Ale and Beer

Cleaning beer lines every seven days is not necessarily the tell of good hygiene, on-trade cellar sanitisation firm Avani has claimed after a report outed the ‘dirtiest’ beer in Britain.

Source:7 day beer line cleaning rule ‘not strictly true’

Sitting poised in an elegant and dark underground restaurant, a stone’s throw from The Ritz, journalists and wine enthusiasts sit not so close to each other sipping – some spitting – wines made from Rock ’n’ Roll legend Sting’s Tuscan vineyard.

Source:Rock ’n’ Roll star Sting speaks about his vineyard, love of wine, […]

Laine Pub Company, the Brighton and London-based group, has acquired the New Pub Company from founder Peter Linacre in a deal thought to be worth just under £4m, The Morning Advertiser‘s sister title MCA has learnt.

Source:Laine Pub Company buys New Pub Company in deal worth almost £4m

Anglian Country Inns (ACI) has accomplished a year-long goal after deciding to “do something special” during its 20th birthday year – raise £20,000 for local charities across its seven outlets in Hertfordshire and Norfolk.

Source:ACI raises more than £20,000 for local charities

A group of 10 brewers have submitted an ‘expression of interest’ to the Government in a bid to develop a new brewing apprenticeship standard.

Source:Ten brewers in bid to develop apprenticeship standard