Beery News from What’s Brewing

• Brewing enigma dies
  by Roger Protz
  The death of Humphrey Smith at the age of 81 sees the passing of the controversial owner of Samuel Smith’s brewery in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire. He leaves a legacy of closed and shuttered […]
• Troubled beer giant gets £50m boost
  by Timothy Hampson
  The new owner of Scottish beer giant BrewDog has spent more than £50m in a bid to stabilise the floundering company. Tilray Brands chief executive Irwin Simon said he was “real happy” the […]
• Lobby your MP to protect authentic cider and perry
  by WB Reporter
  CAMRA is urging government to put an end to industrial drinks made from as little as 35 per cent juice by global companies, which can be taxed and sold as cider and perry. […]
• Pop-up micropub closes in on permanent home
  by WB Reporter
  Pop-up micropub, the Two Tails Taproom in Heathfield, East Sussex is awaiting final approvals for its move to a permanent home in a former womenswear boutique (above).  Two Tails is the brainchild of […]
• Brewers back CAMRA’s call for competition probe
  by Timothy Hampson
  CAMRA’s call for the competition watchdog to probe the dominance of big brewers has been backed by the country’s smaller producers. The Campaign’s Beer in the UK report claims independent breweries are “excluded” […]
• CAMRA calls for UK beer market investigation
  by WB Reporter
  A new report, published today by CAMRA, shows how independent brewers are being excluded from bars across the UK, and sets out the case for Competition and Markets Authority action.   Beer in the […]
• Unite to make a beer market for drinkers
  by Ash Corbett-Collins
  Today, CAMRA has published Beer in the UK, a report launching our renewed campaign for the Competition and Markets Authority to launch an investigation. Read the full report and more here: camra.org.uk/beer-report   Beer […]