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For the second year running, MP Greg Mulholland, who chairs the Parliamentary Save the Pubs Group, has been named Parliamentary Campaigner of the Year by the Campaign for Real Ale as a result of his role in combating pub closures. He is pictured, centre, with CAMRA chief executive Mike Benner (left) and national chairman Colin Valentine

Added: Monday, April 29th 2013

McEwan's beer, for long sidelined in Scotland, is making a comeback under new owners Wells & Young's. But the new 'smoothflow' McEwan's Red is a long way removed from the legendary 80 Shilling sold at the equally legendary Athletic Arms -- the Diggers -- in Edinburgh. There's 80 Bob on the bar but it's a house beer brewed by Stewart's of Loanhead

Added: Friday, April 26th 2013

Winners in the International Brewing Awards (pictured with chairman Bill Taylor in London's Guildhall) named nine beers and one cider as overall champions, drawn from all parts of the world

Added: Thursday, April 25th 2013

A seminar in London attended by brewers from Britain and overseas has heard that the 20 hop varieties grown here offer as many aromas and flavours as New World versions. The seminar is part of a campaign to stop the decline of the British hop industry -- a campaign led by hop farmer Ali Capper (pictured)

Added: Tuesday, April 23rd 2013

Shipyard Brewing, one of America's leading craft breweries, will launch its Pale Ale in Britain in May in collaboration with Marston's of Burton-on-Trent and Wolverhampton. Picture shows Marston's director of brewing Richard Westwood (right) showing Shipyard's Fred and Judy Forsley round the Wolverhampton plant

Added: Monday, April 22nd 2013

Britain's oldest brewery has launched its most exacting and exciting range of classic ales and seasonal beers for 2013, ranging from a pale IPA to dark Porter and Stout. The range has been developed by head brewer Richard Frost (pictured) and his team at the Faversham brewery that uses water from its own artesian well along with the finest Kentish hops

Added: Thursday, April 18th 2013

Figures reveal the top 50 leading craft brewers in the United States, including Sierra Nevada, which produces the leading brand Torpedo IPA (pictured), along with the leading national brewing companies

Added: Friday, April 12th 2013

Suffolk-based Greene King has won top awards in the Monde Selection annual competition for its IPA Gold and Reserve beers launched just a year ago. An international panel of judges gives golds for quality and taste in food and drink.

Added: Wednesday, April 10th 2013

Lacons, the famous Great Yarmouth brewery closed by Whitbread, will re-open in May and the new owners have redesigned the falcon logo that can still be seen on many pubs throughout East Anglia. The first beers from the new brewery will be available in Norwich at the opening of the City of Ale festivities. Now the brewery has unveiled its first three beers

Added: Wednesday, April 10th 2013

The Bradford Film Festival, featuring such celebrity guests as Sir Tom Courtenay, will this year have Black Sheep beer on offer from the Masham Brewery. Both the festival and the brewery have been running for the same number of years so the presence of the Masham ale will be a double celebration. Photo shows Jo Theakston, marketing director, outside the brewery

Added: Wednesday, April 10th 2013