Articles and Editorial
In this section you can find ‘BeerHacks’, articles, interviews & films about beer and related subjects.


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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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May 12, 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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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...
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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...
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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?...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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