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
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Mar- 2019 -12 MarchAdvice
How to start a microbrewery
In the UK, the drinks market is in the middle of a huge craft beer boom. Across the nation microbreweries are seeking to champion their own exquisite flavours and brewing processes. Anything from tart ‘sours’ to ‘coffee porters’ has led the craft beer movement to having a huge boost in…
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5 MarchPubs and Bars
Northampton pub operators acquire first Oxfordshire site
Northamptonshire pub operators Mark and Melissa Lynch have taken the lease of The Bell at Banbury with Star Pubs & Bars. The pair will commence work on a £320,000 refurbishment which will see the pub modernised with a “distinctive” craft beer and cask ale offering along with pizza served from…
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4 MarchBreweries and Distilleries
Brewdog launches ‘Brewdog Airlines’
Craft beer company, Brewdog has announced the launch of Brewdog Airlines, which will see passengers flown between London and Columbus, where its craft beer hotel, The Doghouse is based. Passengers aboard the chartered Boeing 767 will partake in a unique beer tasting experience, sampling a limited-edition Brewdog beer that has…
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4 MarchBeverages
Swedish Brutal Brewing launches in the UK
Brutal Brewing, the Swedish brewers behind craft beer Pistonhead Lager, have launched its own core range in the UK which will be distributed by Proof Drinks. The beer officially launched at Craft Beer Rising 2019 and the brand will be introducing further beers to the series later this year. The…
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Feb- 2019 -25 FebruaryRestaurants
UK managed restaurant numbers drop for first time in nine years
Britain’s supply of casual dining restaurants dipped for the first time in nine years in 2018 as a sustained decline in the wider licensed sector continued, according to new research. The new edition of the ‘Market Growth Monitor’ from CGA and AlixPartners revealed Britain had 5,780 managed restaurants in December…
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5 FebruaryPubs and Bars
The Grahamston officially launches following £1.2m transformation
The Grahamston, a new restaurant and bar located in the heart of Glasgow city centre, celebrated the completion of its £1.2m transformation with an official launch party. Located within on Argyle Street, the new dining and drinking experience is inspired by Grahamston, forgotten village in the heart of the city buried…
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Jan- 2019 -11 JanuaryBeverages
US coffee chain Roasting Plant to open first UK outlet
US coffee chain Roasting Plant is set to open its first UK outlet on 16 January, located between London Bridge and Borough market. The outlet will feature the chain’s ‘Javabot’ tubes for preparing coffee without a barista. The tubes fire coffee beans through plastic tubes to a roaster through to…
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9 JanuaryBeverages
Le Cordon Bleu London launches new wine programme
Le Cordon Bleu, a global network of culinary arts and hospitality management institutes, is launching a new intensive Certificate in Wine and Beverage Studies in London, in March 2019. The three-month programme aims to educate students about all the intricacies of “everything from Cote de Rhone to Shiraz, Craft Beer…
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Dec- 2018 -13 DecemberPubs and Bars
The Grahamston opens following £1.2m transformation
The Grahamston, a new restaurant and bar located in the heart of Glasgow city centre, has opened its doors today following a £1.2m transformation. Located within Radisson Blu on Argyle Street, the new dining and drinking experience is inspired by Grahamston, once a bustling village in the heart of the…
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10 DecemberBeverages
Wolf Alice launch ‘Yuk Brew’ craft beer
Mercury Prize winning band, Wolf Alice have announced their own craft beer named ‘Yuk Brew’ in reference to their song ‘Yuk Foo’. The band will release the beer in partnership with Manchester craft brewers Seven Bro7hers, and will launch the beer at their final two gigs of the year at…
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