Big Hug Brewing Co has secured a two-year UK distribution deal with Handpicked Drinks, opening up new opportunities for the social impact-focused brand beertoday.co.uk/2026/01/07/b... #beer #beernews #socialimpact

Brookfield Drinks has secured the exclusive UK distribution rights for La Goudale, a popular independent French beer brewed by Brasserie Goudale beertoday.co.uk/2026/01/07/l... #beer #beernews #frenchbeer

Pitching hard to the brutalist demographic.

BLOG POST: No, don't put your mate on speaker in the pub. What are you doing? Why are you doing that? What is *wrong* with you? boakandbailey.com/2026/01/ill-...

Reached pub nirvana yesterday. Sat in the Southampton Arms, alongside my oldest friend, whom I've known since I was 3. We shared a sausage roll, drank ESB, and nattered whilst a man named Lee played ABBA's Chiquitita on the nearby piano. Hard to beat that.

Every day on the home page, a News in Brief update. Today, the turn of Neptune and UnBarred breweries, and Purbeck Cider Co. Don't forget to check them out (generally, product launches and event announcements)! #beer #beernews #cider #cidernews Neptune Brewery UnBarred Brewery beertoday.co.uk

Brains Brewery has named the two Welsh artists who have been commissioned to design the pumpclips for its Six Nations ales beertoday.co.uk/2026/01/06/b... #beer #beernews #beerart #rugby @brainsbrewery.bsky.social

Lucky Saint is bringing pub and hospitality groups together this January to give away 100,000 free alcohol-free beers in more than 1,000 venues across the UK beertoday.co.uk/2026/01/06/l... #beer #beernews #pubs #pubnews #dryjanuary

Terrible brewery news to start the year. Petition to Wind Up Farr Brew, Hertfordshire based, lovely range of beers, facing financial pressure & unlucky to have had to move from their Wheathampstead location due to landlord issues. They also run pubs inc. the wonderful Elephant & Castle. #BskyBeer

Claire Daniels and Mike Shorland, of Rull Orchard, have been celebrating an award-winning year for their sustainable ciders and perries beertoday.co.uk/2026/01/06/r... #cider #cidernews #perry

Hydes has revealed its new ale line-up for 2026, a 12-month celebration of creative hairstyles brought to life through a series of characterful cask releases. Hats off to the marketing department here! beertoday.co.uk/2026/01/06/h... #beer #beernews #caskale #realale

'Even one drink a day raises mouth cancer risk by 50%, study warns' says the @the-independent.com headline. Read on and you'll see that's "when combined with chewing tobacco". And of course there's no indication of the absolute risk, *sigh* www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

A blog on the problems facing pubs as we enter a key year for the sector. The key message: we need to keep channels of communication open. beertoday.co.uk/2026/01/05/p... #pubs #pubsnews #businessrates #pubcampaigns #saveourpubs @campaignforpubs.bsky.social @camraofficial.bsky.social

Brew York’s Brewery Bash returns on 17th and 18th Marsh, and volunteers are being sought to help out over the big weekend beertoday.co.uk/2026/01/03/b... #beer #beernews #york

Queer Brewing have added Brighter, Bolder, a hazy IPA, to their alcohol-free line-up, designed to deliver full flavour and body at just 0.5% ABV beertoday.co.uk/2026/01/02/q... #beer #beernews #alcoholfree @queerbrewing.bsky.social

Historic Export Stout recreated in Burton-on-Trent protzonbeer.co.uk/beers/2026/0... #BskyBeer

Café Chez Nous, Dijon 🇨🇵 1st visit. What a great place to begin! Open New Year's Day and rammed. 2 rooms. A really unpretentious, lovely, artsy and friendly holdout which I understand is a longstanding institution. Fair prices for drinks & basic grub. Board games & gigs. 7.2% ambrée biere au fût 🍻👍

Think of American craft beer and food pairings and what comes to mind? asks Lotte Peplow, European craft beer ambassador for the Brewers Association. Burgers, ribs, sausages and steak? Our exclusive monthly column is here... beertoday.co.uk/2026/01/01/b... #beer #craftbeer #americanbeer #beerandfood

Shepherd Neame is sponsoring an up-and-coming Sandwich-based darts player who used to be one of the publican’s licensees beertoday.co.uk/2026/01/01/s... #pub #pubnews #darts @shepherdneame.bsky.social

This year has been the most successful year on record for the ‘no and low’ beer market, new research from the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has revealed beertoday.co.uk/2025/12/30/l... #beer #beernews #lowalcohol #noalcohol

Paul Hegarty, a trustee of the Licensed Trade Charity and a non-executive director of SIBA, has been named as an MBE in the New Year’s Honours list beertoday.co.uk/2025/12/31/p... #hospitality #newyearhonours

A unique ‘Giftmas’ tree appeal through Joseph Holt pubs has seen big-hearted customers ensure that 10,000 children will have a present to unwrap on Christmas Day beertoday.co.uk/2025/12/24/h... #pubs #pubsnews #christmas

T&R Theakston is marking the retirements of two long-serving team members with a combined service totalling more than half a century beertoday.co.uk/2025/12/23/t... #brewery #brewerynews

Following its purchase of Castle Eden Brewery earlier this year, Powder Monkey Group has reinforced its capacity in the North East by acquiring Maxim Brewery, in Sunderland beertoday.co.uk/2025/12/23/p... #beer #beernews #brewery #brewerynews

Breaking: Powder Monkey Group has acquired Double Maxim Brewery in Sunderland. "This addition reinforces both the capability and capacity in the North East following the acquisition of Castle Eden Brewery earlier in the year," says Powder Monkey CEO Andy Burdon. Full story on website later...

