Beery News from What’s Brewing

• Footy theme for latest summer beers
  by WB Reporter
  Greene King is launching its seasonal summer cask range alongside a programme of football-themed promotions. Returning for May and June is Hopping Special, a 4.2 per cent ABV amber beer brewed with five […]
• Pub’s key role in CAMRA history celebrated
  by Timothy Hampson
  Pints of cask beer were raised in St Albans to celebrate the survival of the Farriers Arms, a pub that played a key role in the 55 year-history of CAMRA. A new plaque […]
• Champion beer to be crowned at Cambridge fest
  by WB Reporter
  The best beers in the UK will be battling it out for CAMRA’s prestigious Champion Beer of Britain crown at the Cambridge Beer Festival next week. CAMRA’s longest-running festival (above), and one of […]
• New look and rising sales for rescued brewer
  by WB Reporter
  Somerset’s Exmoor brewery is sporting a new look on the bar, marking a year since new investment in the business rescued brewing in its home town of Wiveliscombe. Local MP Rachel Gilmour celebrated […]
• Pubco warns surging costs may hit profits
  by Timothy Hampson
  Pubco JD Wetherspoon has warned profits could come in slightly below expectations after a fresh surge in costs hit the pub giant, despite continued growth in sales. The group, which operates 794 managed […]
• Why pride is still important
  by David Jesudason
  Sadly, it’s not unusual these days to be online and suddenly confronted with the type of prejudice that should’ve been consigned to the dustbin of history. The kind of hate speech that is […]
• Staying cool on planet Earth
  by Roger Protz
  One of the astronauts on the mission to the moon in April said planet Earth looked beautiful when seen from space. But planet Earth runs the risk of being burnt to a crisp […]