What a difference a year can make. By 9 p.m. of last year’s Thursday night opening session, I had navigated most of the festival floor and left feeling underwhelmed, confused, ... Read More The post 2024 Great American Beer Fest Night One Recap | Standouts & Hidden Gems appeared first... Read more

Funds have been raised for children’s charity Street Child with a race billed as the ‘ultimate London beer run’, which took place on Wimbledon Common. Photograph: Adam Dickens/Street Child Street Child is dedicated to supporting access to education in countries affected by poverty, war, and environmental disasters. The Craft Half... Read more

While the bean in Bean to Barstool primarily refers to cacao for chocolate, and the barstool to craft beer, we have also covered craft coffee and spirits on this ... Read More The post Bean to Barstool Podcast | Coffee, Cacao, Cocktails, and Curiosity with Charlene Cabioch appeared first on... Read more

As the 2024-2025 season of the National Basketball Association begins, the league’s Sacramento Kings will have a new partner: Blue Lake, California-based Paskenta Mad River Brewery, which is tribally owned. In the latest A Round With – an exclusive Q&A series for Brewbound Insiders – Paskenta Mad River general manager... Read more

Inflation for beer at home continued to outpace the broader beverage-alcohol category in September, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in its most recent Consumer Price Index (CPI) report.... Read more

Sheffield-based Abbeydale Brewery and their pub tap The Rising Sun have become employee-owned, the team have announced. The brewery was founded by Patrick Morton in 1996. He always envisaged it as being ‘people powered’ at heart, and now that’s a legal reality. The changes paves the way for Patrick and... Read more

Fierce Beer have announced that they will be hosting the inaugural Aberdeen Beer Festival, at the city’s Music Hall, on 12th April next year. Fierce and 12 guest breweries will be showcasing fan favourites from their respective ranges. There will be two sessions, from 12.30pm to 5pm, then from 6pm... Read more

The top six honours at the SIBA North West Independent Beer Awards have gone to just three breweries — Bank Top, in Bolton, Black Edge, in Horwich, and RedWillow, in Macclesfield. Neil Walker (right), head of communications and marketing at SIBA, with the award winners Bank Top Brewery took home... Read more

Adam Wells has been named as the winner of CAMRA’s Pomona Award this year, for his commitment to cider and perry. He will be given the award today, at the end of a presentation he is giving at the Applefest Perry Day at The Courtyard Theatre, in Hereford. Named after the goddess... Read more

Ett nytt avsnitt av Beernews Afterwork är ute! Om du gillar idrott och musik nästan lika mycket som öl, så är det här avsnittet för dig. Beernewsredaktör nummer två, Henrik Edberg, gästar Tobias Janius för ett samtal som sveper iväg som en undervattensström i Göta Älv. The post Sport, musik... Read more

Gillian Hough has been named as the new vice-chair of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), replacing Ash Corbett-Collins, following his election as chairman. Gillian joined CAMRA at the Pig’s Ear Beer Festival in 1984, when she was still a student. Hailing from Northern Ireland, she was inspired by the... Read more

St Peter’s Brewery Group has announced that it has made an investment into London-based Portobello Brewing Co. Rob Jenkins will remain as Portobello’s managing director, with no changes to his existing team. The company’s customer-focused service model remains unchanged, but there will be increased resources and support.  “This partnership will... Read more

Range have opened a second suburban bar, the colourful Rays by Range in Camp Hill, which captures the energy of their first, Patio, while bringing something fresh.... Read more

Den amerikanska storhetstiden för öl i Sverige är slut – åtminstone om man ska tolka Systembolagets försäljningssiffror. De senaste sex åren har försäljningen minskat med drygt fyra miljoner liter, alltså 71 procent. Sämst av allt går det för lagerölen.  The post Amerikanskt öl tappar stort i Sverige appeared first on... Read more

Sapporo is the largest Asian import beer brand by U.S. dollar sales by a wide margin, but Sapporo-Stone leadership has its sights on doubling the brand’s share of overall imports in the coming years, executives said during the brand’s virtual annual business plan meeting with wholesalers last week.... Read more

