2016-11-03 10:53
To meet CAMRA’s real ale definition a canned or bottled beer must be proven to still contain live yeast and any carbonation in must only be created naturally by a secondary fermentatio… Read More
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All the latest beer and brewery news from Britain's burgeoning craft beer industry. Featuring interviews, analysis, market trends and reviews
2016-10-24 15:12
Isinglass, the clearing agent derived from the bladders of fish has come under fire from the Campaign For Real Ale (Camra).
The 2017 Good Beer Guide reports that what Camra calls ‘a gr… Read More
2016-09-26 17:39
The tiny Tudor Brewery beat many much bigger competitors to win the Champion Beer of Wales at the Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival 2016 (GWBCF) last week.
Family-run and based in Llanhill… Read More
2016-09-25 15:38
Surrey’s Hogs Back Brewery have issued a response to a statement in CAMRA’s “Good Beer Guide” supporting a move away from the use of isinglass as a clearing agent in… Read More
2016-09-23 10:44
In a country where the direct advertising of alcohol is banned it is difficult for any new beer to take off but sales of Bira 91, India’s own craft beer are booming.
Bira appears to be… Read More
2016-09-22 12:32
Hartlepool brewery Camerons have announced a new collaboration with heavy metal legends Motorhead.
The beer, a US-style session pale ale will be launched later this year as a result of work… Read More
2016-09-22 10:48
The fourth and latest version of the Rainbow Project, the annual collaboration event created by Wokingham’s Siren Craft Brew took place recently and as always produced an impressive ra… Read More
2016-09-21 21:15
It is said that when the English pilgrims first landed on Plymouth Rock they did so because they had run out of provisions (including beer) and nearby Boston was one of the first cities foun… Read More
2016-09-20 16:11
A huge rise in the number of vegetarians and vegans in Britain has lead to a growing number of brewers to look for alternatives to isinglass as a clearing or “fining” agent. A re… Read More
2016-08-19 12:38
Box Steam Brewery, based in Holt near Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, has been awarded a gold and a bronze in this year’s International Beer Challenge.
Created to celebrate the Brewery&rs&hell…Read More
2016-08-19 09:03
Brú Brewery, from Trim Co Meath, has won an impressive Four Gold Medals and a Country Winner award at the 2016 World Beer Awards including two Gold Medals for its Lager. It has also w… Read More
2016-08-17 09:49
Nottingham’s Left Coast Distribution has made an exciting double addition to their already impressive portfolio of American Craft cans.
The Midlands importer has taken delivery of two… Read More
2016-08-17 09:46
The French micro-brewery FrogBeer owned and operated by pub group ‘FrogPubs’ out of Paris, are today proud to announce 6 new medals for their growing range of beers, awarded at t… Read More
2016-08-17 09:42
The medals are pouring in at Team PB (Purity Brewing), with the craft brewer racking up no less than five global beer awards at the International Beer Challenge 2016.
The Warwickshire-based… Read More
2016-08-17 09:39
Empire headed across the pond last week for The Great British Beer Festival (GBBF), which was held at the Olympia Exhibition Center in London from August 9th to 13th. Over 55,000 participant… Read More
2016-08-17 07:12
Williams Bros have hopped to Gold at this year’s Great British Beer Festival in London.
Williams Black topped the podium in the “Champion Mild of Britain’ category, the o… Read More
2016-08-17 07:10
Smart Beer, New York’s first organic beer company, has just expanded distribution to New Jersey, bringing premium organic beers brewed with herbal ingredients for a pure, clean, crisp… Read More
2016-08-17 07:08
Kammac in partnership with US based Keg Logistics.com have a ‘Rent to Own’ Cask and Keg scheme which is “remarkable” says Simon King, Owner of Abstract Jungle Brewer… Read More
2016-08-16 07:10
Invisible Sentinel, Inc., a global molecular solutions company providing first-in-class microbial detection tools, has developed, validated, and commercialized two new detection tools powere… Read More
2016-08-03 15:15
bevRAGE announced today the formal unveiling of its mobile application that delivers instant cash back rebates to consumers purchasing beer, wine and liquor. The new app, which is live today… Read More
2016-08-03 15:08
Northampton’s first specialist beer store is raising a glass to future success thanks to funding from Yorkshire Bank. Beer Guerrilla, which has just opened its doors in the town’… Read More
2016-08-03 15:03
In recent years, Sheffield has forged a reputation as being the beer capital of the north, but a popular city brewery is going one stage further and setting its sights on the lager market af… Read More
2016-08-02 12:34
Agricultural Merchant business H Banham has reported that the weather has not been kind to this year’s winter barley crops and that mainstream varieties have taken something of a bashi… Read More
2016-08-01 08:22
Buoyant British beer sales in Q2 shows further signs of reversing a long period of decline, with sales up 1.5 per cent, it has been announced today. The rise means Britons enjoyed 31 million… Read More
2016-08-01 08:14
Glasgow based brewery, Drygate saw volumes more than double to 4,700 hectoliters last year and is on track to pass 10,000 hl in 2016, with a move to canning now part of its growth strategy… Read More
2016-07-29 13:57
The Guinness Storehouse – recently crowned Europe’s top visitor attraction – has opened the doors to the Open Gate Brewery, the secret experimental brew house of Guinness… Read More
2016-07-29 13:45
The team at Wold Top Brewery have been toasting their shortlisting in the finals of the prestigious 2016 Great British Food Awards.
