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Please RSVP via email to charlotte.turner@staustellbrewery.co.uk by Wednesday 28th October, including name, email (for the Teams invite), delivery address and contact number. Places are super limited – don’t miss out! St Austell Brewery is hosting an online vertical beer tasting to celebrate the launch of its 2026 edition of Extra Special Tribute (EST) on Thursday 5th November, 6:30-7:30pm (via Teams) with St Austell Brewery’s Brewing Director, Georgina Young. To mark this y

Prague's home of the world's first golden lager has successfully defended its crown for 2026, recognised for an experience that delivers the same high standard to every guest, every day. PRAGUE, 18 October 2026 - Pilsner Urquell: The Original Beer Experience (TOBE) announces its win as Europe's Leading Beer Tour Visitor Experience at the World Travel Awards 2026, retaining the title for the second year and confirming its place among the continent's most celebrated drinks attr

The Tame & Anker, located on Ellerbeck, officially reopened on Friday 9th October following a transformational investment of £350,000. The pub is part of Proper Pubs, the award-winning community wet-led operator division of Admiral Taverns, which operates more than 200 pubs across England, Scotland and Wales. Behind the bar are operators Carly and Pedro Costa, who are new to the industry but live very locally. Their energy and enthusiasm for the pub and the area enables them

The Good Apple Effect is a new initiative to reduce the misuse of power and tackle bullying in hospitality, whilst demonstrating that a better hospitality workplace culture is also better for business. Launched by Elton Mouna, the former MD of Remarkable Pubs and marketing director of Fuller’s, the initiative is endorsed by Ambassador Advisers Ceri Gott, Kate Nicholls OBE and Jeremy King MBE, and has formed strategic partnerships with Hospitality Action and the Licensed Trade

Grand Keg Recovery turns a familiar brewery frustration into a competition between brewery teams around the world. 19 October 2026 – Missing kegs. Every brewery has a story about them. Now brewery management software company Breww has turned the great keg hunt into a free game you can play in a web browser. Grand Keg Recovery puts players behind the wheel of a brewery truck, sending them around town to recover missing kegs before a vessel full of beer goes to waste. And it's

The deadline to submit content for this month's mailout is Sunday 25th October 2026. Each month, the Guild distributes a newsletter to members, industry partner representatives and the public which contains information and links to our members' latest work. Whether it is a book, an article, a broadcast or an event, this is a great way to share. To submit your work, please fill in the form found here. Guild members and industry partner representatives will automatically receiv

Britain’s oldest brewer, Shepherd Neame, is celebrating a number of accolades received throughout October, recognising the quality of its beers, the success of its pubs and the achievements of its team members. Its bottle-conditioned Kentish Strong Ale, 1698, has led the way, securing Gold at both the Great British Food Awards and the Taste of Kent Awards (TOKAs). At the Great British Food Awards, held in London on October 6, 1698 took Gold in the Beer and Lager category. Whi

Independent brewery T&R Theakston is launching a new 3.9% ABV classic British Bitter named Stand Fast to pubs and bars, brewed especially for the Remembrance period, with demand for the limited-edition product from the on-trade so high, the beer sold out in 24 hours. Available from mid-October, Stand Fast has been crafted to honour the service, sacrifice and enduring contribution past and present, made by members of the British Armed Forces, with the brewery committing to 100

Launch of new India Pale Ale from originators of the famous style marks the biggest milestone yet in the revival of one of Britain's most influential breweries, Allsopp’s Fresh interpretation of the beer that helped establish Burton-upon-Trent as the world's brewing capital and made possible by the discovery of the only surviving Allsopp’s brewing ledger containing more than 100 original recipes Jamie Allsopp, a descendant of founder Samuel Allsopp, says launch completes the

Popular community pub, the Apsley House on Auckland Road West in Southsea recently reopened following a combined investment of over £120,000 from experienced licensee, Kate Thatcher and Admiral Taverns, the UK’s leading community pub company. This refurbishment has breathed a new lease of life into the Apsley House and modernised the overall look and feel of the pub, which has ultimately enabled the licensee to further cement it as the go-to community hub for local residents.

