Ale and Beer

A Norwich pub has commemorated Cecil the lion, whose death attracted international outcry last week, by naming their new beer after him.

Source:Norwich pub names new beer after slain lion Cecil

Heineken has said that volumes in the UK fell “in the high single digit” in the first half of the year amid tough comparatives with last summer’s good weather and build-up to the World Cup.

Source:Heineken reports UK beer volume fall

Many of us have thought about starting our own pub after one too many but a mysterious group in Manchester has taken it one step further by starting to build a pub by hand.

Source:Wanted: People to help build a pub by hand

Punch Taverns is in talks to sell the 150-strong package of pubs it placed on the market earlier this year to NewRiver Retail, which specialises in the food and value sector according to the Sunday Times.

Source:Punch in talks to sell £50m-worth of pubs to retail specialist

The Craft Beer Co has announced that the group will debut in the City of London, after securing a site in Mitre Street, in the shadow of the insurance district’s landmark Gherkin building.

Source:Craft Beer Co secures site near Gherkin