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#223 | Alternatives in Alcohol

It’s looking like some more excellent weather for much of the UK this weekend. And with higher temperatures and blissful sunshine, there is also an
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#222 | Palindrome Brew Co

It’s official. Beer festival season is in full swing. We’re seeing new beers and new collaborations at every turn. What’s even better is that we’re
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Dear John | Stick to a beer

When you’re out for a beer do you mix things up or find one you like and remain with it? John Keeling, recovering from a
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#221 | 13 years of Beautiful Beer

Starting this June we’re opening entries for the 2026 Brewers Choice Awards So what better time to revisit our visit to the 2024 winners of
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#220 | A Focus on Hop Compounds

Did you catch our excellent recent article? Titled Beyond Aroma: Hop enzymatic activity, diastatic power, and fermentation control, Francesco Lo Bue and Philip Wietstock, Professor
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#219 | Elusive Brewing turns 10

The UK beer landscape looks a lot different today than it did ten years ago. We’ve seen breweries and trends come and go. But certain
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#218 | A Summer of Lager

Welcome to The Summer of Lager. As we race through 2026, the longer, warmer months are fast-approaching. And with that, so does the consumer appetite
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#217 | The Price of Premiumisation

Meet Pete Brown. Pete, as many of you will know, is a British author, journalist, broadcaster and consultant specialising in food and drink. In his
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#216 | A Love of Local

Meet Red Kellie. Red is joint owner and Head Brewer of the First & Last Brewery. They are a family run brewery, taproom and event space situated
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#215 | Defining West Coast Pils

Since being founded by Adam Henderson in 2020, Azvex Brewing Company has gone on to become of the UK’s most respected producers of hop-forward pale
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#213 | Tim Bloomer, Fell Brewery

Met Tim Bloomer. Tim is the co-founder and sustainability director at Fell Brewery, an independent brewery based in Cumbria. He holds an MSc in Brewing
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#212 | Tom Bott, Signature Brew

2026 marks 15 years since Tom Bott and Sam McGregor started London’s Signature Brew. The duo combined their backgrounds in the music industry and professional
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#211 | Tackling a Coeliac Diagnosis

Next week our first Brewers Lectures of 2026 takes place at the fantastic Full Circle Brew Co in Newcastle on the 25th February. We’ve got
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Remembering Des de Moor | Dear John

Des de Moor, the storied beer writer, tour guide, walk leader, tutored tasting host and Accredited Beer Sommelier, sadly passed away earlier this month. Here
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#210 | Atlantic Archipelago

The role provenance plays in beer is something we rightfully celebrate. It can give the beer an identity and a sense of place. And today’s
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#209 | Full Circle Brew Co

Fresh from celebrating the brewery’s latest birthday at the end of 2025, the team at Full Circle are gearing up for another year of growth
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#207 | Thornbridge, Bakewell

Fresh from celebrating their triumphant 20th anniversary in 2025, Thornbridge can reflect on another year of growth and evolution. And in 2026, beer fans can
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#206 | Tamar Banner, To Øl

Meet Tamar Banner, a veteran of the craft beer industry, having started brewing professionally in the US in 2001. In more than 24 years of brewing, she has worked in the brewhouse, cellar, packaging, quality, and
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#205 | Mikkeller Brewpub, London

From Café Kick to Coin Laundry, and from Moro to Mikkeller, Exmouth Market in London is a favourite spot for many in the capital. For
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#204 | A Year to Remember – Two Flints

It’s been another fantastic year for Windsor’s Two Flints… Following on from the recent release of their celebrated collab Double IPA with Ghost Whale’s Ray
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#200 | Bianca Road Brew Co

If you’re looking for a way to demonstrate how the UK craft beer scene has changed and evolved in the last decade, then the Bermondsey
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#198 | Pete Brown on Premiumisation

Pete Brown is a British author, journalist, broadcaster and consultant specialising in food and drink. His latest book ‘Tasting Notes: The Art and Science of
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#197 | Hop Compounds

