Protz On Beer, by Roger Protz

With hot summers forecast for years to come, it's essential that pubs install equipment to keep cask beer cool.

Rob Jones, who won Champion Beer of Britain with his Dark Star ale, has died aged 69.

Greene King's shock decision to sell its Old Speckled Hen range is due to the greed of retailers in the off trade who demand such deep discounts that there's no income for brewers.

After a gap of eight years, CAMRA's Good Beer Guide Belgium is back with a new editor, Tim Skelton.

Leading cask beer brewer Greene King is launching a special range of cask beers that will refresh drinkers watching the World Cup tournament this summer.

Journalist MIke Critchley has devoted 40 years to visiting pubs throughout the British Isles and has a feast of stories of history, architecture, good beer and breweries.

The weather is getting warmer and it's time to unwrap with some beers from far and near.

An amber beer, brewed with rare rye crystal malt, has won CAMRA's prestigious Champion Winter Beer of Britain competition.

St Austell Brewery in Cornwall is celebrating its 175th anniversary with a special range of cask ales, some drawn from recipes in old brewing books.

Ted Bruning, who has died aged 68, was a leading writer on beer, breweries and pubs.

Suffolk brewer Greene King, the biggest brewer of cask ale in Britain, will launch a range of new cask beers in 2026 along with new pump clip designs.

Dougal Sharp (left), founder of Innis & Gunn, has joined forces with Jamie Allsopp to recreate a historic beer from the 19th century.

Great interest is being shown by independent brewers in Porter and Stout, beer styles from the 18th century.

The Open Gate Brewery in Covent Garden restores brewing to central London.

It's that time of year when Santa gets stuck up the chimney after too many Christmas beers.

Research since the Budget shows that, far from going down, business rates for pubs will rise dramatically over the next few years.

AB In Bev, the world's biggest brewer, has bowed to grassroots campaigners and has launched a major promotion for Draught Bass.

An appeal to Chancellor Rachel Reeves to take urgent steps to help British pubs by removing business rates, cutting VAT and excise duty and removing anomaly where supermarkets don't pay VAT on beer sales

David Bruce built his small change of Firkin pubs in the 1970s and 1980s but their story is still relevant today.

Martyn Cornell, who died in June, spent many years researching the history of Porter and Stout.

Global brewers say demand for cask beer has fallen, forcing them to close breweries.

Laura Hadland has written a superbly researched book on the history of British beer festivals.

Garrett Oliver, the legendary brewmaster at the Brooklyn Brewery in New York City, has brewed a special strong dark mild using the Union set at Thornbridge Brewery.

Hall & Woodhouse, the Dorset brewery famous for Badger beers, is producing a series of Founders Day beers to commemorate members of the Woodhouse family.

Martyn Cornell, a brilliant beer writer, researcher and historian of brewing, has died suddenly aged 72.

Ken Don was head brewer at Young's from 1980 until it closed.

Hook Norton Brewery dates from the 19th century and has remained true to traditional beer and ways of brewing.

Craft brewers in the United States face a tough battle as they face increased competition from the global giants and now Trump's tariffs on imported grain and aluminium for cans.

The Chiltern Brewery has done Roger Protz the great honour of producing a special edition of its Bodgers Barley Wine called Roger's Bodgers.

Greene King has added to its craft and cask portfolio with two new beers.

Phil Mellows and Kate Simon have compiled a brilliant book that celebrates some fine British pubs along with places to stay and visit throughout the country, This is a great contribution to supporting and saving community pubs at a time when so many are c…

Hertfordshire grows fine grain for brewing and the county once had a multitude of malting companies.

Thornbridge Brewery, which rescued a redundant Burton Union fermentation set from Marston's last year, is launching a new beer, 1838, at CAMRA's Great British Winter Beer Festival in Rotherham next week.

Jamie Allsopp, a descendant of the great Burton brewer Samuel Allsopp, has found recipes for IPA and Pale Ale from the 19th century and recreated them along with the famous/infamous keg beer Double Diamond.

Adrian Tierney-Jones has written a remarkable book that's more than a pub guide.

A new book on home brewing by Andy Parker and Jamil Zainasheef will help beer lovers to create great beers at home.

A superb range of beers for the festive season that make great companions for food or as stand-along drinks.

Thomas Hardy's Ale has had a turbulent history like one of the author's Wessex novels.

Covid still has an impact on sales of beer today.

Not content with closing Jennings, Ringwood and Wychwood, Carlsberg now plans to close Banks's in Wolverhampton, the 100,000 barrel a year brewery famous for Black Country Mild and Bitter.

Britain's legion of small independent brewers is tackling the problem of drinkers being misled by global lager giants who market such brands as Beavertown and Camden as indies.

Broughton Brewery in the Scottish Borders is celebrating 40 years of brewing Old Jock, a style known as a "Wee Heavy".

The launch of Fuller's Vintage Ale 2024 is a cause for celebration, greeted by beer lovers in common with wine buffs' welcome for the latest Bordeaux vintage.

Emma Cole and Al Wall have restarted brewing at Burton Bridge in Burton-on-Trent and they continue to make the beers launched by the late Geoff Mumford.

In a major study of the history of women brewers, Dr Christina Wade shows how the Black Death of the 14th century diminished their role and men came to dominate commercial beer making.

There's a growing media storm warning of the dangers of drinking alcohol.

Jacob Collier has been the MP for Burton-on-Trent for only a few weeks but he's busy on the beer and brewery front.

Geoff Mumford (on the right) founded Burton Bridge Brewery in 1982, one of the first small independent breweries.

Marston's has ended 190 years of brewing by selling its breweries to Carlsberg, Carlsberg, which has also bought Britvic, says it will create an integrated beer and soft drinks business, and will continue to supply ale as well as lager to pubs.

The Heritage Brewery in Burton was forced to look for a new site when the National Brewery Centre closed.