Oxford craft brewery, bakery and social enterprise Tap Social Movement has announced a date for its Winter Beer Bash. The event will be staged at the brewer’s Curtis industrial Estate taproom in west Oxford on 30th November, from 2pm-11pm. Sponsored by NFU Mutual Witney, the Winter Beer Bash sees six guest breweries... Read more

Five Kingdoms’ Dark Storm stout (6.9% ABV) has been named Champion Bottled Beer of Britain by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). The winner was announced at an event at The Bohemia, in North Finchley, London.  Five Kingdoms, a small brewing team based out of the Isle of Whithorn, Scotland,... Read more

Whip It by Potum Brewery. New England IPA, 6.5% ABV. Brewed with Idaho #7 BRU-1 and Mosaic. Hazy mango colour, pours a small… The post Whip It – Potum Brewery appeared first on .... Read more

Incognita by The Piggy Brewing Company. New England IPA, 6.5% ABV. Brewed with Mosaic and Columbus. Poured Flying Scotsman Inn. Hazy mango colour,… The post Incognita – The Piggy Brewing Company appeared first on .... Read more

The formal union of Jack’s Abby and Night Shift Brewing had an air of inevitability. Night Shift co-founder Rob Burns and HFB co-owner Sam Hendler discussed the whys of the deal, how scale will change HFB’s business relationships and what’s next.... Read more

Multi-site operator Thornbridge & Co have announced they will be opening a new site, The Wild Swan, at 99 Fetter Lane, London. A computer-generated image of how the new venue will look “Since the beginning of Thornbridge & Co we have wanted to open a London site and bring our... Read more

Craft breweries made an average of $1,511.35 in total revenue per barrel of beer sold in 2023, according to the Brewers Association’s (BA) financial benchmarking survey.... Read more

PubAid has launched the Positive PUBlicity Hub, a new platform dedicated to celebrating the essential role pubs play as lifelines in their communities. Timed to coincide with World Mental Health Day, the launch of the hub shines a light on the often-overlooked support pubs provide to millions, from funding grassroots sports... Read more

In its 30th anniversary year, Cornwall’s Sharp’s Brewing Co has racked up an impressive medal haul at this year’s International Beer Challenge. This follows on from recognition at the World Beer Awards last month, where five awards were picked up. At the International Beer Challenge, Sharp’s took away a silver... Read more

En jubileums-neipa från ett bryggeri som många associerar med hazy-ipans utveckling i Sverige, samt en urmoder inom amerikansk imperial stout, är två av nyheterna i fredagens tillfälliga släpp som bör kollas upp. The post Tio års-neipor och en amerikansk urmoder appeared first on Beernews.... Read more

National collaboration project Collabageddon, organised by Elusive Brewing, is returning for an eighth year, and this time around Bluntrock Brewery will be involved. The scheme sees a number of breweries partnered up to produce beers which will be poured at several venues around the UK. Bluntrock has hosted Manchester-based Neighbourhood... Read more

Vårt västra grannland Norge har något vi i Sverige kan vara oerhört avundsjuka på – en levande gårdsbryggning med metoder och råvaror som ärvts i generationer. Beernews reporter besökte Kornölsfestivalen i Hornindal och slogs över både variationen av öl och hur mycket bryggmetoderna skiljer sig åt mellan de olika regionerna.... Read more

Episode 012 of our podcast covers so many topics in the company of Amanda "Bakes" Baker, part of the team at Lost Palms on the Gold Coast, it could have been a mini-series. Enjoy!... Read more

Brewers Association VP of marketing and communications Ann Obenchain joins this week’s Brewbound Podcast to discuss how the trade group reimagined the Great American Beer Festival. The refreshed GABF takes place Thursday through Saturday in Denver, and attendees should expect a more experiential feel this year.... Read more

The Great American Beer Festival is finally back! With the insane multitude of beers being served on the festival floor, it can sometimes feel a bit overwhelming. So PorchDrinking is ... Read More The post 2024 GABF Guided Routes | Fruit-Forward, N/A Beers & Ciders to Try at GABF appeared... Read more