

Five top beers for the World Cup
To celebrate football's biggest fiesta, the FIFA World Cup, we've assembled a five-a-side team of some of the best beers to enjoy this truly global event with. So kick back, pick up one of these star players and watch the action unfold with the peace of mind that you are drinking some of the world's best. DENMARK To Øl Sportsbajer Yes, you should have already guessed that Sportsbajer translates to English as sports beer. This dry-hopped lager has a real juicy feel and session


Beavertown reveals expansion plan
One of the UK’s best-loved craft beer breweries, Beavertown, has revealed plans for a unique visitor experience at a new, larger production facility in the heart of London. Beaverworld, as it will be known, will be housed at a new large-scale production facility recently secured by Beavertown and aims to be up and running by Spring 2019. In a recent blog, Beavertown said: “We are aiming to build one of the world’s best beer/brewing experiences all within this great city of Lo


Start your own craft brewing empire
Ever wanted to start your own craft beer brewing empire? Of course you have – and now you can thanks to a new mobile app game that allows you to build that empire from scratch, covering all aspects from beer types to production to bottle and can design. Brew Town is the name of the game and it is available for free now on Android and Apple devices and it offers 150 flavours to customise with, unlockable beer types, over 50 different kinds of brewing structures and zero hangov

Signature Brew backs indie music venues
London-based Signature Brew is yet again supporting Independent Venue Week (IVW) – a week-long celebration of over 200 music venues across the country from 29 January. Signature, which has its roots in making beer with music, will be supplying beer to IVW events for the third year running and hoping to help give venues a boost on what is traditionally the quietest week of the year. Signature Brew co-founder Tom Bott explained: “It’s a terrific event and a great way for us to

Celebrate craft beer in the steel city
A host of top breweries from around the country will descend on Sheffield for the city’s fourth annual Sheffield Beer Week, set to take place from 12 to 18 March. Neepsend, Thornbrige, Abbeydale, Beavertown, Marble and Wild Beer Co have all confirmed their attendance for the event, which will also celebrate several key themes including: women working in the beer industry, beer ingredient hubs, Norwich City of Ale Partnership and a Yorkshire beer photography trail. The event w

Four-day freshness from Odyssey and EeBria
Fancy drinking a beer that is so fresh it has a best before end date of just four days? That is what is on offer from leading craft beer distributor EeBriaTrade after it announced a partnership with Hertfordshire-based brewer Odyssey Brew Co to supply what the two companies claim to be the shortest dated beer ever produced in the UK. KO (Kegged On) IPA is the heavily-hopped beer in question and will have a best before end date of just four days – meaning that once it is kegge