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Villagers in the tiny Devon village of Littlehempston -- population 207 -- have rallied to save their local pub, the Tally Ho Inn, that was threatened with being turned into housing. The inn has been given Asset of Community Value status and 100 villagers became shareholders in the co-op that now runs the pub and which is open for business

Added: Tuesday, March 25th 2014

CAMRA Chief Executive Mike Benner, who has masterminded the public role of the campaign for 10 years, is leaving to become managing director of the Society of Independent Brewers. At its annual conference this month, SIBA overhauled its structure and Benner will play a key role in its political and commercial activities. He is seen (right) with new SIBA chairman Guy Sheppard

Added: Monday, March 24th 2014

The Czech brewery Budweiser Budvar is bringing its strong 7.5% Special Select beer -- aged for 200 days -- to Britain for the first time on draught. It will be available during the spring period and the unfiltered beer uses hops picked on 3 September and immediately added to the brew. In Prague, the new Czech government has declared that the brewery will remain in state hands while the trademark dispute with AB InBev continues. The brewery's exports are at a record high

Added: Sunday, March 23rd 2014

Genevieve Upton (pictured) one of Marston's Brewmasters, has helped develop a new range of Revisionist beers that combine flavours from both traditional styles and new world ones with more modern flavours. Genevieve is keen to produce beers that will accompany food

Added: Saturday, March 22nd 2014

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

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

A penny off the price of a pint, announced today by Chancellor George Osborne has been hailed by both consumers and brewers as another shot in the arm for the fast-growing brewing industry and will help struggling pubs

Added: Wednesday, March 19th 2014

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

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

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