Articles and Editorial
Tips and inspiration to help you achieve beer quality excellence, the perfect pint, and happy customers who come back for more.


28 November 2023
Seasonal opening hours, orders, and deliveries 2023
🎅🏻 Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year from the team at Avani Solutions!...
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19 October 2023
6 Frighteningly good ideas for pubs this Halloween
As autumn closes in and the nights get colder, Halloween is a great opportunity to provide punters with...
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29 September 2023
How often do I need to clean my beer lines? The 7-day rule under the spotlight
How often do I need to clean my beer lines? It’s been a mantra of the industry since...
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11 August 2023
Automated beer line cleaning systems: Exactly how automated are they?
The dream of fully automated beer line cleaning systems We know how much you’ve got to do and...
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2 March 2023
Visit Avani at HRC for the chance to WIN a Liberty Tower with digipod® for your venue!
Come and see us at the Hotel, Restaurant, and Catering Show, 20-22 March, Excel London for the chance...
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22 February 2023
Avani Solutions announces Only A Pavement Away as charity partner for 2023.
Avani Solutions is delighted to announce it has chosen the charity Only A Pavement Away (OAPA) as its...
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10 November 2022
Ramblers and Walkers Need Pubs as Google Searches Boom! Are You Attracting Thirsty New Customers Looking to Rest Tired Feet?
Venues in picturesque locations, historic cities, and towns with high footfall can benefit from passing trade. But if...
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28 September 2022
Revealed: Why Young People Don’t Drink Cask Ale. 3 Key Reasons + 5 Ways to #StandUpForCask
In the second of our cask articles, we consider how to sell more beer by engaging younger drinkers....
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25 July 2022
Revealed: 4 Bad Beer Taints, How to Spot Them, and What to Do When You Find Them
Knowing how beer should taste and, almost more importantly, how it shouldn’t taste is one simple way of...
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18 July 2022
Celebrated Brew Under Threat as Cask Sales Fall by 40%! Can Real Ale Find a New Audience and Thrive?
In the first of a new series about cask ale, we explore the challenges presented by cask and...
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21 April 2022
Myth buster: Beer’s For Blokes, Not Women
This month we tackle a myth which keeps returning like a bad penny – the idea that drinking...
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11 March 2022
Snacking or send packing? The choice is yours!
Offering the right snacks can help drinkers have the best time without causing themselves, or their hosts, a...
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8 November 2021
Myth buster: Lager is for Louts
This month we look at the stereotype of the lager lout and consider if it’s a myth that...
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11 October 2021
BeerHacks: Nozzle and Fixed Tap cleaning
Cleaning nozzles and fixed taps using the Avani nozzle brush and tap ball. You’ve cleaned your lines, your...
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27 September 2021
Myth buster: Do bubbles on the glass mean it’s clean
In this month’s myth-buster we tackle the mistaken idea that bubbles clinging to the inside of a glass...
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3 August 2021
A toast to the CAMRA GBBF Trade Day
Hands up who wishes they were at Olympia today? We raise a glass to GBBF Trade Day and...
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29 July 2021
Monthly Myth-Buster: Wine with food – Beer with bar snacks?
In the first of our monthly myth-busting posts, we aim a wrecking ball at the idea that wine’s...
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21 May 2021
What the ‘Taint’ is that – Part 4
Part 4: Welcome to the final instalment of our series on common beer taints and how to avoid...
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20 May 2021
World Bee Day 2021
This World Bee Day we’d like to acknowledge the vitally important role these fuzzy insects play in supporting...
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19 May 2021
What the ‘Taint’ is that? Part 3
Part 3: With some notable exceptions, ‘Indoor Beer Day’ is here at last, and we’ve already had calls...
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18 May 2021
What the ‘Taint’ is that? – Part 2
Part 2: We’re back with the second instalment of our series on common taints. This time, let’s take...
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17 May 2021
What the ‘taint’ is that?
Part 1 The long-awaited re-opening date for the remainder of our great British pubs is here at long...
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12 May 2021
The Beer Whisperer
The Beer Whisperer Behind the scenes, as our pubs re-open, you may well see a young person...
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19 April 2021
How to refresh great hospitality habits!