Monday 19th October 8-9pm BST Online Course (Session will be recorded and made available to members afterwards) Join Beer Writer of the Year (2019,2021) and chair of the Guild Jonny Garrett for an hour-long session introducing you to the wild world of social video – now one of the most powerful ways to reach the beer drinking audience and promote the rest of your work. We'll explore what has made a success of several influencers and broadcasters from (Jonny's own) Craft Beer

A SPECIAL FYNEFEST INVITATION FOR BRITISH GUILD OF BEER WRITERS MEMBERS Guild members can access the discount code by logging into the Membership Area. If you have not registered for the website, please email secretary@beerguild.co.uk At FyneFest, there's nothing we love more than bringing people together over great beer, and we'd love to welcome more of the Guild's beer-loving community to Glen Fyne next summer! We're celebrating our 15th FyneFest from 4-6 June 2027, with a

Martín Deutsch, an MA Innovation Management student at Central Saint Martins in London, is exploring how deadlines, working rhythms and uncertainty influence creative decisions. Beer writers, photographers, illustrators, producers and other creative practitioners or students aged 18+ anywhere in the world are invited to complete a voluntary, unpaid 5–6 minute academic survey. Responses will contribute to his MA dissertation. Take part: https://forms.gle/WM5zVzrLhGZfK6Wu9 Dead

Independent family brewer Shepherd Neame was proud to sponsor the Contemporary Kent Artists (CKA) exhibition series, featuring more than 30 local artists, for a second year. The exhibition, which opened at the Horsebridge Art Centre in Whitstable on Thursday, October 8, showcases original pieces from creatives across Kent based around the theme of ‘We Are Our Memory’, inspired by Jorge Luis Borges’ poem ‘Cambridge’. The 11-day event has been accompanied by a series of artist

You have until 18th October to send us your nominations. It's that time of the year again when we ask you to nominate your choice for the Brewer of the Year (sponsored by SIBA) and Beer of the Year, and give your reasons. The two awards will be presented at our annual Awards & Dinner, taking place at Big Penny Social on Wednesday 25th November. Please note, nominations can only be submitted by individual Guild members. If you are not an individual Guild member, your nominatio

A partnership brewed in Lewes Independent Sussex brewer Harvey’s Brewery has become the official front-of-shirt sponsor of Lewes FC Men’s First Team, bringing together two historic Lewes institutions with a shared passion for their hometown. Harvey’s has been brewing in Lewes since 1790, while Lewes FC was founded just down the road at The Royal Oak pub in 1885. By then, Harvey’s had already been established in the town for nearly a century, so it’s quite possible that a pint

The Sportsman in Reading has reopened with a fresh new look following a £250,000 investment by pub owner Greene King. With a new look for the pub comes an exciting new food offer, Clucking Crispy Chicken, from top chef Jonas Lodge – bringing delicious fried chicken to The Sportsman. The Sportsman will reopen as one of Greene King Pub Partner’s franchise Nest Pubs sites. Nest Pubs is one of two franchise concepts operated by Greene King Pub Partners – the leased, tenanted and

Allsopp’s IPA is brewed with Golden Promise malt and Challenger hops, delivering a dark copper colour, rounded bitterness and sweet malt backbone New IPA draws on the historic beer that helped turn Allsopp’s into a global brewing name and established Burton-upon-Trent as the brewing capital of the UK Recipe informed by the only known surviving Allsopp’s brewing ledger, containing more than 100 original beers Available to the on-trade in nine-gallon casks as revived brewer tar

Admiral Taverns, the UK’s leading community pub company, is pleased to announce yet another year of significant investment in its estate, with a planned capex budget of £38.4 million confirmed for FY27. Backed by the support of Proprium Capital Partners, the Group’s continued commitment to investment in its estate is reflection of Admiral’s focus on supporting its entrepreneurial licensees and underpinning the long-term growth of its nationwide portfolio of sustainable commun

Golden Lion refurbishment backs community pubs and local hospitality as Amber continues investment in its estate The new look bar, with further investment planned in the external appearance of the building, with improvements to signage, decoration and the rear beer garden continuing into 2027. Amber Taverns has completed a £75,000 refurbishment of the Golden Lion in Ashton-in-Makerfield, investing in the future of a community pub in Prime Minister Andy Burnham's Makerfield co