There have been a few developments on ‘the scene’ since we wrote our long post updating on Brew Britannia at the start of July.
→ The Kernel Brewery tap room, which gave birth to the ‘Bermondsey Beer Mile’, will no longer be opening on Saturdays from 5 September. Meanwhile, Manchester has gained its own weekend crawl — ‘The Piccadilly Beer Mile‘.
→ Matthew Curtis has managed to wheedle a little more information about the United Craft Brewers from its founders.
→ Management at Bateman’s of Lincolnshire have gone beyond complaining about Progressive Beer Duty: they’re planning (or at least threatening) to downsize to get under the threshold, as Roger Protz reported.
→ Harbour Brewing of Cornwall have their canning line up and running; Dark Star launched canned beers at the beginning of July; and Magic Rock have their canning line almost ready to go. Meanwhile, John Keeling of Fuller’s had this to say:
Yes cans are better keeping oxygen out ,keeping it out during canning is a bugger
Bottle conditioning still best— John Keeling (@FullersJohn) July 28, 2015
→ And, finally, anxiety over consolidation and predation was kept bubbling by Duvel Moortgat’s merger with (or take over of, or synergising with, or something) US brewery Firestone Walker.
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Tempting as it is to follow this in seven days’ time with ‘One Year On, One Month On, One Week On’, we’ll resist the urge…