NEWS & VIEWS – 9th December 2024
Price of a Pint Approaches Breaking Point?
Not much good beer news around this week! Firstly, the Morning Advertiser cites the general concerns across Hospitality that per-pint prices are approaching a breaking point for consumers, with no end to the rises in sight.
Not much good beer news around this week! Firstly, the Morning Advertiser cites the general concerns across Hospitality that per-pint prices are approaching a breaking point for consumers, with no end to the rises in sight.
Short Lived Beer Brands
Last week, we gleefully eviscerated the big-daddy of evil macros, Carlsberg Marstons, for eliminating a large percentage of their heritage cask brands. However, here is the first of two articles that takes the opposite side of the argument.
Last week, we gleefully eviscerated the big-daddy of evil macros, Carlsberg Marstons, for eliminating a large percentage of their heritage cask brands. However, here is the first of two articles that takes the opposite side of the argument.
Crying Over Spilt Beer
Also chiming in on the side of CMBC is the Pub Curmudgeon.
Also chiming in on the side of CMBC is the Pub Curmudgeon.
Oversupply of Hops
Finally this week, it turns out to have been a strong harvest in 2024 for Noble hops in Germany. Sadly for farmers, demand has cratered in the meantime, causing prices to fall by as much as 90%! Apparently the brewery cold- stores are literally still stuffed with hops from the previous year due to falling demand for beer overall, as well as a move away from the fashion for heavily hopped beers. What is the World coming to…?!
Finally this week, it turns out to have been a strong harvest in 2024 for Noble hops in Germany. Sadly for farmers, demand has cratered in the meantime, causing prices to fall by as much as 90%! Apparently the brewery cold- stores are literally still stuffed with hops from the previous year due to falling demand for beer overall, as well as a move away from the fashion for heavily hopped beers. What is the World coming to…?!
