The comment below on the article made me laugh - Nathaniel Banks Finally realised they need to treat their staff properly? Click to expand... The boss of Scottish beer giant Brewdog is to step down from his role as CEO of the company. James Watt said he would move to a newly-created position of "captain and co-founder" and retain his shares in the company. His role will be taken over by chief operating officer James Arrow. Mr Watt co-founded the Scottish brewery and... Read more ..read more

Major pub chain Greene King has called time on its brewery of more than 200 years and announced plans to move to a new £40m site by 2027. The company has produced cask ales from Westgate Brewery, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, since it was founded in 1799., Greene King, which was sold to Hong Kong operator CKA in 2019, owns about 2,700 pubs, restaurants and hotels in the UK, Environmental and efficiency reasons were cited for the move to a new "state-of-the-art" facility... Read more ..read more

The UK's largest cider maker has chopped down a huge orchard, sparking fears for wildlife as it is a natural bird habitat. Heineken, which owns Bulmers cider, has levelled the orchard - the size of 140 football pitches - on the Offa's Dyke path in Monmouthshire. It wants to sell the land and blamed a surplus of apples and a slow down in demand for cider for the uprooting of thousands of trees at Penrhos Orchard, which were planted in 1997. Environmentalists are... Read more ..read more

"Do you want a Flake in that, love?" - The rise and fall of Manchester's Boddingtons brewery​ https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/news...-manchester-s-boddingtons-brewery/ar-AA1njAqy ..read more

SWMBO got me a bottle to try at the weekend as she hasn't noticed it in our Aldi before has anyone here tried it, what are your thoughts ..read more

During a trip to Thanet and most of the micropubs there, the winner of the best beer of the trip goes to something closer to home: Buxton Nuts & Crosses As they describe it, decadent full bodied, smooth and lovely aroma of hazelnut (even with my post covid sense of smell, or lack of). Nuts or peanuts are not mention as an allergen though.....? I might need to email them for a hint of recipe. It was served in the Royston, broadstairs btw ..read more

Joe Thomson stands surveying his shiny brewery from the elevated glass fronted taproom. At one end of Firebrand Brewing Company's factory stand four towering 9,000 litre vessels, a recent purchase to help meet growing demand for non-alcoholic beer. "We weren't sure what to expect when we launched our first non-alcoholic beer, Shorebreak, in 2022, but it is now our biggest selling canned beer by a long way," he says. Firebrand, which sits in an industrial estate not far... Read more ..read more

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Having watched and enjoyed inside the Guinness factory with Greg Wallace I decided to give it another try, back in my lager drinking days i found the taste awful and i couldn't understand how anyone could enjoy it, my tastes have changed over the years and I no longer drink lager but my thoughts on Guinness haven't changed much its not as bad as i remember but its still for me not a pleasant drink, I will have to stick to Guinness West Indies Porter which is one of my go to beers. Are... Read more ..read more

As posted in the what are you drinking 2024 thread last night i tried this for the first time and it was very good, SWMBO who is not keen on any beer said it tasted nice which doesn't happen often, i will definitely buy this again but at 6.8 ABV i will stick to one per session. Matured for Spiciness Scottish Red Beer Aged 51 Days It is Caribbean Rum Cask matured for spiciness and richness of flavour. Aromas of rum, Demerara, dried fruits and spice, warming malt character with... Read more ..read more