Francesco Lo Bue is an agronomist with a degree in food technology, specialised in hops aromatic compounds. He’s also a brewer with 10 years of
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Safety and the brewing process

Gas safety is an issue that is attracting growing focus, not least with the increased use of new and more environmentally sustainable practices and materials.
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#196 | Marian Reed, Sudden Death Brewing

What is the secret behind running a successful brewery? For today’s guest, the ability to make strategic production choices and prioritize markets is key. Marian
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#193 | Anspach & Hobday

Our 2025 Brewers Choice Awards take place on the 30th September and Anspach & Hobday are nominated for both ‘Brewery of The Year’ and ‘Beer
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#192 | Simon Webster, Thornbridge

There are little more than three weeks to go until The 2025 Brewers Congress and Brewers Choice Awards. One company nominated in this year’s awards
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#191 | Brian Dickson, Northern Monk

Brian Dickson is the co-founder and technical director at Leeds-based Northern Monk. One of the UK’s finest brewers, he’s been an integral member of the
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#190 | Russian River Brewing Company

The 2025 release of Pliny The Younger, the ever-popular annual iteration of Russian River Brewing Company’s Triple IPA, was unsurprisingly a hit. So what better
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#186 | Kate Hyde, Hand Brew Co

How do you help get the beers you brew into the hands of more people? For Kate Hyde and the team at Brighton’s Hand Brew
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#183 | Jim Rangeley, Abbeydale Brewery

Jim Rangeley is the lead brewer of the mixed fermentation Funk Dungeon project at Sheffield’s revered Abbeydale Brewery. He is also a co-owner of the
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 #182 | Jordan Childs, Mash Gang

Meet Jordan Childs. Jordan is the co-founder and chief product officer at Mash Gang. What started in 2020 as an adventurous experiment in the world
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#176 | A mutual appreciation

In the brewing and distilling industries there is a mutual appreciation of the craftsmanship, skill and process involved in creating these fantastic liquids. And today’s
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#175 | RedWillow: 15 years young

This year RedWillow Brewery is raising a glass to 15 years of brewing bold, balanced beers. They’re marking the milestone with a packed calendar of
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#172 | Building a Brewery

Earlier this month Lost Cause Brewing, the independent brewery, founded in 2024 by Vik and Colin Stronge, completed a crowdfunding campaign help to bring beer
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#169 | Ann Obenchain, Brewers Association

Next month the Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America takes place in Indianapolis. From April 28th to 1st May, America’s largest gathering for the beverage
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#167 | Paul Anspach, Anspach & Hobday

Every so often a beer comes along and things just click. A combination of brilliant branding, a brilliant brewery and, of course, a brilliant beverage
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#166 | Lessons in Licensing

Off the back of his most recent address at this week’s Brewers Lectures in Bristol, we revisit Piers Warne’s talk from February 2024 where we
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#165 | Bec Blake, Sellar

Meet Bec Blake. In the last 13 years she has worked in almost every corner of the craft beer industry. From working in her local
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#164 | Caitlín McErlean, Cloudwater

What beers have you enjoyed brewing lately? For today’s guest it would probably be an alcohol-free Negroni sour, or perhaps an alcohol-free Margarita Gose. Quite
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#163 | Alex Kerr, Two Flints

“It takes two flints to make a fire” Where did the inspiration for your brewery name come from? For Alex Kerr, founder of Windsor, Berkshire-based
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#162 | Kate Hyde, Hand Brew Co

Which brewery, which style, or which beer, got you into the wonderful world of brewing? We will all have our own response and that’s what
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#161 | Russ Clarke, Amity Brew Co

In starting Amity Brew Co back in 2020, the team wanted a business that stood for community, friendship and good beer. And more than four
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#160 | Simon Webster, Thornbridge

There are certain joys, certain constants when it comes to the world of beer. And one of those has to be the pleasure when scanning
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#157 | Make your mark in marketing

When you’ve worked with award-winning brands in the world of beer and whisky delivering digital communication and paid media strategies, you’re likely to know a
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#156 | Beer, Brewing and London Life

