Carlsberg Marston to axe 11 beers from UK pubs - full list

The brewing company provides a wide range of beers to pubs all over the UK.

Carlsberg Marston is responsible for an "unrivalled portfolio" of beers, which includes major brands like Carlsberg, San Miguel, Brooklyn Brewery, Birrificio Angelo Poretti, Hobgoblin and Shipyard.

But the brewing company, following a review of it's product line, has revealed there are 11 beers that will soon no longer be served in pubs across the country, according to Sky News.

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The 11 beers being axed from UK pubs

The 11 beers that will no longer be available at UK pubs, according to Sky News, are:

• Banks's Mild
• Banks's Sunbeam
• Bombardier
• Eagle IPA
• Jennings Cumberland Ale
• Mansfield Dark Smooth
• Mansfield Original Bitter
• Marston's Old Empire
• Marston's 61 Deep
• Ringwood Boondoggle
• Ringwood Old Thumper

These beers are set to disappear by the end of 2024, according to The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).

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Globally owned businesses "wiping out UK brewing heritage"

Beer company Carlsberg paid £206 million to take full control of the joint brewing venture it had with pub operator Marston's back in July.

Despite an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority originally finding the merger would not have negative effects, CAMRA said this is no longer the case.

The decision to delist these beers by the end of the year further proves that Carlsberg Marston, which now owns a sizable chunk of the UK brewing scene, will have a "huge" impact on both pubs and pubgoers, the group added.

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CAMRA’s real ale, cider and perry campaigns director and vice chairperson, Gillian Hough said: “This is another example of a globally owned business wiping out UK brewing heritage.

“I hope that this change will mean space on the bar for licensees to stock guest beers from local independent breweries, but realistically, I suspect this isn't what CMBC plans.

"This loss of consumer choice is the inevitable outcome of a brewing conglomerate run by accountants and the bottom line.

"This is a sad and disappointing decision that puts both the history and the future of British brewing in jeopardy.”