Guild Secretary

Pub campaigners highlight misleading sales tactics over pub properties CAMRA has issued a warning to potential developers looking at buying pubs for conversion, explaining that the sales tactics and details of the property listings are misleading and unenforceable under current planning rules. Since 2017, any change of use of a pub in England needs planning permission, so the decision that non-pub use can apply is one for local authorities to make, not developers or pub groups that are...

Kelham Island Brewery has brought back a classic from its archive: Brooklyn Smoked Porter, a collaboration with Garrett Oliver, Brewmaster of Brooklyn Brewery. First brewed in 2006, when Sheffield Council was considering naming a bridge in the Kelham Island area the “Brooklyn Bridge”. After a successful run in cask last year, it will return in this format, and in keg and can for the first time. A portion of the proceeds will benefit The Michael James Jackson Foundation for Brewing and...

Independent Brighton brewery Lost Pier Brewing is putting its critically acclaimed 0.5% Nitro Stout in the spotlight this winter, offering dark beer fans and mindful drinkers a decadent option to enjoy in bars or at home throughout Christmas and Dry January. First introduced to rave reviews and commended at the World Alcohol Free Awards 2026, Lost Pier’s 0.5% Nitro Stout delivers full-bodied luxury without the alcohol. The judges’ tasting note at the awards stated that Nitro is “Quaffable and...