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On Earth Day, Stroud Brewery asks pubs to try one green thing. On this annual, global day reminding everyone that a healthier environment means both healthier humans and a natural world, Stroud Brewery is asking publicans to try something small to start reducing their pub’s impact on the environment. For ideas, they can turn to the brewery’s ‘Sustainability in Pubs – getting started’ guide which outlines 10 straight-forward activities which anyone can try, especially if they’ve not tried being greener before. Since its early days, Stroud Brewery has been exploring all the possible ways it could make itself more environmentally...

Cracking Open a Cold One (With Mother Nature in Mind) Cracking open a cold one after a busy day feels like a small slice of heaven, right? But have you ever paused mid-sip to think of the impact your favourite beer has on the planet?  Fear not, because the era of guilt-free guzzling is upon us. Welcome to the green scene of responsible brewing.  Sustainability in brewing looks at minimal environmental impact and taking social responsibility. It’s about making beer that helps preserve our planet for future generations to enjoy.    Hopping into Sustainability  The journey from barley to beer...

DEFINITELY THE BEST LAGER IN THE…UKStroud Brewery is celebrating after winning a top award in the biggest national independent brewing awards: SIBA’s Independent Beer Awards. Its organic lager, Light Organic Lager (aka LOL), received the gold medal in the Best Bottle/Can Session Lager category beating other competitors from around the UK. This means the Brewery’s beers and lagers have won a total of 9 awards in the past year. It has also just reached the finals of the C2S Business Awards for its work in reducing the brewery’s impact on the environment. The annual SIBA Independent Beer Awards are organised...

Stroud Brewery's founder and MD, Greg Pilley, is disappointed and frustrated at the Government's lack of support for the pub and brewing trade shown by the recent Spring Budget, and predicts that the next year could see more pubs going out of business. Whilst alcohol duty was frozen for another year, this won't make any difference to the large economic pressures that pubs are dealing with at the moment, which led to 508 pubs around the UK shutting in 2023 with the loss of over 6,000 jobs. Research done by Oxford Economics for the British Beer & Pub Association showed that...

Gloucestershire is blessed with a fantastic array of cultural venues, restaurants, pubs, sporting venues, independent shops, entertainments & leisure, food & drink producers, charities, health & well-being facilities and more. So, it’s fitting that the SoGlos Lifestyle Awards are the county’s leading celebration of all the businesses and organisations working hard to help make the county a special place to live in. Last year, we had the honour of winning the Pub/bar of the Year, so we’re delighted to be sponsoring this category and championing all the other high quality, welcoming pubs which are hubs of their communities. The SoGlos...