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Other beer news
CAMRA and English Heritage announced their Pub Design Awards in June. All the awards went to pubs in north England. The best conversion award was won by a Wetherspoons pub called the Sedge Lynn in Chorlton-cum-Hardy in Greater Manchester. The conservation category was won by the Phoenix in York (Unique Pub Company) and the best refurbishment went to the independent Hillsborough Hotel in Sheffield. The Joe Goodwin award (named after a former CAMRA Chairman) went to the Monkey in Crewe which is owned by Slaters Brewery.
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CBMC, the international organisation for beer producers, has issued figures for 1999 that shows that 32% of UK beer sales are now consumed at home. This is up from 29% in 1998 and from 12% in 1980, clearly showing a continuing trend for at home beer drinking. But the UK still has the second lowest figure for home consumption in Europe after Ireland where only 11% of beer sales are consumed at home. And it appears that more of the beer drunk at home is being brewed by UK brewers rather than imports. Good news for UK brewers if not for pubs.
Reproduced from the Full Pint, Issue 11.
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