The Wold Newton brewery’s Scarborough Fair IPA was o… Read More
2016-07-21 08:47
Sibling Revelry Brewing announces their release of Swing State, a new dry hopped pale ale just in time for the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. The founders of Sibling Revelry Br… Read More
2016-07-21 08:22
The Craft Beer Clan of Scotland has formed a new brewing venture with leading craft brewer, Williams Brothers of Alloa with the release of a series of whisky barrel-aged beers which have alr… Read More
2016-07-21 08:11
The only micro-brewery in Aberdeen has officially launched following a six figure investment into its new headquarters.
Fierce Beer Ltd was established in April 2016, with £250,000 of… Read More
2016-07-20 08:42
A dram fine beer collaboration between Perthshire-based craft beer maker Inveralmond Brewery and The Glenturret Distillery is enjoying a second round of success after a new batch was release… Read More
2016-07-19 08:45
Industrial biotechnology is a large and fast-growing sector of biotechnology, making use of microbial fermentation to develop and produce a wide range of new, more sustainable transportation… Read More
2016-07-15 10:22
China is one of the biggest beer markets worldwide and is in constant competition with the US in terms of world rankings. HVG Hopfenverwertungsgenossenschaft e.G. recognizes this potential a… Read More
2016-07-12 13:55
Bath based Electric Bear Brewing Co. has expanded its brewing capacity as it celebrates its first birthday.
As a result of growing demand and sales, Electric Bear will add two 20-barrel ferm… Read More
2016-07-12 11:00
Craft brewers in the UK could benefit from the country leaving the European Union, says a bank.
The surprise Brexit vote will have “critical implications” for the beverage indust… Read More
2016-07-12 10:45
The Beer Institute today announced a new initiative to encourage its member companies to display specific consumer information on products, packaging or websites.
The Brewers’ Voluntar… Read More
2016-07-07 10:04
Beer industry expert Csaba Babak has said that we must prepare for “an epilogue” to the craft beer revolution while looking forward to “the prologue” t… Read More
2016-07-07 09:54
Protecting your trade mark through registration is a great place to start. Racheal Ward of Ward Trade Marks would like to share three insider secrets as to how you can use Intellectual Prop… Read More
2016-07-07 09:46
After 30 years, Euan Macpherson has been succeeded as Crisp Maltings’ MD by Adrian Dyter, formerly of Carlsberg.
In a statement, the firm said that Euan is retiring following a li… Read More
2016-07-06 16:00
Butcombe Brewery has today been announced as the first brewery to be accredited with Grain to Glass quality assurance by Cask Marque.
The Grain to Glass programme was developed by Cask Marq… Read More
2016-07-03 10:08
On 28 June, London’s ‘SMITHS’ of Smithfield hosted BRÚ Brewery for a special ‘Meet the Brewer’ event.
The evening gave discerning drinkers from acro… Read More
2016-06-28 08:38
This year, the Cask Beer Report celebrates its 10th anniversary. The much heralded publication has a new author and a new look for 2016. Sophie Atherton, widely respected national journalist… Read More
2016-06-28 08:18
Entries are now open for the British Guild of Beer Writers’ Awards 2016, with a total prize fund of £12,000 to be presented later this year to the winning journalists, broadcaste… Read More
2016-06-28 08:17
The British Guild of Beer Writers’ long-standing Secretary, Adrian Tierney Jones, stood down from the post at the organisation’s recent AGM, where two new committee members were… Read More
2016-06-28 08:13
When Battersea-based craft beer specialist, Sambrooks Brewery Ltd, wanted to install its first piece of steam powered equipment – a two-gear semi-automatic kegging line – the fas… Read More
2016-06-28 08:09
As the craft brewing sector continues to rise, financing remains one of the biggest challenges to any emerging brewery. Simon Mydlowski, partner at Gordons law firm, considers some of the fu… Read More
2016-06-28 08:02
A new honey beer ice cream has been whipped up for summer by Lanarkshire-based brewery Beehive Brae and Equi’s in Hamilton to celebrate Beehive Brae’s Blonde Honey Beer being sto… Read More
2016-06-16 11:04
Bayern Beer Coy was launched with headquarters in York and Munich two years ago with the mission of find heritage craft brewers in Germany and importing their best beers to the UK.
