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Brewers head off more Government red tape over ‘beer tax avoidance’
By: JimOldfield
June 5th, 2012
The British Beer & Pub Association has issued a 10-point plan to tackle beer duty fraud – to try to head off the Government which is threatening yet more red tape for the brewing industry. The All Party Parliamentary Beer Group is embroiled in conducting an inquiry into the issue – with the threat of Read the full post…
Tourist information now on draught in Peak District pubs!
By: JimOldfield
June 4th, 2012
Pubs in a top National Park are being turned into mini tourist information centres, in an innovative new initiative between tourism bosses and the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA). So far, some eight pubs in Derbyshire’s Peak District have agreed to act as Visitor Information Points in a pilot scheme between the BBPA and Read the full post…
Scots set to slash drink-drive limit
By: JimOldfield
June 4th, 2012
Scotland is set to almost HALF its drink-drive alcohol limit in a move to align itself with continental Europe. The lowering of the limit from 80milligrams of alcohol per 100ml of blood to 50mg will mean drivers will be able to have just one pint of normal-strength beer or a small glass of wine to Read the full post…
Welsh dragon roars as brewers fire up a real ale revolution
By: JimOldfield
June 3rd, 2012
Wales is enjoying its own piece of the worldwide real ale boom – with a 500 per cent increase in independent brewers over the past decade. Cardiff CAMRA branch secretary Brian Francis told Hand-pumped: “Just 10 years ago there were no more than a dozen breweries in Wales – now we have around 60. “That’s Read the full post…
Get yourself certified… as Britain goes Jubilee crazy!
By: JimOldfield
June 2nd, 2012
Where will you be when the Queen celebrates her 60 years on the throne, this weekend? More to the point, will you remember?! To help you, your landlord can now give you a special “Celebration Certificate”, personalised with a record of your Jubilee day out… thanks to the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA)! Britain’s Read the full post…
Get yourself certified… as Britain goes Jubilee crazy!
By: JimOldfield
June 2nd, 2012
By Jim Oldfield June 2 2012 Where will you be when the Queen celebrates her 60 years on the throne, this weekend? More to the point, will you remember?! To help you, your landlord can now give you a special “Celebration Certificate”, personalised with a record of your Jubilee day out… thanks to the British Read the full post…
Burton Bridge brews up its own jubilee celebration!
By: JimOldfield
June 2nd, 2012
Amid all the royal commotion, let’s not forget another jubilee – marked by a brewer from Britain’s Ale Epicentre, Burton-upon-Trent! Burton Bridge Brewery has just reproduced the beer it made on its first day in business… 30 years to the day that it first began turning out its excellent ales. On May 25, the Bridge Read the full post…
Remember the days when a pint cost you 9d!?
By: JimOldfield
June 2nd, 2012
Your weekly wage put a kingly £7.50 in your hand, a pint of real beer (at it was all real) cost 9d – and whether you drunk it in the public bar or the carpeted saloon bar denoted your social class… spare a thought for how it was when the Queen came to the throne. Read the full post…
They’re all turning into micro-brewers!
By: JimOldfield
May 31st, 2012
The rise and rise of ale continues unabated across Britain – with the girls joining the blokes in the launching of new micro-breweries. TV chef’s wife Jo Coubrough has swapped her teacher’s outfit for overalls and wellies, to make her own hospitality waves on the East Anglian coast, by setting up Jo C’s Norfolk Ale. Read the full post…
Another rail-ly good idea from the Isle of Man
By: JimOldfield
May 29th, 2012
Fresh from phenomenal success with its first real ale festival, the Isle of Man has launched a Rail Ale guide to recommended real ale pubs within easy reach of its heritage railways. The Department of Community, Culture and Leisure’s Rail Ale leaflet is aimed at both residents and visitors. As well as a description about Read the full post…