Some things are just meant to be. And today’s guests are an example of just that. When Young’s ceased its London brewing operations in 2006,
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#153 | A Love of Lager

When it comes to the world of beer, Lager is big business. Recent research from Heineken in its 2024 Beer Report shows that Lager’s share
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#151 | Building a Brewery

Since starting out in 2021, Moonwake in Leith has become one of the UK’s most regarded breweries. Founded by a team with extensive craft beer
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#148 | The story of Holy Goat Brewing

Holy Goat is a Dundee based brewery specialising in the production of mixed- fermentation and wood aged beers. At Holy Goat, they’ve taken an unconventional
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#146 | The story of Closet Brewing

Welcome to Closet Brewing, an Edinburgh-based nano-brewery focused on producing unique seasonal beers. The founders Lucy and Lizzie Stevens, began as homebrewers (brewing quite literally out of
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#145 | The story of the Tripel Alliance

A great beer from a revered and respected brewery is always a pleasure.

But when you bring together three such outfits, creative forces that are admired
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#144 | The story of Heist Brew Co

Sheffield is one of the UK’s great beer cities. It’s a haven for great breweries, great beer and great people. Not to mention a wealth
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#138 | Lessons in Licensing

What’s the largest event you’ve organised alcohol licensing for?  Well, today’s guest has licensed major festivals such as Glastonbury, pubs, bars – oh and the
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#136 Jack Walker | Head Brewer, Azvex

As head brewer at Liverpool-based Azvex, Jack Walker is responsible for creating a raft of celebrated beers. And only this month, the brewery was awarded
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#131 | Biotechnology and your beer

How much do we understand about brewing ingredients and the advances that are taking place in this integral part of the sector? With that in
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Latvia | A love of beer

There are a wealth of brilliant breweries in the Baltics and in Latvia, lovers of beautiful beer have much to choose from. Tradition married with
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#119 | The state of play in CO₂

Gary Robson is CEO & Founder of Sure Purity, an award winning manufacturer of advanced filtration systems for the beverage industry, we are trusted by
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#118 John Keeling | A career in beer

To many, John Keeling surely needs no introduction. But for those unaware, John is the former brewing director of Chiswick, London-based Fuller’s. Regarded and respected
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#115 The road to Net Zero

The pressure is growing for all businesses to demonstrate a coherent response to the climate crisis. In this podcast, Andrew Furness of Net Zero Now
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#114 Find your creative truth

A love of ingredients and flavour exploration led Jordan Mower to open a nano brewery back in 2014. And nearly 10 years on UnBarred Brewery
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#111 What marketing is not

What is marketing, and what is it not? That’s the question Rachel Auty asks…. The head of marketing at Brew York, Rachel is a marketing
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#109 Mash Gang | Pushing the envelope

With Jordan from Mash Gang speaking at our Brewers Lectures in Newcastle next Wednesday, what better time to revisit our chat with him from January
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#104 Going global

When it comes to the world of no-and-low beers, they no longer on the periphery of the conversation – they are the conversation. The sale of
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#101 Turning beer green

The brewing industry has become a testing ground for the energy transition. Many drinkers want to drink responsibly: not just to protect their own health,
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#100 Moonwake

Welcome to Moonwake. Moonwake, or “the moon’s reflection on a body of water” speaks to the Scottish brewery’s Leith Shore location, the importance of water
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#99 23 years of beer

The brewing industry has changed a great deal in the last decade. Breweries have come and gone, as have numerous beer styles. But take a
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Technology | Is everything crystal clear?

