Bad weather has hit this year’s Champagne harvest, with yields set to drop around 45%, the trade organisation for the region has said. The Comité Champagne pointed to challenging weather conditions throughout 2021, with a 12-day period of frost at the beginning of the year, hail on several occasions, then persistent rain in spring which encouraged mildew in the vines. “These various hazards have caused big differences…

Drop Bear Beer Co has succeeded in securing a £1.8million equity investment to build a dedicated alcohol-free brewery.   A £1.5million investment has been made by Henry Engelhardt, founder of the Admiral Group. With £300,000 from Drop Bear Beer’s Crowdcube campaign, the project’s total investment is £1.8million.

Alcohol-free brewer, Big Drop, has teamed up with four leading Nordic breweries to launch a limited-edition range of 0.5% abv collaboration brews. The brewers, from Iceland, Finland, Sweden and Norway, have created beers for a range that will form the second in Big Drop’s ‘World Collab Series’, curated with beer expert, Melissa Cole. The Series is designed to be a showcase for demonstrating the heights…

Drop Bear Beer Co has revealed plans to build a dedicated alcohol-free brewery. The brewery development will be funded through a £500,000 equity investment campaign that is currently live on Crowdcube – with investment levels starting from £11. The brewery is anticipated to be fully operational by October 2021 and will initially create six new jobs. Sales and marketing director, Joelle Drummond, who founded the…

Boris Johnson has announced a change in the two metre social distancing rule from July 4, and he has confirmed hospitality businesses can reopen from this date.  He said: “Where it is not possible to keep two metres this can drop to one metreplus, while also taking additional measures to keep safe. “We can now go further and safely ease the lockdown in England.” He…

Drinks producers from all sectors of BWS are making swift amends to their businesses to cater for – and maintain connections with – the growing number of consumers self-isolating in their homes. Big Drop Brewing Co is hosting a “mega virtual pub quiz” on March 24. The Living Room Pub Quiz event, which will take place 7.30pm to 10.30pm, is free and people can attend by…

Big Drop Brewing Co, has revealed a new design of its range of non-alcoholic beers. The company, which describes itself as “one of the world’s first dedicated alcohol-free brewers”, has unveiled a new look with a brighter and bolder design for its beers. The new packaging has taken inspiration from each of the beers, representing elements of the flavour, colour and aroma of each different…