Beery News from What’s Brewing

• Double drop commitment to cask
  by Timothy Hampson
  Brakspear cask beers, including the flagship Original Gravity bitter, are now being brewed at Hogs Back in Tongham, Surrey triggering a significant investment in installing traditional double-drop brewing at the brewery. The new […]
• Liquid gold rises from the depths
  by Roger Protz
  A 162 year-old bottle of Guinness rescued from a shipwreck is being analysed by brewing experts to see if the beer can be brought back to life. If successful, it would give a […]
• New guide to Island delights
  by Dave Pickersgill
  The fourth booklet in the Sheffield pub heritage walk series is now available: Kelham Island. Sponsored by Abbeydale Brewery and Kelham Island Brew Co., this publication concentrates on Kelham Island. Included are copious […]
• Brewers call for beer tax cut
  by Timothy Hampson
  Hundreds of brewers are urging the chancellor to Drop the Tap Tax in his Budget next month to support community pubs and breweries. They have launched a new national campaign asking pubgoers, beer […]
• Younger drinkers lead charge for cask brands
  by John Porter
  Younger beer drinkers are increasingly ordering the cask beers they remember their parents and grandparents drinking at the pub. Gen Z and younger millennials, broadly those aged 18-35, are as likely to enjoy […]
• Free CAMRA festival tickets for out-of-pocket punters
  by WB Reporter
  Hundreds of people who lost money following the cancellation of a Sound Bites food-and-music event are being offered free entry to CAMRA’s St Albans Beer and Cider Festival. The festival, which returns to […]
• Cask is a beer only available in pubs
  by Roger Protz
  CAMRA’s chief executive Tom Stainer put it well: “It’s frustrating that media, which usually ignores everything positive we do and generally ignores beer, chooses to pick up on this.” He was referring to […]