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…
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…
Norwich launches giant fest as it bids to be UK’s City of Ale
By: JimOldfield
May 29th, 2012
They love their ale in Norwich – and they’ll be out to prove it on Thursday (May 31) with the start of a 10-day celebration of beer! The city’s second City of Ale event kicks off a summer of celebrations that encompasses the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the Euro championships and the Olympics – and some Read the full post…
MPs celebrate three years of saving Britain’s pubs
By: JimOldfield
May 29th, 2012
The award-winning Ilkley Brewery’s Save the Pub ale has made a return to the House of Commons’ Strangers Bar… to mark the third birthday of the All Party Parliamentary Save the Pub group of MPs. The group, chaired by North West Leeds MP Greg Mulholland, has been lobbying Government to come up with changes to Read the full post…
New ‘dinner wine’ ale range from Doom Bar kings Sharp’s
By: JimOldfield
May 27th, 2012
Award-winning Cornish brewer Sharp’s is launching a new premium range of high-strength, bottled beers, specifically designed to complement food. The Connoisseurs Choice comprises three unique new beers – Quadrupel Ale, Single Brew Reserve and Honey Spice Tripel – all hand-crafted by innovative Sharp’s head brewer Stuart Howe. What is more, the new range will be Read the full post…
