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Cor! Phew! Greek ale wows Wetherspoons!
By: JimOldfield
August 7th, 2012
A Corfu beer has topped a Wetherspoon international taste test, and has been named as the chain’s official beer throughout the London Olympics. Koroibos Ale is produced by the Corfiot Brewery, located in the Arilla district of the Greek holiday island. The ale was named after the runner Koroibos who took part in the first Read the full post…
Brewers move into pubs and hotels
By: JimOldfield
August 5th, 2012
Brewery bosses like their vertical integration… which usually takes the form of buying up pubs, in which to sell their ales. But as ambitions grow, London giant Young’s has been going one better for a while – and the company is about to open its SEVENTEENTH hotel! The £3m, 17-room Foley Hotel, in the Surrey Read the full post…
Brewdog’s steroid ale is curs of the Olympics!
By: JimOldfield
August 5th, 2012
Rebellious brewers Brewdog have gotten so pumped up about the Olympics’ controversial fast-food sponsorship deals, that they’ve made an ale which could get athletes banned for doping. In a defiant gesture against the strict Olympics commercial rules, the controversial brewery has launched its limited-edition “Never Mind The Anabolics” – a 6.5 per cent IPA that Read the full post…
Americans invade Great British Beer Festival
By: JimOldfield
August 5th, 2012
Britain’s biggest pub opens its doors on Tuesday, when Olympia welcomes back CAMRA’s Great British Beer Festival. And with organisers in a race against time to get on board the promised EIGHT HUNDRED different ales, this year sees a veritable Yank ale invasion. The first incarnation of the beer list was made public last week Read the full post…
Need a break? Let the King of brewing spell you!
By: JimOldfield
August 2nd, 2012
Forget the nano-brewers… Bill King’s a “NANNY” brewer! If you want a break from hops and malt, he’s formed his own brewery “babysitting” company, Locum Brewing, to take care of your beer while you’re away! And King IS royalty when it comes to real ale… not only was he a fifth-generation CEO of a famous Read the full post…
Bill’s probably the best locum brewer in the world!
By: JimOldfield
August 2nd, 2012
Bill King’s not blonde or Danish… but he’s probably the best locum brewer in the world! If you had to go away on holiday or business and leave your precious brewery running, chances are you would want to leave it to Bill. In fact, you might want to stay away longer and just let Bill Read the full post…
Brit brewers top international beer awards
By: JimOldfield
July 31st, 2012
When it comes to brewing champion ales, Sharp’s showed they are as sharp as ever by taking no fewer than SIX medals, against worldwide competition at the 16th International Beer Challenge – including two top honours from their new Connoisseurs’ Choice range of premium bottled beers, designed to partner food. Connoisseurs Quadrupel Ale 2011 took Read the full post…
Brewers lagging in new labelling ‘pledge’
By: JimOldfield
July 31st, 2012
A top labelling company says that nearly 40 per cent of micro-breweries need to change their beer labels, to avoid falling foul of new labelling code. Mercian Labels says that currently, only 60 per cent are compliant with the move to encourage microbreweries to amend label content to comply with the Government’s new “Public Health Read the full post…
CAMRA champ Harvest Pale is the rock to found a castle on!
By: JimOldfield
July 29th, 2012
Castle Rock’s Harvest Pale ale has brought in a bumper crop for the Nottingham brewery – by helping boost its turnover by more than £1m! Winning CAMRA’s Supreme Champion Beer of Britain title at the GBBF in August 2010 was the springboard to Harvest Pale’s success, and over the year to last March its sales Read the full post…
Beer tax costs pubs an extra £66,500 a year to run, new figures show
By: JimOldfield
July 29th, 2012
By Hand-Pumped Staff July 29 2012 The colossal cost of beer duty and VAT is saddling the average British pub with a £66,500 a year bill, CAMRA and the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) have revealed. The two organisations’ joint research showed this massive drag anchor has gone up by a staggering £18,000 Read the full post…
