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A male voice choir from the U.S. was so inspired by Marston's world-famous Union Rooms in Burton that they burst into song with both the American and British national anthems

Added: Wednesday, July 4th 2012

Dorothy Goodbody brewer Wye Valley is making a major investment in a new brewhouse and is using the same team that successfully designed the new Moorhouse's plant in Burnley. *Thornbridge Brewery is adding to its estate by leasing a pub in Sheffield from Punch Taverns

Added: Monday, July 2nd 2012

Johan Van Dyck has dug deep into the secrets of brewing in Antwerp in the 18th and 19th centuries to restore Seef, a beer style described as 'the working man's champagne', which was lost with the arrival of mass-marketed lagers

Added: Sunday, July 1st 2012

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