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Cask has been at the forefront of our brewery team’s mind throughout this year as we continue to champion our national beer.

Greene King has launched its 2024 seasonal cask beer calendar following a 42% boost in volume sales for the series last year versus 2022.

Black Sheep Brewery will receive a bumper £1m investment to turn its brewery into a “centre for brewing excellence”.

T&R Theakston is celebrating new listings throughout the UK for one of its newest beers – Quencher.

Oxfordshire-based Hook Norton Brewery is set to make beers in collaborations with Everards and Joseph Holt as part of its 175th anniversary celebrations in 2024.

Weekly volumes sales of draught beer and cider have risen 7.4% versus the corresponding week in 2022 – driven by an increase in footfall and dwell time in the run-up to Christmas.

Carlsberg Marston’s attempts to find a buyer for the iconic Ringwood Brewery prior to announcing its closure have been branded a “sham”.

On-trade drinks sales have fallen behind last year’s volumes but it would be difficult to beat last year’s biggest single day of sales when England competed in the football World Cup quarter final.

St Austell’s brewing director Georgina Young has scooped two awards for her continued dedication to the beer industry.

Welcome to the Drinks List 2024 – a list of the top-selling beverages in the on-trade looking at 15 different categories during the past year.