Ale and Beer

High-strength beers fall foul of Portman Group

The Portman Group has ruled that two producers of high-strength beer have breached alcohol responsibility rules.

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Pub sale price hikes 8.6%

The average sale price of a pub has increased by 8.6% over the past year and a record number are being sold for continued use, according to the latest research from property agent Christie + Co.

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Pub serves new charity beer created by local war veteran

The licensees of a West Yorkshire pub are championing a new beer that’s been created by one of their locals – an injured British Army war veteran.

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Business booster: Movember grooming stations

The idea: Pop-up grooming stations for men, offering moustache-trimming and preening, complimentary stout and ale-tasting, were set up over three evenings at three of Young’s London pubs in partnership with grooming company Stubble & Strife and Wells and Young’s brewery to support Movember, the international charity promoting awareness of men’s health including prostate cancer, and boost trade.

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Newcastle Brown Ale Calls for Other Brands to Join a Sly Super Bowl Ad Campaign

Newcastle Brown Ale is looking to incorporate 20 to 30 other companies into a commercial to be shown online and in local TV markets during the game.

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Tate & Lyle taps into growing flavoured coffee market with Fairtrade syrups

Tate & Lyle is capitalising on the growth of flavoured coffee with the launch of a Fairtrade syrups range.

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Thatchers Old Rascal on draught for the first time

Thatchers Cider’s Old Rascal brand has been given a new look and is to be made available on-draught for the first time.

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Speakeasies: Blind pigs might fly

The term speakeasy is being abused. That bar is not illegal. Its selection of whiskies is not bootlegged. It is loosely citing the Prohibition era and it is telling its customers a few tales. But they like it and they’re coming back for more.

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