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H1 TRADING UPDATE; BUTCOMBE GROUP REPORTS SECTOR LEADING MANAGED LFL GROWTH

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This success has been underpinned by strategic investment in data analytics, particularly customer segmentation, enabling targeted marketing, offers and promotions to drive frequency and spend. LFL growth for the first half of the year across the managed pubs division, with Butcombe Pubs & Inns performing at 11.9% million pints.

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Walk-On’s Shoots to Score With Menu Revamp

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For beers, Walk-Ons stocks fan favorites such as Michelob, Budweiser, and Miller Lite, as well as craftier brands like Abita, Dos Equis, Sam Adams, Yuengling and Voodoo Ranger Juicy Haze IPA.

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The 10 Most Iconic Beer Cans and Innovations of All Time — and How They Changed Packaging Forever

VinePair

The aluminum cylinder is one of beer drinking’s greatest inventions, equally a standard accessory at bars, concerts, and backyard BBQs, and a status symbol for drinkers seeking out the latest aromatic double IPA. That year, the Alchemist Brewery in Vermont began canning its Heady Topper double IPA in 16-ounce cans. Packaging 19.2-ounce

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Light Years: Has Britain Finally Fallen for Low-Calorie Beer?

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It helped them to promote the brand to a younger audience, Holmes says, one that shared their focus on health. lager specialists Utopian and, in the Midlands, Round Corner , with whom they’ve recently created a new Hazy IPA. Lowrise’s new Hazy IPA offers a good example of where low-calorie beer in the U.K.

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The VinePair Podcast: Do Drinks Really Need Garnishes?

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On this episode of the “VinePair Podcast,” Joanna and Zach discuss a recent article about cocktail garnishes, and how some bars are eliminating them to either reduce costs or promote sustainability. IPA Zach is drinking: Georgetown Brewing Co. Does every cocktail need a garnish? Where is the garnish absolutely essential?

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The VinePair Podcast: Varietal Wine Still Reigns Supreme

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The impulse to promote lesser-known juice isnt unique to the wine industry, but producers embracing and acting upon that impulse certainly is. Take the beer industry by comparison: Some brewers may want to make funky saisons and offbeat pilsner styles, but they still make IPAs because thats what the people want.

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More Than Just IPA: Across America, Craft Beer Has Surprising Pockets of Regionality

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Most craft brewers couldn’t imagine life without IPA. In those pockets of regionality, amber lagers, Scotch Ales, fruited sours, traditional beers, and other recipes are almost as popular as IPAs. I mean, I love IPAs. I mean, I love IPAs. In some states, IPA does count for as much as 70 percent of craft beer sales.