That's it for Beer Today for a week or so while I take some time to consider its future. If you've loved the coverage this year, please consider helping to sway my decision by popping along to patreon.com/beertoday. Have a merry Christmas holiday and, hopefully, a more prosperous New Year. #beernews

On Beer Today now: Travels inspire apprentice's New Zealand Pale Ale; Vocation celebrates an award-winning year; pub sales lead the way across hospitality sector #beer #beernews #pubs #pubsnews @shepherdneame.bsky.social

On Beer Today now: The Indian Brewery prepares for take-off at Birmingham Airport; Butcombe boosts funds for charities and community groups; BBPA launches academy graduate scheme; and the regular releases round-up #beer #beernews #pubs #pubnews #bars #hospitality

As it turned out, there was only a small queue, but as the re-opening day drew on, The Star regained the buzz for which it is known up and down the country beertoday.co.uk/2025/12/18/s... #pub #pubnews #beer #beernews

On Beer Today now: Limited stock of Hook Norton's Double Stout; Exeter Festival of Beer and Cider to return; Special Firebrand beers for Arc of Attrition; Arctic Ale gets a warm reception in Edinburgh #beer #beernews #beerfestival #stout @hooknortonbrewery.bsky.social @camraofficial.bsky.social

On Beer Today now: Dates confirmed for 2026 Craft Beer Expo; Cider leads modest growth in UK on-trade; More breweries announced for Hop City; and New village store for Norfolk community pub. #beer #beernews #cider #pubs #pubsnews #beerfestival @blacklodgebrew.bsky.social @northernmonk.bsky.social

In west Cornwall, a famous, multi-award-winning brewpub is re-opening today, welcoming its community back with a big line-up of cask beers beertoday.co.uk/2025/12/12/s... #beer #beernews #pub #pubnews

A national responsible-drinking campaign has received overwhelming support from the hospitality industry, including brewers and wholesalers beertoday.co.uk/2025/12/10/t... #pubs #pubnews #drinkdriving

French & Jupps Maltings, Britain’s oldest maltster, has appointed Annabelle Degroot as its new managing director beertoday.co.uk/2025/12/11/f... #beer #beernews #malt

Scotland’s first and only dedicated non-alcoholic brewery, Jump Ship Brewing, has smashed its latest crowdfunding campaign to help upscale production beertoday.co.uk/2025/12/11/j... #beer #beernews #alcoholfree

The classic British pub has been given a miniature makeover, as Vocation Brewery launches The Wandering Inn beertoday.co.uk/2025/12/11/v... #pubs #pubnews

BeerX UK has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Trade Association Forum (TAF) Awards 2026, after achieving impressive growth in recent years beertoday.co.uk/2025/12/11/b... #beer #beernews

To mark the opening of their new taproom at the former fire station in Cheltenham, Mad Dog Brewery will be treating their first 100 customers to a free pint on Saturday (13th December) beertoday.co.uk/2025/12/09/m... #beer #beernews #taproom

On Beer Today now: SIBA reveals bottled and canned champion beers; Coach and Horses wins Fuller's Griffin Trophy; Third CAMRA film focusing on community pub; plus business briefing and releases round-up #beer #beernews #pubs #pubnews #beerawards @camraofficial.bsky.social

Burton Bridge Brewery, also home to Heritage Brewing, has secured a grant to purchase a fermentation/conditioning tank specifically designed for keg beer production beertoday.co.uk/2025/12/06/b... #beer #beernews #brewery #burton @burtonbridgebrew.bsky.social

Toast Brewing has teamed up with Northern Monk for the second in its Breaking Bread series, a new collaboration brewed with surplus bakery bread beertoday.co.uk/2025/12/05/t... #beer #beernews #foodwaste #lager @toastbrewing.bsky.social @northernmonk.bsky.social

If you're in Brussels on Thursday we're having a launch party for Volume 3 of Pintjes, mine and @eoghanwalshbxl.bsky.social's Belgian bar culture zine. We're doing a walking tour! Zined! Prints! Pints! Stall it!

The Society of Independent Brewers and Associates (SIBA) has written an open letter to the chancellor to express ‘deep concern at the impact of last week’s business rates decisions on the hospitality sector’ beertoday.co.uk/2025/12/05/s... #brewing #pubs #budget #businessrates

A Wales licensee has used a visit to 10 Downing Street to stress to the prime minister the importance of pubs to the communities they support beertoday.co.uk/2025/12/04/p... #pubs #pubsnews

A flash survey undertaken by the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) in the wake of the Budget shows the devastating impact of broken promises destroying the pub sector beertoday.co.uk/2025/12/04/b... #pubs #businessrates

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has named the four finalists in its Club of the Year competition, run in conjunction with Club Mirror beertoday.co.uk/2025/12/03/c... #clubs #cluboftheyear @camraofficial.bsky.social

It’s a week now since Rachel Reeves’ second Budget as chancellor and it didn’t take long for hopes to turn to horror for those in hospitality beertoday.co.uk/2025/12/03/b... #pubs #pubnews #Budget2025 #businessrates @campaignforpubs.bsky.social @colliers.com

Shepherd Neame is extending its successful partnership with its current charity of the year, Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS), into 2026 beertoday.co.uk/2025/12/02/s... #brewery #pubs #charity @shepherdneame.bsky.social