Ale and Beer

Avoiding jargon can increase interest in beer and food pairings

Using less specialist vocabulary can help pubs and restaurants sell beer and food pairings to customers, according to the US Brewers Association (BA).

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Customer angry after being called ‘greedy fat pig’ on pub's Facebook

A pub customer is outraged and is calling for someone to be sacked after she was insulted through a Greene King pub’s Facebook account and was called a “greedy fat pig”.

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Glenmorangie brings back Astar single malt whisky

Scottish whisky distiller Glenmorangie has announced the return of Astar, a limited-edition single malt whisky.

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Meet the GBPA nominees: Best Managed pub

With less than a month to go until the John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards 2017, it’s the turn of the nominees for Best Managed Pub to be previewed.

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Revealed: Jamie Jones’s secrets to a world-class winning cocktail

Social Company bar and restaurant group’s Jamie Jones has revealed how to make the perfect cocktail, following his win at Diageo Reserve GB’s World Class Bartender of the Year competition earlier this year.

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D&G Pub Company and Star Pubs & Bars invests £300,000 in two Darlington pubs

Two Darlington pubs are having a £300,000 makeover to better cater for drinkers’ and diners’ changing tastes.

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Fourpure brewery expansion gathers pace

One of London’s best-known craft breweries has outlined plans to expand its production capacity by 300%.

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Meet the GBPA nominees: Best Pub Garden sponsored by Southern Comfort

Next up in our previews of the finalists in this year’s John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards are the nominees in the Best Pub Garden category, sponsored by Southern Comfort.

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‘Widespread public concern’ over ‘sky-high’ beer tax rates

A survey has found that there is ‘widespread public concern over the sky-high rates of tax on British beer’, with taxes now making up a third of the cost of a pint.

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‘Fake’ allergic customers causing pub kitchens to slow

‘Fake’ allergic diners are having a huge impact on pubs and slowing down their kitchens..

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