Effective filtration is an integral aspect of the brewing process. Here Pete Arguile, managing director of Liquid Solutions, explains why. In simple terms, brewers and
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#96 Miranda Hudson | Duration Brewing

Miranda Hudson is the co-founder of Duration Brewing, a progressive farmhouse brewery that makes beers that belong in Norfolk. Starting out as a nomadic brewery
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#92 Mash Gang | Pushing the envelope

Gone are the days where choosing a beer without the alcohol meant forgoing genuine choice in the process. Countless macro businesses now offer 0.5% or
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#91 New Beginnings

Earlier this month, the team at Neptune Brewery moved into their new home. It’s a step that will allow them to cater for increased demand
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#90 Re-imagining beer

UK sales of low-alcohol and no-alcohol beers have almost doubled in the last five years. Alternative versions of global brands, while a raft of launches
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#89 Involve Everyone

With the 2022 iteration of The Brewers Congress almost among us, it was only right we revisitedthe closing remarks from last year’s event, delivered by
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#86 Communication is Key

With our 2022 Brewers Congress two months away, we thought it was the perfect time to revisit our 2021 keynote address. Greg Zeschuk knows a
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#84 Beavertown – Two Years Young

Earlier this week Beavertown announced it was to be fully acquired by Heineken UK. And earlier this summer, the brewery celebrated its 10th birthday. Much
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#83 Finding your place

The city of St Albans is one synonymous with great beer.  Home to the headquarters of CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, St Albans was
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#82 Something in The Water

When there’s some 1,300 breweries across the country, and nearly 300 in your province alone, it pays to be different. So what happens then when
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#80 Innovation and Invention

Just how do you keep on top of innovation? Do you follow the trends, or help create them? In the world of beer, over time,
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Dear John | Friends like these 

John Keeling has brewed many beers and visited countless countries during his career in beer. But for John, the most valuable asset has been the
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#79 What’s in a sales role?

What’s in a sales role? Sometimes it might be easier to ask what’s not in a sales role…. You’re dealing with a wealth of departments
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#78 Moving on up

Next weekend marks the inaugural These Hills, an intimate, carefully curated two day beer festival taking place in the town of Lewes in the South
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#75 Beers of America

Earlier this week, figures from across the brewing industry descended upon Minneapolis for the latest iteration of the Craft Brewers Conference and the 2022 World
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#74 Sureshot Brewery

Founded in 2020 but a long time in the making, Sureshot was born out of lockdown. The Manchester-based business, headed up by a brewer that
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#73 Neptune Brewery

During one their first dates, enjoying pints of mild, a couple while away the evening in one of the UK’s most fashionable cities. But no,
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#72 Craft in California

With the sunshine we head to California and learn that brewing, like any other profession, can take us on a journey we might not have
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#71 Duration Brewing

Life has a funny way of working out, even if you weren’t sure what you were looking for in the first place. For Miranda Hudson
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Aiming high | Moonwake Beer

Moonwake’s team started their beer careers on opposite sides of the world but in Leith they share a common bond. Melissa Cole meets the new
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Fruit, flavour and your beer

Fruit additions can add complexity and layers to your beer. In this piece, high quality natural ingredients supplier Kanegrade, outlines some of the options available
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American beers triumph in Europe

A number of American craft brewers had triumphed in two European beer competitions – the Brussels Beer Challenge and European Beer Star. The breweries form part
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Crossing Continents | Philadelphia, USA

When Philadelphia’s Yard Brewing Company took the decision to undertake the most significant expansion in its twenty-plus years in business, it had number of goalposts
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Made in Montreal

Beer is booming in Quebec. There’s more breweries than ever before, sales are up and, more importantly, an increasing diverse number of people are buying
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Fabriqué à Montréal

La bière est en plein essor au Québec. Il y a plus de brasseries que jamais, les ventes sont en hausse et, plus important encore,
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Proving your worth | Marble Brewery

In a year Manchester’s Marble Brewery celebrates being 22 years young, it’s time to toast a brewery that quietly gone about doing things its own
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Sambrook’s to relocate in London


London-based Sambrook’s Brewery is to relocate production to the nearby Ram Quarter in Wandsworth. The new facility will be set within the restored Grade-II listed
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Oxygen Control in Brewing

Beer staling exists, it’s a fact of life. So the aim of the brewer is not to prevent these processes from occurring, but to slow

New brewing scholarship launched

Dominion City Beer has collaborated with Beer.Diversity. and Niagara College to launch a new scholarship The scholarship will be awarded annually to one outstanding senior level

