Cains Liverbird

Cains’ newest brew is 4.3% abv Liverbird Golden Ale, to be launched on August 4 at the Great British Beer Festival before going on sale across Merseyside.

Pour it again, Sam

Like em or loathe them, Cains keep coming up with good beers. There Wheat beer, available throughout July, is just the ticket for these balmy days.
The Guest House, meanwhile, have been having a run on brews from Allgates, including the excellent Casablanca beer.
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Cains wins something

Cains lager has won a Red Tractor award. No idea what this is or whether it’s any good. They are doing their usual trick of trying to scoop up plaudits for free publicity as if nothing has happened.

Cains ‘doing well’ so now they plan to feck it up

Cains brewery of Liverpool report that they’re getting over their tax problems and are trading well following their expansion disaster and subsequent shafting of their pub licensees last September.
“We always knew the first six months was going to be challenging, but if you look at the economic climate, we are pleased with where we are,” Sudarghara [...]

Cains in more trouble

Cains managed to beat the taxman and let down its licensees last year but the Dusanj brothers are discovering that HM Revenue have long memories and an unquenchible desire to get even.
The company, which owes the taxman more than £11m, has been granted a licence to brew under their new name (RC Brewery) but have [...]

Cains beers banned

The Dusanj brothers slippery approach to business looks like biting them on the bum after all. Scottish and Newcastle have banned the sale of the Liverpool brewery’s products in their pubs.
This will really hit Cains as they got good margins from S&N. Wetherspoons say they will stick with the beers for now.
How long will Cains be able to carry on with [...]

Cains future to be settled ‘next week’

The Publican reports that the new owners of Cains Brewery and surviving pubs will be unveiled next week. It looks increasingly like the Dunsanj Brothers. Let’s see how they play it.

Thatch yer lot

The Thatch in Blowick has reopened under the watchful of pub entrepreneur Ray Edwards, who also now has the Railway in Ainsdale.
In news that will gladden the heart of any true Lancastrian beer fan, Ray tells me he’s “got rid of all that Cains stuff and brought back proper beers like Fosters, Carling, Stella and [...]

Dusanjs poised for a comeback? – Updated

In a slippery switcheroo that can only happen in the world of business, there are rumours that the Dusanj brothers could emerge from the collapse of Cains with the brewery, the very profitable canning operation and 10 pubs.
While this is obviously great news if it means the beers will survive, it strips another layer of [...]

Thatch gone

No, not Margaret, but the Thatch pub in Blowick – another victim of the big Cains close down.
Few in Southport are mourning the pub’s loss, as the professional Sandgrounders round there took delight in dissing the pub and its beer because of the Scouse heritage.
The pub has reverted back to ownership of Punch Taverns. A [...]