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Hogs Back, the Tongham, Surrey, brewery is recording a dramatic rise in sales for both its cask and bottled beers. And a new cloudy cider has found favour with drinkers of the traditional natural style. Chairman Rupert Thompson (right) praises the work of his brewing team

Added: Friday, July 5th 2013

One year after it was launched, monks at Ampleforth Abbey in North Yorkshire are celebrating the success of their Abbey strong ale, brewed in the Belgian Trappist tradition. Father Terence, prior of the abbey, is seen with a birthday cake made in the shape of the beer bottle

Added: Wednesday, July 3rd 2013

Family-owned Swindon brewery Arkell's has launched a series of new cask beers with a different hop used every month. The first beer, Admiral, sold out in a few days. Image shows head brewer Alex Arkell, one of the youngest brewers in Britain, who is carrying on the family tradition

Added: Monday, July 1st 2013

Cornish brewer Sharp's has announced that Doom Bar is now the No 1 cask beer in the UK. As the brewery at Rock -- now owned by global giant Molson Coors -- prepares to mark its 20th anniversary, Doom Bar is recording sales growth of 45% a year. Image shows staff at the brewery celebrating the news

Added: Friday, June 21st 2013

On the Suffolk coast, Aaron Hay reports, Adnams Brewery has installed one of the most enegry-efficient plants in Britain and now it's pumping renewable gas from waste into the National Grid. This article is reproduced with permission from the website of Forum For the Future.

Added: Thursday, June 13th 2013

Grain merchants, maltsters and a small craft brewery in Norfolk have combined forces to make a special bottled beer that will be circulated to barley farmers throughout Britain to encourage them to plant Maris Otter

Added: Saturday, June 8th 2013

St Austell Brewery has linked up with the Eden Project to launch a beer using the ancient plant alecost. Sommelier Nigel Sadler publishes a small book on how to match beer and food. Estrella Damm to spend £3.5m on UK promotion

Added: Saturday, June 8th 2013

Publicans from all over Britain rallied in Westminster on 5 June to urge the government to bring in legislation that will offer pubco licensees a fairer deal and stop the closure of pubs -- now running at 26 a week

Added: Thursday, June 6th 2013

Lacons Brewery in Great Yarmouth was once a powerhouse in East Anglia, supplying beer as far as London. In the 1960s it fell victim to Whitbread, which closed the site in 1968. But now Lacons and its falcon symbol are flying again on a new site that includes a brewery tap, visitor centre and a museum that traces the history of a company established in 1760. At the end of May a horse-drawn dray took the first batch of Lacons beer to the opening of the City of Ale festival in Norwich

Added: Wednesday, June 5th 2013

Shepherd Neame, Britain's oldest brewer based in Kent, has recreated a pale ale from the early 19th century that proves the style was not confined to Burton-on-Trent

Added: Saturday, May 18th 2013