In general most people don't seem to want 3.4% beers. These duty changes were never about public health, they were about giving big businesses more money to feed their shareholders. Remember the #SBDRC who were all making Millions in profit but wanted more at the expense of other brewers.

Taking up valuable tap space at the cost of smaller brewers.

"Trad cask, Guinness, piss beer"
Depressing isn't it. Indie places chosing to support the massive folks rather than the small. Novelty factor is one thing but when that helps close small breweries its something else entirly. Big beer wins! Consumer choice loses.

Yeah, broadly unless its in can/bottle it doesn't get airtime or column inches. And is used against people trying to get into Wholesale because you don't have 'samples'.

Some of the Aussie hops are really high in cohumulone, so if you don't use the hops in the right way you get a heck of a lot of harsh almost zesty bitterness. Age fixes it but its better not to have to fix it.

Chances are it will be needed in Can, which we don't do. Look at Social Banter (Galaxy) / Blonde (Ella) / Yardfest (Galaxy) / T'Pol (Galaxy). And we are working on a sesh pale with Enigma, Simcoe & Galaxy.

www.wishbonebrewery.co.uk/2025/11/03/b...

Looks to be Stumped as to why the pints aren't pouring.

Its the season for a Barley Wine or Imperial Stout, please brew one of them ;-) We've got a couple of recipes we'll let you have if you dare?

I wonder if Spoons skews the average here in the uk?

What's Barry's Girlfiend called?

Dear everyone, do not buy me anything by Hawkstone Brewery for Christmas..... we may be having a Gammon anyway!