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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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‘We have a Dream’ Scotland World Cup beer launched in support of Tartan Army
Loch Lomond, the award-winning Scottish brewery, has unveiled its support for the Tartan Army and the Scotland national football team heading to this summer’s FIFA
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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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#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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#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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#208 | Red Kellie, First & Last Brewery
When it comes to brewing, what excites you? The beautiful thing about beer is that we all come at it from different directions, with different
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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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#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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#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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#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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#185 | Jack Walker, Azvex Brewing Company
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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#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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#127 | Basil Lee – Back to Basics
When America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold… We’ve all probably heard that saying, or at least a variant of it. In
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Lucky Saint launches alcohol-free IPA
Alcohol-free beer brand Lucky Saint has launched its second beer – the Alcohol-Free Superior Hazy IPA. After two years of research and development, Lucky Saint
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Summer Report: Sales
In early 2023 IPAs still reign supreme with the rise of New England IPAs showing no sign of slowing down, explains Juha Karppinen, the co-
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IPA: The ‘most Googled beer’ in 31% of England’s counties
IPA has come out top in England of the various beer styles being searched on Google, a recent data study from Dorking Brewery has found.
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Spring Report: Yeast
Hello reader, and welcome to the universe of brewers yeast. I’m Andrew Paterson Technical Sales Manager UK, Ireland and Scandinavia, and it is my job
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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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#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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#76 “Don’t try and grow your way out of your problems” – John Taylor, Drop Project
“Brewing beer is easy, but producing good beer takes real skill,” John Taylor, co-founder of London’s Drop Project Brewing Co once told us. With a
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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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Green Times Brewing extends range of CBD beers
Green Times Brewing has extended its range of CBD beers with the addition of ‘Take Five’ Following the successful release of their CBD IPA and
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A Journey Through IPA
Lallemand Brewing has recently partnered with Verdant Brewing Co on the commercial launch of the house strain from this leading brewery. Here, Robert Percival, regional
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Why current dry-hopping techniques face challenges coping with bigger hop volumes
A new generation of beers with a more pronounced and aromatic hop flavour are getting more and more interest from a broad beer drinking audience,
Drinking less; willing to spend more
For health and wellness reasons, consumers are drinking less alcohol, but when they do have a beer, they’re willing to pay more, according to a
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Northern Powerhouse | The story of Wylam Brewery
Everyone hopefully knows someone like Dave Stone. He’s the uncle that would slip you a crisp £20 note in your birthday card when you’re a
Dominion City Brewing Co launch Drop Bear IPA
The brewery, established in 2014, said its latest beer is loaded with peach, melon and orange hop flavour. Drop Bear IPA is a 6.5% beer
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Lagunitas to open UK Brewery
US brewery Lagunitas is to open a UK brewery in the coming years, brewmaster Jeremy Marshall confirmed. “We have been so successful in the UK in
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Beer Trends and The Supermarket Challenge
The UK beer landscape is changing. Consumption levels in the off-trade last year, once again, overtook the amount of beer being drunk in pubs and
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Goose Island launches new IPA in the UK
Goose Midway is the latest addition to Goose Island’s beer portfolio in the UK. The 4.1% session IPA complements the brewery’s higher-strength flagship Goose IPA,
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Yeastie Boys | Stu McKinlay comes out fighting
“I can safely say that this is the busiest I have ever been at any point in my life. There’s no doubt about it,” explains
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Oakham Ales broadens ‘Craftworks’ range with seven new beers
The Peterborough brewery has introduced the 4.5% ‘Blonde’ and a 6.5% ‘Export Stout’ to complement its existing ‘Green Devil IPA’. Oakham plans to broaden the
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Meet the Brewer | The Five Points Brewing Company
We thought we were going to be ‘Johnny come lately’, we really did. So to be here now, doing what we’re doing is something we
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Fuller’s launch 5.3% ‘IPA’
The new 5.3% beer follows on from the launch of its’ Montana Red’ ale late last year. Available from tomorrow (5 January) the beer is
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Harviestoun Brewery broadens range with two new beers
The former is a raspberry infused black ale created by head brewer Amy Cockburn, which uses the brewery’s popular ‘Old Engine Oil’ as a base.
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Meet the Brewer: Logan Plant, Beavertown
Days before our visit to Beavertown, Logan Plant and his team were busy brewing with Oklahoma’s venerable Prairie Ales, producing a golden oak-fermented beer with
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Indian Brewery Company on making brewing a family affair
“I could feel my mother’s disappointment when she knew I made the choice to not go to university. I would always say to her not
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BrewDog juggernaut marches on with US brewery and bar plans
The company will be constructing a 100,000 square foot brewery that will serve its North American customers, as well as house its US offices, a visitor
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Robinsons Brewery expands beer offering as exports climb
The brewery is celebrating 42% like-for-like growth in export sales and has cited the popularity of “premium British beer” for its ongoing success. Ben Robinson,
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Stewart Brewing moves into cans with Radical Road pale ale
The 6.4% ale, which is brewed with Magnum, Cascade, and Centennial hops, was first launched in 2011 and has been available in cask, keg and
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Weird Beard unveils Japanese IPA
Tsujigiri, which also features yuzu to add citrus character, is brewed with Sorachi Ace and Chinook hops, the latter used to complement the sake yeast.
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Beavertown launches first canned TIPA
The beer, which features Citra, Mosaic and Crystal hops, is a collaboration with Oregon-based Boneyard Brewing. Available in 330ml cans (from a dwindling number of
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BrewDog launches Stone Brewing Co-inspired ‘Born To Die’ IPA
BrewDog has launched ‘Born To Die’, an IPA that carries an explicit best before date inspired by California’s Stone Brewing Co’s ‘Enjoy By…’ series of
