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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

Dougal Sharp, founder of Innis & Gunn that has forged world-wide success with its beers aged in whisky barrels, has struck a new course with a Helles-style pale golden lager

Added: Tuesday, April 9th 2013

David Ashton-Hyde, from Heston Blumenthal's Hinds Head, has walked away with the top prize in Innis & Gunn's first Bartender's Choice competition. His Smoked Beer infused with Bourbon Oak and Maple Syrup wowed the judges in Edinburgh

Added: Saturday, April 6th 2013

A celebration of American craft beer will be staged in New York City in June as the industry experiences amazing growth. There will be beer-and-food pairings and the chance to meet top chefs and master brewers, including Brooklyn Brewery's Garrett Oliver (left)

Added: Wednesday, April 3rd 2013

A unique collaboration between Dogfish Head craft brewery in the U.S. and Charles Wells of Britain has created an India Pale Ale based on an American beer recreated in the Bedford brewery

Added: Wednesday, April 3rd 2013

CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has launched a month-long celebration of the British pub to encourage more people to use them following the scrapping of the Beer Duty Escalator. Pictured: the Baum, Rochdale, CAMRA's national pub of the year

Added: Tuesday, April 2nd 2013

Lacons, a much-missed name in Norfolk brewing, will reopen in May and its beers will be launched at the Norwich City of Ale celebration. Image shows the Great Yarmouth brewery in the early 20th century

Added: Saturday, March 30th 2013

Following the 'phenomenal success' of its 2012 Single Hop programme, Marston's will offer six beers for 2013 using hops from England, New Zealand and the United Sates, all offering a wide range of aromas and flavour

Added: Thursday, March 28th 2013