Gold Sponsors
Charles Faram and Company have been established as merchants of hops and hop products for 146 years. The company which was originally based in Worcester now resides in the small hamlet of Newland, situated at the foot of the picturesque Malvern Hills.
Charles Faram stock and sell the largest range of hops in the UK. With over 90 different varieties of hops to choose from, we provide an artist’s pallette of flavours to create every type and style of beer. From the traditional Fuggles and Goldings used in the typical English Ales, to the more distinctive citrus of Pioneer or the delicate European floral lager flavour of Hersbrucker or the smooth, spicy, grapefruit flavour of American Cascade, we supply the brewer with the hops to design his/her own unique beer.
Charles Faram are able to provide the full range of hop products, from whole hops through to processed hop products, such as pellets, extracts and oils
T. 01905 830734
paulcorbett@charlesfaram.co.uk
Croxsons
Supplying the brewing industry for over 130 years with innovative glass packaging, Croxsons is leading the way in lightweight beer bottles. Offering both standard and bespoke solutions, brewers of all sizes are catered for. Operating in 5 countries, the company is still family owned and run and still working for you.
T. 020 8337 2945
Close Brewery Rentals
Close Brewery Renatals and ECasks together offer a one stop solution for container requirements. For use in the wholesale trade, ECasks is the ideal, risk free, solution. For long term use CBR’s cask and keg rental scheme allows breweries to save precious capital for growth and still maintain vital container stocks. CBR also specialises in leasing all types of brewery equipment
T. 01425 485421
enquiries@closebreweryrentals.co.uk
Murphy & Son Ltd
The “One-Stop-Shop” specialist supplier of high quality processing aids and additives to the Brewing and Food Industries.
We supply to Pub Breweries, Micro Breweries, Regional Breweries, Family Brewers and Macro Breweries in the UK and Worldwide.
Accredited to ISO9001:2000
T. 0115 978 5494
Premier Systems Ltd.
Premier Systems, based in Hampshire since 1990, is a well-known software house specialising in business systems.
Premier’s BrewMan system is installed in over 90 breweries throughout the UK and Ireland.
BrewMan manages your brewery’s administrative functions, such as telesales, order entry, DDS orders, invoicing, distribution, stock control, container tracking, reporting and duty reporting. BrewMan also has two other modules, one for production planning and tracking, and one for your sales representatives to plan and record customer visits along with health and safety information.
Premier’s customer support is second-to-none and the on-line help text is proving a great boon to BrewMan users.
Amongst other bespoke systems, Premier has written large-scale container tracking systems for Frederic Robinson and J W Lees.
T. 02380 811100
Thomas Fawcett & Sons Ltd
The Fawcett family has been making malt in Castleford, West Yorkshire since the late 1780′s. The Company was properly established in 1809 and became a Limited Company just after the first War in 1919.
The Company continues as one of the oldest family controlled and run malting businesses in the UK. The seventh generation of Fawcetts actively direct the activities of the Company today. With over 200 years of experience the Company has the expertise, technology and capability to produce an extensive range of Pale Ale, Crystal and Roasted Malts to a consistently high standard. All malts can be milled to three specifications, coarse, medium or fine for smaller brewers. Thomas Fawcett & Sons Ltd., operates on its original site in Castleford, West Yorkshire where all products are manufactured.
T. 01977 552490
SIBA Annual Brewing Conference
The SIBA Annual Brewing Conference is the biggest event in the country solely for producers of fine ales and the traders who work alongside them.
The 2012 event took place at the Holiday Inn, Stratford Upon Avon on 7th / 8th March.
