Independent Brewers -- national conference in Sheffield. Pictured (left to right) are Nik Milo from Cotswold Spring, SIBA's Nik Stafford and Jonny Mills from Bristol Beer Factory. The SIBA conference elected Guy Sheppard of Exe Valley Brewery to be its new chairman. He succeeds Keith Bott of Titanic Brewery
Added: Friday, March 14th 2014
Wood-aged stout to wow St Patrick's Day
Innovative Edinburgh brewer Innis & Gunn, run by Dougal Sharp (left) has launched a special Irish Whiskey Cask Stout for St Patrick's Day. And it has joined forces with bartender David Ashton-Hyde of the Hinds Head at Bray, owned by Heston Blumenthal, to produce Smokin' Gunn based on the Rauch or smoked beers from Bamberg in Germany
Added: Monday, March 10th 2014
Pedigree stresses its roots but looks to the future with blonde version of iconic ale
Boom time for micros as SIBA records big growth in drinkers' demand for local beers
Independent brewers are enjoying a big growth in sales and demand, according to the annual report by SIBA, the Society of Independent Brewers. Sales were up 7.9% in 2013, which means 3.3 million extra pints of local beer were consumed compared to 2012. Pictured: Keith Bott, chairman of SIBA, who also runs the Titanic Brewery in Stoke-on-Trent
Added: Saturday, March 1st 2014