Brewer’s Corner News & Views

NEWS & VIEWS – 17th October 2022

50 Pubs a Month Closing in England & Wales
Pretty grim news all round this week. Let’s start with the news that UK pubs are currently closing at the rate of 50-per-month. However this is a slight improvement on the 20-per-week rate that was reported at the start of 2022.

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Too Little, Too Late
Predictably, the NTIA greeted the Government’s Energy Price Guarantee, which fixed Electricity at 35% and Gas at 41% of wholesale prices respectively, as “too little, too late”. At this stage, anything short of free energy and zero taxes would likely receive a similar response.

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The Future of Cask Beer
The Pub Curmudgeon published a considered response this week to the ongoing debate about how to save cask beer. Fewer lines of fresher beer is a good idea and that applies not only to cask, but should also be considered for kegs at certain Taprooms.

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Great American Beer Festival
Finally ‘Porch Drinking’ takes a look at the in-person return of the GABF inDenver. ThisEvent is definitely pretty high of the TWICB to-do list, in the nextfew years!

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