Craft Beer

Coverage highlights how restaurants, pubs, and bars across the UK are sourcing, promoting, and profiting from craft beer, including brewery partnerships, range curation, pricing strategy, taproom innovation, and consumer demand trends. Reporting offers insights for operators navigating category fragmentation, premiumisation, and the role of craft within broader drinks and experience-led propositions

Feb- 2022 -

17 February

Restaurants

Julian Denis to launch Facing Heaven following Mao Chow closure

Julian Denis is set to launch a new site with the opening of Facing Heaven, which will open its doors in London mid-March 2022, following the closure of his renowned Hackney site Mao Chow. Named after the Sichuanese chilli, Facing Heaven is situated just around the corner from the original…
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Oct- 2021 -

27 October

Pubs and Bars

Brewdog to open largest site in London next summer

Scottish craft brewer BrewDog is set to open its largest site in London next summer, encompassing two floors of craft beer, spirits, food and entertainment. The new 26,500 sq ft global flagship for BrewDog will be an immersive hub situated at Waterloo Station. There will also be a gaming area…
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Jun- 2021 -

22 June

Regulations & Policies

Stem and Glory opens new site in Cambridge

Vegan restaurant brand, Stem and Glory, has announced the opening of a new larger site in central Cambridge. The restaurant, which has been designed by Afroditi Krassa, fronts Station Road, just metres from the city’s railway station and houses a large outdoor terrace. The site is built to service both…
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Apr- 2021 -

14 April

Breweries and Distilleries

BrewDog announces new hotel and bar site in Edinburgh

BrewDog has announced it will be opening a new hotel and bar in Edinburgh later this year. James Watt, the brand’s chief executive, confirmed the plans to expand Brewdog’s hotel business to the Scottish capital on Twitter. Watt said: “Announcing the BrewDog DogHouse Edinburgh. An amazing beer hotel & bar…
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Mar- 2021 -

30 March

Breweries and Distilleries

Brewdog considering hotel site in Edinburgh

Brewdog is considering the acquisition of a new hotel site in Edinburgh, according to comments made by the brand’s chief executive. On Twitter, James Watt said: “Working on a potential BrewDog beer hotel location in Edinburgh today. It would be great to open a beer hotel in the capital of…
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Jul- 2020 -

9 July

Breweries and Distilleries

New Brewdog drive-through set to open in the UK

Scottish craft brewer Brewdog has revealed plans to open a new ‘Brewdog Drive Thru’ in the UK. The sites will serve as beer collection points, hubs for electric vehicle deliveries as well as hubs for closed loop, zero waste packaging such as growlers, mini-kegs and returnable bottles. The group said…
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Feb- 2020 -

10 February

Pubs and Bars

Dry January drives low and no-alcohol sales increase at Greene King

Managed pub company and brewer, Greene King, has announced year-on-year sales of low and no-alcohol drinks were up 58% across its managed estate in January. Heineken 0.0% and Peroni Libera accounted for more than 50% of all low and no-alcohol sales overall, with year-on-year growth also driven by the new…
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10 February

Pubs and Bars

BrewDog announces new sustainable initiatives

BrewDog has announced it is to start serving cans upcycled from other brands to reduce environmental impact as part of a six-point pledge. In an update BrewDog said: “We recognise our contribution and the limitations of our industry. But change isn’t happening fast enough.” As such, the ‘BrewDog Tomorrow’ initiative…
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Jan- 2020 -

31 January

Beverages

Educate consumers to boost wine sales, says CGA

Operators and suppliers should use recommendations, tastings and other tools to help consumers improve their knowledge of wine and rejuvenate sales, the CGA has said. The hospitality research group’s latest ‘Next Big Thing For Wine?’ report has also revealed the major market trends and forecasts. The publication comes as the…
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30 January

Comment

Dining with the stars: a definitive list of celebrity-owned haunts

WHO: Ed Sheeran WHAT: Bertie Blossoms WHERE: Notting Hill Last August, Ed Sheeran shocked his fans by announcing an 18-month hiatus from music. It seems the singer has found a new calling, because it was only a month later that he launched his very own restaurant, Bertie Blossoms. The eatery,…
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