Rebranding your brewery

So you want to rebrand your brewery? Great. But there’s a lot to it, and you need to give careful consideration to every step, says
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Dear John | Give and Take

Many brewers have learned from John Keeling, the former head brewer at Fuller’s. Equally, he spent much of his brewing career seeking wisdom from others,
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Set your bar high | Ray Daniels

2018 has been a big year for Ray Daniels. Cicerone, the certification program designed for those that sell and serve beer, is celebrating its 10th
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The New Normal | Jenn Merrick

There’s a reason Jenn Merrick is courted by so many breweries. As a consultant to new and expanding businesses, Merrick has a CV that includes

The Art of Brewing | Collective Arts

Tobacco Dock in London is a vast, sprawling space. Spanning 16,000sqm, the building comprises two expansive floors. It’s a Grade I listed warehouse, built around
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Strive for accessibility | Mike Marcus

Mike Marcus isn’t afraid to make bold decisions. Many lamented his call to stop canning the brewery’s beers several years ago. They sold well and
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Protect your reputation | Pete Lengyel

“We’re cranking right now,” says Pete Lengyel, co-founder of Brooklyn’s Kings County Brewers Collective. And he ain’t lying. The brewery, perhaps more commonly known as
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The story of Elusive Brewing

The 8th September was something of a milestone for Andy Parker. His business, Elusive Brewing, was busy pouring its beers for the thousands of thirsty
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Prove your worth | Colin Stronge

Stronge believes that smaller, independent breweries need to do more to prove their beers are worth the higher price tag than so-called commodity rivals that
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Stick to your guns | Andy Leman

The recent Leeds International Beer Festival was a triumph in showcasing excellent modern beer produced both in the UK and overseas. But a cursory glance
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Northern Monk to open second taproom

The Leeds-based brewery, whose original taproom is housed in its refectory facility, is opening its Manchester taproom in the city’s Northern Quarter. The two-floor taproom

The Digital Brewer

Investment in brewery software is essential to take your brewery to the next level. Through software you can keep track of your product on hand

Making its mark in Manitoba

Surly Brewing Company has a lot to answer for. The Minnesota-based brewery has become one of North America’s most respected modern breweries thanks to beers
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Meet The Brewer | Grain Brewery

Norwich City of Ale is a city-wide celebration of city pubs, local breweries and good beer. Founded in 2011, it’s an excellent way to take in meet

Innovation in barrel ageing

Quite often at our barrel shop, we are approached by craft breweries asking for varied and different kinds of barrels that have previously held varied
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Great Expectations | Cloudwater

The Fisht Stadium in Sochi, Russia. It’s 10:45pm, 15th June, 2018. It’s the type of humid, sultry night that makes watching sport a challenging affair,
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Striking a Chord | Signature Brew

If you’re into your pop punk or hardcore genres of music, the Slam Dunk festival has been something of a saviour in recent years. As
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SIBA chair steps down

SIBA chairman Buster Grant has relinquished his role at the association. Grant, who is head brewer at Brecon Brewing in Wales, said he took the
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Petainer launches hybrid one-way keg

Petainer has unveiled its latest one-way petainerKeg, which can be filled by hand or through an automated system. The Hybrid can be used with universal

The Craft of Coopering

Re-coopering is essentially a process used to remove all the neutral oak on the interior surface of a barrel, re-toasting, re-assembly and leak sealing to
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The Story of | Wild Card Brewery

“Some 167 reviews and we’re averaging a 4.6 rating!” exclaims a proud Will Harris. “There are lots of other breweries that don’t come close to
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Quality Control: Brewing with Adjectives

Quality is an unusual term. Ostensibly an adjective we use it regularly to indicate an enhanced value to products.  “Quality foods”  “Quality holidays” when in
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140-year-old beer set for auction

The unopened beer, which was found in a garage in Gobowen, Shropshire, was brewed in Burton-upon-Trent and is expected to raise up to £600, reports

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