Ale and Beer

Durham won the top accolade as it was crowned best overall scheme at the Best Bar None (BBN) awards event at the House of Lords last night (1 February).

Source:Best Bar None winners unveiled

A former licensee was slapped with a £1,600 fine and ordered to pay more than £2,000 in costs after environmental health officers discovered dozens of food hygiene violations at his pub.

Source:Ex-licensee hit with bill for almost £3,700 over pub “ingrained with dirt and grease”

The pub trade must come together over the upcoming apprenticeship levy, the increased national living wage and a potentially hard Brexit, according to leading industry groups.

Source:Prepare for apprenticeship levy and minimum wage hike, warn trade bodies

There are “potential opportunities” with Brexit but there will need to be negotiations to protect overseas staff, warned Brigid Simmonds, chief executive of the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).

Source:Brexit is an opportunity for the pub sector

This recipe by Mark Dodson of the Michelin-starred Masons Arms, Devon, which came 15th in this year’s Top 50 Gastropubs, elegantly toes the line between classical French high-end cooking and British comfort food.

Source:How to make: Mark Dodson of the Masons Arms' chocolate and passion fruit delice