Old Speckled Hen Pale Ale Mini Keg, 5L

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We are also seeing a move in the type of beer they choose. The premium lager trend is here to stay – largely driven by younger drinkers – but the 4% ABV category continues to play a vital role, still holding more share of value and volume than higher ABV beers. The latest addition to Greene King's range of Hen beers, this limited edition ale is bottle conditioned and brewed with malt, hops, pure water and yeast. The tastes and aromas of this beer is full-bodied and warming, with masses of characteristic toffee and fruit, notes of citrus and orange, and a traditional English hop bitterness. This has been evident in the performance of Coors, which is up in value by 14.7% on pre-pandemic levels. Another big winner is stout. Its share is 1.4% up, driven by Guinness, which hit the headlines at the end of last year when it usurped Carling as the UK’s best-selling beer – though Bolton is waiting for 12 months of stats before he’ll confirm that.

We’ve seen the demand for premium lagers grow over the past decade and there’s no denying standard lager has felt the squeeze. But there will always be a role for the category – as long as brands actively keep pace with the demands of modern drinkers. Premium-plus lager continues to see double-digit growth and is a big opportunity for all types of on-trade business. This now includes the innovation for the summer from Peroni Nastro Azzurro Stile Capri (4.2% ABV)​. Even as we lurch today into a post-Covid world where pubs and their customers are in the grip of a financial crisis, the message remains the same: less but better. Please follow the process guidelines outlined in my post here. You will require all the equipment specified here. Not one to sip and enjoy, very, very bitter, not one to enjoy at all, all a bit too strong in the taste for me. That hoppy aftertaste is a right killer for me.Plans to give away a classic MGB sports car have been revealed by Britain’s leading premium ale brand [1] as it looks to celebrate its unique brand history with MG. This will be very important for us in the on-trade where keg is reaching a broader audience. Our pubs were crying out for these beers because their customers have been asking for the competition’s brands. Daniel O'Leary ( brewer and former cooper), had developed the recipe for a private beer in his garden shed in Abingdon and the recipe was then used when the brewery decided to release a celebration beer for the MG anniversary. [3] [4] The beer, an amber coloured Pale Ale, was then brewed at the brewery. It was brewed at a gravity of 1050 to denote the 50th anniversary. 25 barrels, 1200 dozen half-pints bottles, were produced, mostly for the promotional activities at MG, but also for limited distribution to Morland houses in the Abingdon area. What had been produced as a one-off celebration brew, proved so popular that a second batch had to be brewed in time for the main celebrations which were to be held in Abingdon over the weekend of the actual anniversary. [5] Now we have our first core brand, Tantra IPA, made with Olicana and Jester, all UK hops. Next will be a pale ale with North Down and Ernest, then a lager. We’re just finalising the hops we’ll use in that.

It is available in more than forty different countries in bottles, cans and on tap from cask and keg. The brand has been expanded to also include Old Crafty Hen, a 6.5% abv ale, Old Golden Hen, a golden coloured 4.1% beer, and Old Hoppy Hen, a 4.2% abv pale ale

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Greene King plans to double down on fizzier keg beers after the success of its first craft beers launched last year. By taking part in this promotion participants will be deemed to have accepted and be bound by these terms and conditions. Allan Stevenson, draught quality training manager at line cleaning specialist Chemisphere, is calling on licensees to refocus their efforts on cellar hygiene, glassware and bar staff training. People know they can rely on familiar favourites like Carling to deliver. An independent analysis from CGA showed, on average, outlets that removed standard lager significantly underperformed. Some brewers are looking to pins, 36-pint containers that are half the size of the regular nine gallons, to help improve cask beer quality at the bar by shortening the length of time a cask is on tap.