Articles and Editorial

July 25, 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...

July 18, 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...

April 21, 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...

March 11, 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...

November 8, 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...

October 25, 2021

How pubs can make the most of Halloween

If you’ve been in the pub business for any length of time, you’ll know how important Christmas and...

October 11, 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...

September 27, 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...

August 3, 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...

July 29, 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...

May 21, 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...

May 20, 2021

World Bee Day 2021

This World Bee Day we’d like to acknowledge the vitally important role these fuzzy insects play in supporting...

May 19, 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...

May 18, 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...

May 17, 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...

May 12, 2021

The Beer Whisperer

  The Beer Whisperer Behind the scenes, as our pubs re-open, you may well see a young person...

March 25, 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...

March 17, 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...

March 8, 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?...

November 2, 2020

Lockdown #2 – Bar closure process

Bar Closure Process #2 Deciding to close the doors of your venue for a 2nd time, will be...

October 9, 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...

September 24, 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...

July 1, 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...

June 26, 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...

June 20, 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...

June 9, 2020

Are you Beer-Ready?

Over 30% of pubs left beer or water in the beer lines during closure This is according to...

May 11, 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...

May 8, 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...

March 18, 2020

Beer range reduction advice

What do you do if you want to carry on serving beer, but the volume through the taps...

March 17, 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...

February 13, 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...

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....

October 27, 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...

December 19, 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...

November 13, 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...

February 28, 2018

Automated line cleaning – does it work?

To be clear, any automated line cleaning machine is only ever semi-automated. There’s still LOTS to do. Starting...

March 17, 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...

December 11, 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...

September 7, 2015

How to verify that your fob detectors are clean

The fob detector (or cellar buoy) is a critically important part of the beer dispense system and is...

June 23, 2015

How to VERIFY that your system is clean

The last word in cask line hygiene. This short 2 min video shows you step-by-step how to keep...

April 1, 2015

Have you fallen for the nozzle hygiene myth?

You will have your method to clean tap nozzles, but is it the best way? Our research supports...