BY INVITATION ONLY

East Region Beer Competition 2012
19th September 2012

Venue : Elgoods Brewery, Wisbech

The results will be announced and awards presented on 19th September at around 5pm.

The results will be facebooked, tweeted and uploaded to www.siba.co.uk/events shortly after the announcements (all being well with the internet access).

Kindly sponsored as follows:

Overall Champion of the Competition
Sponsored by Olympus Automation

Standard Mild Ales
Sponsored by Clarke Dove (Insurance Brokers) Ltd

Standard Bitters
Sponsored by Charles Faram & Co Ltd

Best Bitters
Sponsored by Rankin Brothers & Sons

Premium Bitters
Sponsored by Murphy & Son

Strong Bitters
Sponsored by Warminster Maltings

Premium Strong Beers
Sponsored by Simply Hops

Porters, Strong Milds, Old Ales & Stouts
Sponsored by freerbutler graphic design

Speciality Beers
Sponsored by

Overall Bottled Beers
Sponsored by Label Apeel

Bottled Bitter (up to 4.9%)
Sponsored by Charles Glassware

Bottled Bitters (over 5%)
Sponsored by

Bottled Gold Beers
Sponsored by Croxsons

Bottled Speciality Beers
Sponsored by

Bottled Porters, Milds, Old Ales & Stouts
Sponsored by

Photos of the event are available here

Join us at the SIBA East Beer Festival at Elgoods Brewery, Wisbech.

Regional meeting to be held at The Cricketers, Cardiff, 12 noon date to be confirmed to region (21st September 2012 provisionally), to be followed by a “social” in Cardiff.

Keg & Cask Dispense

A free event to SIBA Members

Hawkshead Brewery, nr Windermere, Lake District

Tuesday 25^th September 2012

A programme aimed at the independent, craft brewer addressing the issues associated with keg dispense both in the UK and Scotland, as well as a refresher on cask dispense. You will also meet with a range of technical experts from the BFBi Membership in order to benefit your business.

Briefings will cover issues including;

Cask & Keg Racking & Washing – Andy Humphrey, microdat.co.uk

Fining in Readiness for Dispense – Kevin Mitchell

Cellar & Line Cooling – Curtis Paxman, Brewfitt Ltd

Cask & Keg Dispense / Facets of Scottish Dispense – Alistair McInnes, Centriflow Ltd

Cellar Management – Annabel Smith, Cask Marque

Following the briefings there will be tours of the Brewery.

The event is free of charge to SIBA Brewers and will include refreshments and lunch.

Space is limited and reservations will be made on a ‘first come, first served’ basis, maximum of 2 attendees per brewery.

Due to the location, we will be organising a Trade Quality visits to Kendal hostelries for those staying the night before. There are some low cost hotels in the area and also local B&B and guest houses. A number of people will be staying in the Premier Inn in Kendal Centre.

BFBi Members who have already confirmed their attendance include;

Rankin Brothers & Sons

Brewfitt Ltd

Microdat.co.uk Ltd

Morrow Brothers

Porter Lancastrian Ltd

Analox Sensor Technology

Murphy & Son Ltd

Thermofisher

To book your place or to receive further details on the day please contact charlotte@bfbi.org.uk

Due to the original South East Beer Competition being cancelled due to floods a NEW date has been confirmed.

When : 28th September 2012

Venue: Hoopers Bar, 28 Ivanhoe Road, SE5 8DH London, United Kingdom

MEMBERS ONLY

Venue: Dartmoor Lodge, Ashburton, Devon

Time: 12:00 for lunch for 13:00 start

Venue – Hoopers Bar, 28 Ivanhoe Road, SE5 8DH London, United Kingdom

Website – www.hoopersbar.co.uk

Times – Friday: 17:00 till Midnight

Saturday: 12:30 till Midnight

Sunday – 12:30 till 11:00