Fuller, which brews ales including London Pride, said adjusted pretax profit for the 26 weeks ended Sept. 27 rose to 19.6 million pounds ($30.7 million) from 18.1 million pounds in the same period last year.

Revenue rose 10 percent to 161.6 million pounds.

(Reporting by Aastha Agnihotri in Bangalore; Editing by Robin Paxton)