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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Dec- 2018 -7 DecemberBusiness
Derbyshire pub expands offering following funding boost
A pub in Chesterfield, Derbyshire has launched a significant expansion to its offering with the opening of six bed and breakfast rooms, thanks to funding from Enterprise Loans East Midlands. Long time friends Andrew Watterson and Neil Turner, both born and raised in Chesterfield, developed the idea for The Crafty…
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Nov- 2018 -27 NovemberBeverages
St Peter’s Brewery launches zero alcohol beer on draft for first time
St Peter’s Brewery has signed a new contract with the Old Spot Pub Company to serve its 0.0% golden craft beer, Without brand, on tap for the first time. Available in 30 litre stainless steel kegs, the beer will be served on draft in the Old Spot Pub Company’s establishments…
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Oct- 2018 -9 OctoberBusiness
Brewdog launches craft beer bar franchise
Brewdog is to offer shareholders the opportunity to open craft bars under the Brewdog name with a new franchise agreement. Announced by the pub chain in an update today laying out the “blueprint” for the future of the company. Brewdog is to trial the franchise agreement with 10 UK trial…
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Sep- 2018 -13 SeptemberBeverages
Scofflaw Brewing Co partners with Brewdog for UK expansion
Atlanta brewery Scofflaw Brewing Co will be bringing its craft beer to the UK this autumn through a new partnership with BrewDog. Co-founders Matt Shirah and Travis Herman began the company with a bootlegged brewing operation in an Atlanta, Georgia cellar. After acquiring the proper licensing, the brewery has become…
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12 SeptemberPubs and Bars
Craft beer bar Mason & Company shuts after two years
Craft beer bar Mason and Company, in Hackney Wick London, has announced its closure after two and a half years of trading. The company described the decision to close as “difficult” but said its canalside location was “challenging”. It went on to say that the difference in footfall and trade…
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Aug- 2018 -28 AugustBeverages
The Craft Beer Co selling £22.50 pint
The Craft Beer Co has begun selling a new craft beer for £22.50 per pint, with the high price attributed to expensive ingredients. Speedway Stout’s price makes it five times more expensive than the average UK pint, and makes it more expensive per millilitre than Belvedere vodka. The beer itself…
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28 AugustPubs and Bars
Liquor Box and Pantry acquire second site as part of 10 pub plan
The father and son duo behind Liquor Box and Pantry, Simon and Dan Barton, have acquired their second pub as part of a plan to run 10 pubs in the Kent area. The White Horse pub in Sundridge will become the group’s first Star Pubs & Bars site, the pub…
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14 AugustPeople
Rick Astley to open London bar
Rick Astley is to open a London bar alongside Danish brewery Mikkeller, the bar will represent Astley’s first foray into the catering industry. Mikkeller Bar, based in Shoreditch, will serve drinks inspired by the pop star including a craft beer with a red tint in reference to Astley’s hair. The…
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9 AugustFeatures
The changing appetite for bread
As a nation, there’s no doubt we love bread. The UK bakery market is worth a staggering £3.6bn and is one of the largest markets in the food industry.Not only is bread an important source of fibre and carbohydrates, it’s also highly versatile, which explains why it has been an…
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Jul- 2018 -11 JulyBeverages
Star Pubs and Bars launches rotational craft beer scheme
Star Pubs and Bars has introduced a rotational craft beer scheme to broaden the selection of craft-focused pubs and to introduce regularly changing guest craft beers. The scheme, introduced in partnership with the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), allows a selection of 10 draught craft beers from several third party…
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