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Pub operator Tony Brookes has surveyed high street beer prices before and after this year's budget and says supermarkets are selling beer so cheaply that it would be more profitable for publicans to buy from them instead of breweries

Added: Wednesday, September 26th 2012

Beer's answer to Beaujolais Nouveau will be on show at Canterbury's Food & Drink Festival next week as brewers showcase special brews made with hops straight from the fields

Added: Sunday, September 23rd 2012

CAMRA -- the Campaign for Real Ale -- has won support from 100,000 beer lovers who have signed an e-petition that will lead to a parliamentary debate on the Beer Duty Escalator that increases the price of a pint every year. CAMRA chairman Colin Valentine (left) has hailed the result as a great victory for beer drinkers

Added: Thursday, September 20th 2012

There'll be music and drinking in Pilsen in October as Pilsner Urquell marks 170 years since the original golden lager was first brewed. Brewmaster Vaclav Berka (pictured) will tap wooden casks of unfiltered beer as part of the celebrations

Added: Wednesday, September 19th 2012

Chris France (left) and Mark Roberts aim to revolutionise beer retailing with a special online service for lovers of craft and global beer. In Barnsley, Acorn Brewery has won a top award for a pub that opened just a year ago. The Beer Academy names Jane Peyton as its first London Beer Sommelier. Saltaire Brewery wants photos to celebrate the Great British Pub

Added: Monday, September 17th 2012

The 40th edition of CAMRA's annual guide records the biggest number of breweries for more than 70 years. The guide was launched in London's Buckingham Arms, just one of seven pubs that have appeared in all 40 editions. Among those attending the launch were Michael Hardman (left) and John Hanscomb, the first editors, seen with a copy of the 1974 edition

Added: Wednesday, September 12th 2012

Tom Jenkinson, head brewer at Chiltern Brewery, has devised a special recipe for a strong bottle-conditioned beer to mark the special anniversary of the GBG. I was allowed to help start the brew

Added: Sunday, September 2nd 2012

Head brewer John Keeling (left) launches three new bottled beers, including the latest Vintage Ale, an 'Old Burton' from the 1930s and a strong beer matured for a year in oak casks from Armagnac

Added: Tuesday, August 28th 2012

A beer commemorating Ketts Revolt against land enclosures in East Anglia has been brought back by Woodforde's Brewery near Norwich

Added: Tuesday, August 21st 2012

Scotland's great city will host its second beer festival in September with the support of local brewers, including Petra Wetzel (left), who will brew a festival beer at her specialist WEST lager plant. In Edinburgh, Innis & Gunn, famous producers of oak-aged beer, are opening their first online shop

Added: Sunday, August 19th 2012