How to refresh great hospitality habits – NEW Beerista Online training Outside space? Check. Patio Heaters? Check. Blankets,...
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25 March 2021
Are you Beer-Ready for re-opening?
Re-opening after lockdown The most important advice to pubs which have been closed for a long time is...
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17 March 2021
New Anglia LEP and Growth Hub
If you’re planning to do some R&D, grow, expand, or diversify or need any other business support, get...
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8 March 2021
International Women’s Day 2021
Did you know there’s no official record of how many female commercial brewers there are in the UK?...
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3 March 2021
Lean times call for lean measures
Lean times call for lean measures. Change has been forced on all of us and whatever worked for...
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26 November 2020
We’re here for you.
We’re here for you. Earlier today, the UK Government revealed the new tiered restrictions for England. Rather than...
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2 November 2020
Lockdown #2 – Bar closure process
Bar Closure Process #2 Deciding to close the doors of your venue for a 2nd time, will be...
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9 October 2020
Advice on preparing venues for a localised lockdown
Localised Lockdown Advice Follow our step by step guide on what to do with your casks, kegs and...
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24 September 2020
Is it time to reduce your beer offering?
The new restrictions, announced by Boris on Tuesday for pubs, bars & restaurants to close by 10pm, will...
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1 July 2020
Avani works with Heineken to launch re-start guides
We’re proud to have worked with Heineken to design and develop a series of re-start video guides that...
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26 June 2020
BeerHack: How to make surfaces safe with TM70 ethanol sanitiser spray
Surfaces can give the appearance of being clean, even when they aren’t, risking cross-contamination and beer infections. You...
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20 June 2020
Do you need to deep clean your beer lines?
If beer lines have been closed for a prolonged period, they will need a deep clean before re-connecting...
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9 June 2020
Are you Beer-Ready?
Over 30% of pubs left beer or water in the beer lines during closure This is according to...
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11 May 2020
Things You’ve Never Had Time To Do – Part Two: The Bar
Things You’ve Never Had Time To Do – Part Two: The Bar This guide tackles those hygiene tasks...
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8 May 2020
Things You’ve Never Had Time To Do… Part 1: The Cellar
Things you’ve never had time to do – Part 1: The Cellar Recommendations for how to raise the...
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18 March 2020
Beer range reduction advice
What do you do if you want to carry on serving beer, but the volume through the taps...
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17 March 2020
Help Yourselves! Industry advice on how to close down a bar temporarily
What are you doing to combat Covid-19? Deciding to close the doors of your venue must be unimaginably...
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13 February 2020
Long Term Mould Protection For Beer Cellars
Mould-free, long term protection with AMICAL cellar paint Why is it important to ensure beer cellars are kept...
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13 February 2020
Can you afford to ignore mold in your cellar?
Cellars provide the perfect conditions – high humidity and cool temperatures – for mold and fungus to form....
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27 October 2019
Last Haven Park Run at Caister-On-Sea
Car Parks & Cul-de-sacs – Amanda Thomson We did it! We set out in March to run a...
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18 October 2019
Park Runners On A Fundraising Mission to Run 5k Around All Haven Holiday Parks For Mental Health UK
Norfolk-based park runners Michael Harper and Amanda Thomson are putting themselves to the test by committing to running...
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19 December 2018
We’re recruiting in the South West!
A challenging and satisfying role with plenty of variety, training and support. Ideal for someone with great interpersonal...
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13 November 2018
How NOT to change a keg!
Just because it’s simple, doesn’t stop countless people getting it wrong. If you’re getting a lot of fobbing...
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13 August 2017
TAPBALLS are now available to buy ONLINE
Coined ‘The Egg’ by BrewDog, the tapball is a rather odd-looking device designed by German boffins to solve...
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2 August 2017
SMART GEL spray
TM SMART GEL is an ingenious invention. Designed to detect AND clean, the gel can be sprayed onto...
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17 March 2016
Do you know how to pour the perfect Guinness?
Do you know how to pour a perfect Guinness? And do you know how to recognise when it...
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11 December 2015
Is your beer line cleaner intelligent?
You could say that line cleaning hasn’t been at the sharp end of innovation. So the introduction of...
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