Ale and Beer

Pubs and bars should invest in training their staff and improve hygiene standards in order to boost sales of craft beer, according to the head brewer of one of London’s biggest craft breweries. 

Susan Moiser and her family are celebrating their 10th year at the South Causey Inn on the outskirts of Stanley, Co Durham, a decade in which the business has been transformed from a pub attached to a riding school to one of the north-east’s most popular wedding venues (not forgetting the gin distillery, the hot-tubs, the double-decker bus letting room and the fancy dress dog walks). Phil Mellows reports.

The message to publicans being offered dodgy deals on sports packages is simple – “if it looks too good to be true, then it probably is”.

More than three quarters (87%) of Brits can’t explain the difference between rump and rib-eye steaks, according to recent research.

The Alchemist, the Palatine Private Equity-backed cocktail bar and restaurant concept, is to invest £4.5m on three new openings, including its first moves into the south west and Wales.