The firm… Read More
2016-06-16 10:53
On 21 March 1983 at Billy Bob’s Texas in Fort Worth, USA, the late Merle Haggard set the Guinness World record for the biggest round ever. The country singer bought his fans 5,095 one… Read More
2016-06-16 10:52
The Wadworth brewers are celebrating recognition for two of their finely crafted bottled beers in the recent Taste of The West Awards.
Bishop’s Tipple one of Wadworth’s most popu… Read More
2016-06-10 10:43
The finalists in the first annual Scottish Beer Awards have been announced with 31 breweries and 73 beers progressing in the new national competition.
The awards cover both taste and busines… Read More
2016-06-10 09:53
Many of the new micro-breweries opening up in the UK, particularly in resturaunts, are realising the importance of also opening up a cider product line for diversity.
In terms of solutions f… Read More
2016-06-10 08:27
Eight in 10 drinking-age Americans who drink craft beer at least once a month consider themselves to be health conscious (slightly more than the 76% of average drinkers – those wh… Read More
2016-06-09 08:49
Although there are a surging number of subscription beer clubs in the UK, many are arguably missing out on one of the greatest advantages presented by the subscription option – mobilit… Read More
2016-06-09 08:06
One of the UK’s fastest growing, sustainable craft beers has been snapped up by leading supermarket chain Aldi as part of a major summer promotional drive.
Beehive Brae Honey Beer will… Read More
2016-06-09 06:56
Summer may have arrived, but it’s never too late to give your bar or restaurant a thorough spring clean.
In fact, the difference between spending a few hours to ensure your establishme… Read More
2016-06-01 10:49
Loddon Brewery has released a new beer to mark HRH Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday celebrations on June 10 and 11.
Four Score & Ten, a 4.2% golden ale, is available from today (Wed… Read More
2016-05-24 12:30
Black Sheep Brewery is adding a new bottled beer to its flock with the launch of a bold Yorkshire IPA.
‘Black Sheep IPA’ has been brewed in homage to the original, highly-hopped… Read More
2016-05-23 14:37
High Heel Brewing, an innovative new craft beer company founded by master brewer Kristi McGuire, will introduce a line of craft beers specifically aimed at female craft beer consumers. The c… Read More
2016-05-20 15:04
Beer and women forum Dea Latis has unveiled the findings of a new survey into the relationship between women and our national drink. The results were delivered to an audience at the new Brew… Read More
2016-05-20 14:11
As the UK craft beer industry gathers pace, it is becoming clear that it is providing growth oppurtunites in wider segements than just brewing, with new connections being forged across the v… Read More
2016-05-19 08:23
Purity Brewing Company has been named ‘Sustainable Manufacturer of the Year’ for the second year running at Insider’s Made in the Midlands Awards.
The craft brewery, which… Read More
2016-05-18 11:40
Richmond Adult Community College and Thame Side Brewery are set to hold a “How to Homebrew Beer” course for beer enthusiasts.
As a follow up to the Richmond Brewers Fair eve… Read More
2016-05-18 11:35
St Austell Brewery has unveiled one of rugby’s brightest young stars, Exeter Chiefs and England Rugby Union player Jack Nowell, as its new ambassador.
Jack will be promoting St Austell… Read More
2016-05-17 13:13
Leed’s own Northern Monk Brew Co has continued to grow as demand outstrips supply for their beer brewed in central, as they win Bronze in the Session IPA category at the Worl… Read More
2016-05-17 11:57
Just five years since Citra was launched as Oakham Ales fifth permanent beer, it has claimed the top spot at the acclaimed innovative brewery based in Peterborough.
Oakham Ales was the first… Read More
2016-05-16 09:12
The UK craft beer market is showing little sign of slowing. It’s well documented that there are now over 1,300 breweries in operation up and down the country (more per capita than any… Read More
2016-05-16 08:56
Uprising Treason by Windsor & Eton won ‘Best in Show’ at the Indie Beer Can Festival on 12 May.
The event saw UK and Eire’s leading indie brewers gather together to cha… Read More
2016-05-16 08:52
Budweiser Budvar Tankové pivo is the most authentic unpasteurised beer from the award winning state-owned brewery of the Czech Republic. Craft Beer World went to the launch to get the… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), has today been named as the official partner of the Craft Beer Rising beer festival in London. The highly successful craft beer festival is now in… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
UK craft beer marketplace EeBria says that while craft beer may have a reputation for being expensive, that there is also new evidence that better beer is becoming increasingly aff… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
A Lancashire IT specialist has been helping a West Country brewery to improve production and consistency of its fine craft beers. Kirkham based Smart IT has been working with successful… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
A young Scottish marketing agency has just finished a major design project for two of Australia’s best-known craft breweries. Glasgow-based Thirst, which only started operating fo… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Manchester’s first ever city-wide beer festival will be launched next summer, transforming the region into a ten-day celebration of the nation’s favourite drink. Manchester Beer… Read More
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