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McMullen of Hertford, celebrating 185 years of brewing this year, says the high rates of duty and VAT it hands the government are hampering its ability to invest in its pubs.

Added: Wednesday, June 27th 2012

One of the iconic cask beers of the 1970s -- once worth 850,000 barrels a year -- faces likely extinction as AB InBev searches for a brewery willing to produce the beer

Added: Monday, June 25th 2012

A conference hosted by the Soil Association and Laverstoke Farm on 3 July in Hampshire will discuss all aspects of organic beer production, including the use of malt and hops

Added: Saturday, June 23rd 2012

Leading Australian craft brewer Little Creatures faces a A$381 million bid by Lion, owner of XXXX, Boag's and Toohey's.

Added: Thursday, June 21st 2012

Fuller's has moved away from its traditional use of English hops and has imported four American varieties for a new cask ale, Wild River. In Kent. Westerham Brewery launches a new cask beer with nine hops. Further north, Moorhouse's introduces a new golden ale while in Burton Marston's has caught a cough with an old brewery artefact

Added: Saturday, June 16th 2012

Otley Brewery in South Wales is staging a Grape versus Grain evening at its celebrated pub, the Bunch of Grapes. Diners will be asked to judge whether ale or wine is the best companion during a five-course meal cooked by a celebrated chef

Added: Sunday, June 3rd 2012

City of Ale is back in Norfolk's capital with 60 pubs and 39 breweries offering a wide range of beers in the 10-day event. It's a remarkable turnaround for a city that lost all its breweries in the 1960s and 70s

Added: Wednesday, May 30th 2012

Three beers from Fordham and Old Dominion will be launched in British bars and will add to the pleasure of drinkers looking for new aromas and flavours

Added: Tuesday, May 29th 2012

One of the leading American craft breweries, based in California, plans a new facility in North Carolina that will dramatically grow production of such key brands as Pale Ale and Torpedo IPA

Added: Friday, May 25th 2012

Three beers that won Gold in SIBA's National Beer Competition will hit 1,000 Punch pubs during the Royal Jubilee weekend and Euro 2012

Added: Friday, May 25th 2012