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BrewDog bar to reopen

Scottish craft brewer, BrewDog, by Tilray Brands, Inc. will reopen its Inverurie bar this month BrewDog Inverurie, located at 16 Market Place, has been reimagined as a community-first venue

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New MD at Alfa Laval

Alfa Laval UK & Ireland has appointed Alessandro Bracco as its new managing director, as part of a targeted push for growth in a number of key strategic

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US breweries hit UK market

Tilray Brands, the new owner of BrewDog, is launching 24 American craft beers from its portfolio into the UK market. The business, which acquired BrewDog

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Homebrew porter to hit Bristol taps

A porter that that started life in a homebrew competition has gained a commercial release in Bristol thanks to a local brewery. Basement Beer, the

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Oxford brewers make charitable donation

The Oxford Brewers Alliance, non-profit collective of breweries based in the Oxford region, have donated £12,000 to four charities following a successful Oxford Beer Bash.

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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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#201 | Ben Murphy, Ad Gefrin

In the world of drinks production it’s not unusual to find a mutual admiration between brewing and distilling. Especially if you were a graduate of

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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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#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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#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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#168 | Charlie Harding, Bonne Vivante

“What Did You Post That For?“ That’s the question asked by Charlie Harding, founder of Bonne Vivante Marketing. And in Bristol recently she shared her

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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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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UK beer – A Canadian perspective 

In his recent visits to the UK Greg Zeschuk, the founder of Edmonton, Alberta’s Blind Enthusiasm, has experienced the great and the good of the

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Taking beer head on | By The Horns

By The Horns were one of the so-called second wave of breweries to open in London when Alex Bull and Chris Mills started brewing professionally

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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

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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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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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BrewDog UK sales jump 97% in 2016

BrewDog recorded a £72m turnover in 2016, shipping 214,000HL of beer during the period. Sales of Punk IPA continued on an upward trajectory with sales