We're delighted to let you know that our hoppy Kentish ale, 1698, is among the three finalists in this year’s Taste of Kent Awards Kent Beer of the Year category. The winners will be announced on June 13. Good luck to all the finalists! 🤞🍻

#notbeerbods in an age of golden and hazy beers, it's heartwarming to get up close and personal with a copper coloured beer. It's a real beauty from Shepherd Neame and tastes every bit as good as it looks.

Nature in spring has been captured by the winning images in our latest photography competition. Winner Mike Hook's image was of a fieldfare feeding off fallen apples at East Malling Research Centre. There were also four runners-up. Full story here: snea.me/3QBPOOa 📷🍻

We were proud to support the #Rochester Sweeps Festival at the weekend. We hope everyone who went had a great time! 🍻

As proud partners of Bromley FC everyone at Shepherd Neame would like to wish the team and supporters good luck for today’s National League Promotion Final at Wembley #WeAreBromley 🙌

We’re proud to be supporting this weekend’s Sweeps Festival in Rochester to Bank Holiday Monday. It symbolises the start of British summer – let’s hope the weather agrees! If you’re in the area why not pop into our recently refurbished Royal Crown pub too. Picture: Medway Council

Congratulations to The Dove at Dargate which has been named Best Destination Pub in this year's muddyHQ Kent awards! The Dove at Dargate will now go through to the muddyHQs national finals, with winners due to be announced on July 11. Good luck to the team! 🍻🎉

Last week a group of our team members volunteered at the Felix Project in London which works with our Charity of the Year FareShare, delivering food to community organisations & schools to help tackle food poverty. Our team packed 4,600 meals & helped deliver them too.

When a mural featuring DJ Fatboy Slim was unveiled at The Caxton Arms in Brighton last week, who came along to add the final touch but DJ himself! It was of his iconic Big Beach Boutique in 2002 – and he popped along to add his signature. Full story here: snea.me/fatboy-slim-ca…

As it’s St George’s Day we want to help you raise a glass to England’s patron saint with a free* pint of Spitfire Lager. We were selling it in London on Sunday at the St George’s Day Festival & there were a few St Georges enjoying a pint! Claim by Friday: snea.me/StGeorgesDay.

We've unveiled a new look for our popular Spitfire Lager. The refreshing British lager (4% ABV) now has a new visual identity with a bespoke Spitfire logo emulating the Spitfire aircraft vapour trails and the text ‘Kent Born’. Read more here: snea.me/SpitfireLager 🍻🎉

The Divers has reopened, we couldn't walk past without supporting a local pub.

The Shepherd Neame Express steamed into action at the K&ESR on Friday evening as part of our sponsorship of its Diesel Gala. Their Beerex train was renamed the Shepherd Neame Express for the evening, with passengers enjoying a selection of our cask ales. Cheers! 🍻🚂

Our latest licensee to share their experiences of running a pub with a Shepherd Neame tenancy is Amy Glenie of The Blue Anchor in #Crowborough , an award-winning pub. Hear her story here and to find out more about running a pub with us go to: shepherdneame.co.uk/run-pub #pubs

Always a pleasure Shepherd Neame

#beer Shepherd Neame Very pleasant refreshing Spring beer with a 'bang' of complex flavours including to me strong Apricot among the citrus More info here re the Gunpowder Mill producedinkent.co.uk/news/rumour-ha…

Our #Canterbury pub, Ye Olde Beverlie, has marked its place in bat & trap history with a blue plaque. Working closely with The Canterbury Society, it commemorates where the Canterbury & District Bat & Trap League was founded in 1922.⁠ Details here: snea.me/ye-olde-beverl… 🎉⁠

Congratulations to Reece Bosowitz from The Ritz London, Jess Miller from Chartwells Schools, Mylie O'Leary from British Army 🇬🇧 and Lewis Weygang, from Shepherd Neame for being shortlisted in #CGCawards Apprentice Chef sponsored by Compass Group UK & I

Have you ever dreamt of running your own pub? We’ve been talking to some of our lovely licensees who run pubs with us. Here we meet Joe and Jane, who run the award-winning New Flying Horse in Wye village. For more go to shepherdneame.co.uk/run-pub 🍻