While this year has been marked by inflation, rising duty rates and the cost of living crisis, the approaching festive season offers an opportunity…
While this year has been marked by inflation, rising duty rates and the cost of living crisis, the approaching festive season offers an opportunity…
Several more breweries have shuttered, as external headwinds continue to hit the industry. Birmingham’s Dig Brew Co, Bad Seed Brewery in Malton and Bishop Auckland’s Hops and Dots are the latest to close, in what has been a devastating few months for craft beer. The team behind Dig Brew Co announced on Instagram that they “cannot carry on any longer and we will no longer…
The monthly round-up of what’s new in low/no, beer, cider, wine, spirits, RTDs and mixers. NO/LOW ALCOHOL Pentire January Bundle £65 USP: Botanical non-alcoholic spirits brand Pentire has launched a bundle for those looking to take on Dry January. The pack includes Pentire Adrift (70cl), Pentire Seaward (20cl), Coastal Spritz (50cl) and Pentire Margarita (20cl). Mash Gang and Northern…
Beavertown will hand out “thousands of free cans of beer” at three UK cities over the next two weeks. The brewer said that, as part of its ‘Hops on hops off’ walking tour, it will give away beer in London (August 26), Brighton (August 27) and Birmingham (September 2). Tom Rainsford, marketing director at Beavertown said: “We’re taking our ‘Hops on hops off’ tour nationwide…
SALTAIRE PILSNER, 4% For a while, Saltaire has been brewing a very impressive Helles, so I was keen to try the brewery’s new Pilsner. I was equally impressed. It’s very light in body for the style – more of a Czech 10º beer than a fuller 11º such as Pilsner Urquell for those familiar with Czech beers – but that’s not an issue. In…
Brewdog will offer shoppers the chance to claim back the full price of a pack of beer, if they are not satisfied with the taste. The Brewdog Guarantee has launched in Asda, ahead of a wider roll out across grocery and convenience. The scheme is available on Brewdog’s headline range and being promoted on 4-packs of Punk IPA, Lost Lager, Hazy Jane, Elvis Juice and…
It was the drinks category that the phrase “distress purchase” was invented for. When brands like Kaliber, Barbican and Swan Light first laid the foundations for low-alcohol and alcohol-free beer in the late 1970s, the audience was almost exclusively those avoiding drinking and driving – with the beers routinely lacking flavour and body there was little other reason to buy them. But somewhere along the…
In the first of a new series, our beer expert Jeff Evans appraises four recently-released beers. SIMPLE THINGS FERMENTATIONS TWISTED PILSNER, 4.8% In 2016, Phil Sisson won a home-brewing challenge organised by Thornbridge Brewery and Waitrose. His winning beer, a Belgian wit laced with rose petals, gave him a launch pad to start his own business and Simple Things Fermentations in Glasgow was born. Sisson…
