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The post Edinburgh Beer Weekly 15/02 – 21/02 appeared first on The BeerCast.

So what do you want from the perfect taproom? A spur of the moment visit to one in south London summed that up perfectly for me. Mondo Brewing Company are based in Battersea, and on a recent Wednesday night opening their taproom door was rewarded with a completely empty room and the entire Mondo staff ... The post Mondo Brewing Company, and the ...

There have – and will continue to be – many different facets to the ‘big breweries buying out smaller breweries’ story. There are those that are more evident, such as the inevitable tirades on social media from aggrieved ex-lovers of said brewery (or even in person – I think it was the Elysian taproom who ... The p ...

So the final ‘best of last year/look out for this year’ post has rolled around again – stretching the whole thing out into February. It’s the annual list of 10 Scottish and English beermakers who are going to have breakout years, or will otherwise be interesting to watch, to see how they get on. This ... The post Breweri ...

The post Edinburgh Beer Weekly 01/02 – 07/02 appeared first on The BeerCast.

If you think you're a pub and you try to ‘up-sell’ someone by forcing your staff to ask ‘Would you like some crisps or nuts with that?’ every time someone orders a pint, If you think you are solving the problem of bar staff motivation and retention by ‘empowering’ your zero hours, minimum wage, unt ...

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The post Looking Ahead – Predictions for 2016 appeared first on The BeerCast.

Just before Christmas, The Publican's Morning Advertiser asked me for my predictions about the events that will shape the UK pub industry in 2016. They said I could be irreverent. This is a bit parochial if you're not close to the UK pub industry, but if you are, just call me Nostradamus... After a slow start to the year, notable only for a co ...

Tempest finally cut loose in 2015, with their new facility. As so often happens, they converted this break from Kelso into a clean break by also re-branding and hiring more people. Gone is the South Pacific-style devil and in its place a cleaner, more modern, logo which to me at least has the look of ... The post Brewery of the Year, 2015 &ndas ...