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English drinkers became more interested in imported beers during the 1970s and 1980s, partly as a result of increased foreign travel and partly because of promotion of the subject by beer writers such as Michael Jackson, with his 1977 The World Guide to Beer. Newly popular foreign brands included Beck's from Germany, Heineken and Grolsch from ...
This is a list of articles and categories dealing with beer and breweries by region: the breweries and beers in various regions. Beer is the world's most widely consumed alcoholic drink, [1] and is the third-most popular drink overall, after water and tea. [2] It is thought by some to be the oldest fermented drink.
Hook Norton Brewery is one of the last surviving Victorian breweries in the UK. (April 2006). The Marble Arch Inn, home of the Marble Brewery in Manchester Kelham Island Brewery in Sheffield Firkins outside the Castle Rock microbrewery in Nottingham A 19th-century poster for Phipps India Pale Ale (IPA) showing the Northampton Brewery on Bridge Street, now the site of Carlsberg UK Skinner's ...
In recent years the hierarchy of international beer brands has been massively shaken up by the increasing popularity of the alcoholic drink in China.
A tax cut for small breweries in 2002 has seen an explosion of new breweries – as of September 2014 there were over 1472 [2] breweries in the UK, with three [2] new breweries starting every week. This is the most breweries per capita in the world; [5] they produce over 8,000 regular beers and thousands more seasonal and one-off brews. [5]
By 1914, Guinness was producing 2.652 million barrels of beer a year, which was more than double that of its nearest competitor Bass, and was supplying more than 10 per cent of the total UK beer market. [10] When World War I broke out in 1914, employees at Guinness St. James Brewery were encouraged to join the British forces. Over 800 employees ...
Michelob Ultra moved up in the rankings last week, grabbing the second-place spot for best-selling beers in the U.S. Who else made the Top 10? What are America's most popular beer brands?
Bass Brewery (/ ˈ b æ s /) was founded in 1777 by William Bass in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England. [2] The main brand was Bass Pale Ale, once the highest-selling beer in the UK. [3] By 1877, Bass had become the largest brewery in the world, with an annual output of one million barrels. [4]