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morningadvertiser.co.uk | Nikkie Thatcher |Gary Lloyd |Rebecca Weller
The offer is across the bank holiday weekend from Friday 18 to Monday 21 April in BrewDog bars in England, Wales and Ireland. In Scottish bars, the pint price will be £1.92. For the rest of the month, pints of Punk IPA will be sold for £5 across all bars while £10 pint and burger vouchers will be available on four, eight and 12 packs of Punk IPA, which are redeemable at bars. The brew has featured in the top 10 craft beer brands on multiple times.
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morningadvertiser.co.uk | Gary Lloyd
The Norfolk brewer’s tipple was crowned Champion Mild Ale of Britain in 1993-94 and will undoubtedly be a welcome return for many. Woodforde’s said the 3.2% ABV dark mild ale is “steeped in Norfolk heritage, rich in flavour and crafted to spark great conversation”. It described the beer as being brewed with a “complex blend” of chocolate malt, oats, wheat and a “delicate touch” of British hops.
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morningadvertiser.co.uk | Rebecca Weller |Gary Lloyd
Pub favourites such as chicken wings, burgers, skewers and the popular Sunday roast are all under pressure on pub menus as the supply chain faces major challenges. Concerns have been raised that UK chicken producers, who have been unable to expand operations due to restrictive planning laws, will be unable to meet demand. This is due, in part, to higher welfare standards, which means that lower number of birds are being kept in barns.
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morningadvertiser.co.uk | Michelle Perrett |Gary Lloyd
The company said the acquisition establishes Majestic Group as the UK’s largest premium wine specialist in retail, wholesale and hospitality. The acquisition includes all of Enotria&Coe’s 300 staff, its fleet of delivery vehicles and existing inventory, as well as the leases on its bonded warehouse and offices in Park Royal, and The Great Wine Co store in Bath.
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morningadvertiser.co.uk | Nikkie Thatcher |Gary Lloyd
The award was presented to Alton at CAMRA’s Members’ Weekend 2025 in Torquay this month (April). His ‘tireless fight’ for the interests of publicans in Westminster and continuously raising awareness of pubs being at the heart of their communities were just two reasons cited as to why the trade body chief executive took the title.
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morningadvertiser.co.uk | Gary Lloyd
Fresh Ale was introduced to the on-trade by then named Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company in March 2024 – with the premise being a cask-style beer sold in keg format. While cask ale, which undergoes a secondary fermentation in the barrel, should be at its optimum quality for just three days, Fresh Ale stays at its peak for 14 days. Carlsberg Britvic said an increase in the number of pubs and bars buying Fresh Ale will help “reinvigorate the popularity of cask”.
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morningadvertiser.co.uk | Gary Lloyd |Nikkie Thatcher
The event, which was held at Between The Bridges, Waterloo, London, saw dozens of breweries and cideries come together for three days with lots of food options and live music. Keystone Brewing GroupKeystone Brewing Group, which counts Black Sheep Brewery, Purity, Big Drop, Magic Rock, Fourpure, North Brewing Co, Brick, Brew By Numbers (BBNo) and Hofmeister among its brands, had plenty of its beers on show.
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morningadvertiser.co.uk | Gary Lloyd |Shwetali Sapte |Rebecca Weller
The now Bakewell-based business was established in 2005 by Webster and Jim Harrison in outbuildings at Thornbridge Hall country house near the village of Great Longstone in the Derbyshire Dales. It is famed for its 5.9% ABV Jaipur IPA and operating a number of pubs, including the Market Cat, in York; the Bankers Cat, in Leeds; and the Colmore, in Birmingham. There are plans to open the Wild Swan in London, plus two more pubs in 2025.
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morningadvertiser.co.uk | Rebecca Weller |Gary Lloyd
The Morning Advertiser’s (The MA) Drinks List 2025, based on data from CGA, showed the overall spirits category saw a 4.5% drop in volume and 10.1% decrease in value last year. Of all the segments measured, gin saw some of the biggest losses in the category. See The MA’s Drinks List 2025 hereGordons, Beefeater, Bombay Sapphire, Hendricks, Whitley Neill and Tanqueray all made the list, though each brand saw falls in volume and value in 2024.
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morningadvertiser.co.uk | Michelle Perrett |Gary Lloyd |Nikkie Thatcher
The call comes as the Government’s reform of the business rates system, which it said will provide a permanently lower level of business rates for the sector, the Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Act received Royal Assent, becoming law. However, this legislation will not be implemented until April 2026. The reform intends to produce a permanently lower business rate multiplier for hospitality, leisure and high street retail business premises.
