On 13 December 2018, The Food Labelling Regulations (FLR), which controls how low alcohol drinks (1.2% abv or less) should be described, will expire. In response, the Department of Health and Social Care has opened a public consultation on the descriptors used to refer to low alcohol products to further inform consumers. The British government has proposed that, rather than legislate, any future low-alcohol descriptors could…

Ian Fozard, vice chairman will provide leadership for the organisation until a new chairman is elected by the SIBA board. Mike Benner, chief executive, said: “I would like to thank Buster for his hard work, dedication and leadership since his election to the chair in March 2017 and wish him the very best of luck for the future.”…

Launching in May this year, consumers will be invited to the Tennent’s Training Academy (TTA) at Wellpark Brewery to participate in the training programme. Claire Arnott, head of UK customer marketing at Tennent’s, said: “We are dedicated to the quality of Tennent’s Lager each and every time a pint is enjoyed and therefore have a duty to set the standard and be the educators and pioneers…

Launching in a Berries & Cherries variant, the Heineken-owned cider is now available across all on-trade channels throughout the UK in 500ml bottles. Old Mout already has four ciders in its core range and the new non-alcoholic expression will be unveiled at a Heineken Category Strategy event in London on 10 April. Emma Sherwood-Smith, cider director at Heineken said: “Old Mout is a real success…

The non-alcoholic beer, originally launched in 2017, will feature on Ryanair’s new inflight menu in 330ml cans. Christian Klimpke, Global Duty Free Heineken, said: “Heineken is fully committed to innovating new experiences for the consumer and Heineken 0.0 is ideally…

Beer sales from independent craft breweries reached $26bn last year, giving it a 23.4% share of the American beer market, according to an annual report from the Brewers Association, the trade group for the sector.   Bart Watson, chief…

To lock into the move to so-called craft beers principally by Millennials, Carlsberg launched 1883, using a yeast strain from Jacobsen’s original brew and will introduce an unpasteurised variant in June. VP marketing Liam Newton told a group of invited journalists yesterday in London (March 27) that they were in the process of “revitalising Carlsberg”. As well as the main lager brand, Carlsberg UK also…