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Farming Today This Week: Drinks Industry

Charlotte Smith is at the Camra National Pub of the Year, in Gloucestershire, to discuss the UK drinks industry.

Charlotte Smith is at the Campaign for Real Ale's national pub of the year - the Salutation Inn at Ham in Gloucestershire - to talk about the UK drinks industry.
In Britain there are around 470 vineyards; 83% of the beer we drink is produced here; we produce 600 million litres of cider a year; and there are around 20 million casks of whisky currently maturing in Scotland. That's a lot of grapes, apples, barley and hops being grown on our farms.
The landlord of the Salutation Inn, Pete Tiley, took the pub over two years ago after leaving a lucrative job in the city. He's since installed a microbrewery on site for the pub to brew its own beer - making the food miles of each pint about 30 yards. We also hear about the Cider apple harvest, wine making in Devon, and gin distilling in Scotland.
Produced by Sally Challoner.

27 minutes

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  • Sat 21 Nov 2015 06:30

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