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SLOW Brewing Training Workshop

Posted by admin in Training on March 13, 2012

Developing a New SLOW Brewing Method
Creating more Flavour in our Beers

DATES: Monday – 19th March, 2012

VENUE: West Lexham Education Centre, West Lexham, Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE32 2QN

TIME: 9.30am – 4.30 pm

COURSE TUTOR: Dr Keith Thomas, Brewlab Brewing School

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Keg Standards & Specifications

Posted by admin in Casks on February 1, 2012

These documents refer to reusable draught beer containers and are an industry recommendation to address best practice in the design, manufacture, purchase and performance of said containers to ensure due diligence.

Basically a good thing to have a look at or give to your supplier before you order any containers.

Cask specs coming soon!

Standards & Specifications 20 litre Kegs

Standards & Specifications 30 litre Kegs

Standards & Specifications 50 litre Kegs

Standards & Specifications 100 litre Kegs

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Trade Talks Event

Posted by admin in Training on November 4, 2011

Addressing the Malt Issues

How are you going to do it?

We have the answers ……

Come and hear the options

Raw Materials and Bi-Products in the Brewery

-       A free Event for SIBA Members

Last few places remaining

Thursday, 17th November 2011

Limagrain UK Ltd, Rothwell, Lincolnshire

An opportunity for SIBA brewers to meet the Limagrain team whilst discussing current issues and touring the facilities on site. 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;

  • Barley Breeding  - Mark Glew, Senior Barley Breeder, Limagrain UK Ltd
  • The 2011 Hop Report  - Paul Corbett, Chairman of Hop Merchant’s Association, MD of Charles Faram & Co Ltd
  • Grain Quality from the 2011 Harvest – Melissa Abbott, Muntons
  • Maximise your crop – reducing waste costs with AD –  Qualiflex Bi-Products Solutions Ltd
  • A Working Environment – An overview of the environmental pressures on business. Covering Financial, Legislative, Market and Social impact on the environmental – Kit Wells, Little Green Consulting

Tours of the following Limagrain facilities

  • Quality testing laboratory
  • Glasshouse including the crossing programme
  • Breeding Machinery Display

Members of the Limagrain team will be available on site for Q&A

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.

To book your place and to receive full details of the day please contact charlotte@bfbi.org.uk

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Beer Labelling Requirements Training Course 2011

Posted by admin in Training on October 18, 2011

Beer Labelling Requirements Training Course 2011
Date – 30th November 2011
Venue - Campden BRI Brewing Division, Centenary Hall, Coopers Hill Road, Nutfield, Surrey, UK. RH1 4HY
Scope - Our one day course is tailored to individuals in regulatory, marketing or design roles who have labelling responsibilities. It will provide delegates with a clear understanding of how to produce a legal beer label. Our course outlines the specific regulatory labelling provisions currently in place in the UK and European Union and also highlights the imminent changes in EU labelling law.
The course content is also directly applicable to cider & perry and other similar beverage products.
Topics covered include:
·         General food labelling
·         Product names
·         Allergen labelling
·         Marketing and organic claims
·         Ingredient declarations and GM specific labelling
·         Weights and measures declarations
·         Health warnings and voluntary labelling
·         Future EU changes
This course can also be customised and be made available in-house.
Price - Members: £215 + VAT; Non–members: £315 + VAT
To book your place please click here

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Ecasks – Correct usage

Posted by admin in Casks on October 7, 2011

http://www.ecasks.co.uk/Wholesalers.htm

http://www.ecasks.co.uk/fair_use_policy.htm

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BBPA guidelines for handling frozen containers

Posted by admin in Casks on December 1, 2010

Click here for the guidelines

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Cask Report – 2009/10

Posted by admin in Useful documents on August 17, 2010

The Cask Report 2010-11 will be launched on September 27.

As all key bodies support the report, it is the definitive annual look at what’s happening to cask ale – Britain’s national drink

http://www.caskreport.co.uk/

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The Beer and Wholesomeness report

Posted by admin in Uncategorized, Useful documents on June 21, 2010

Everything you think about beer is about to be turned on its “head…”

Beer – the nutritional ‘superdrink’?
Deflating the weight issue
Essential minerals: the silicon story
Understanding units
Community spirit
The wholesomeness of brewing
Beer and The Great British Heritage
Beer – back on the menu
A healthy perspective

Click here for The Beer and Wholesomeness report

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National Cask Ale Week ‘kit’

Posted by admin in Marketing on March 17, 2010

COUNTDOWN TO CASK ALE WEEK

 

National Cask Ale Week 2010 runs from 29th March – 5th April (up to and including the Easter Bank Holiday weekend).  It is backed by SIBA, Camra, Cask Marque and many of the regional cask brewers and is a great focal point for everyone who cares about our national drink. 

 

For cask ale brewers, Cask Ale Week is an opportunity to capitalise on the increased interest among licensees, drinkers and the media to increase interest in, and sales of, your own beers.  So, if you haven’t already made plans to capitalise on this celebration of cask, read on for ideas, advice and a template press release. 

 

Cask Ale Week – background

 

The first National Cask Ale Week ran last year, with POS, tastings, ‘meet the brewer’ evenings and other events taking place in 8,000 pubs. This year, the organisers are aiming to reach 10,000 pubs, with the same goal of encouraging new drinkers to try cask ale.

 

SIBA is one of the main sponsors of Cask Ale Week 2010. 1,000 DDS customer pubs have taken one of our SIBA-branded Cask Ale Week kits, which means our logo will be on display on bunting, flags, drip mats, pump clips, posters and banners. 

 

Cask ale – the ‘rising star’ of the UK’s beer market

Recent years have seen a revival in cask beer’s fortunes and it is now the only sector of the beer market in growth. The Cask Report, published last October, showed:

 

·         1.5 million new cask ale drinkers in 2008  (around half of them women)

·         Distribution in 3,000 new pubs between June 2008 and June 2009.

·         CAMRA membership hit the 100,000 mark

·         A record 64,000 people visited the Great British Beer Festival  in August 2009

·         71 breweries opened in the UK last year, taking the total up to 660 – the highest level since World War II

 

What you can do for Cask Ale Week

 

  • Open your brewery for brewery tours – perhaps a group from your local CAMRA branch, or one of the pubs selling your beers might like to offer it to a group of interested customers?
  • Talk to local pubs that sell your beers about activities that could be good for both of you – driving traffic into the pub and raising awareness locally of your beers.
  • Suggest a ‘meet the brewer’ evening, or perhaps some simple beer and food matching, working with a local food supplier?
  • April 1st is FemAle Day – an opportunity to introduce women to cask ale. According to Camra’s research, the number of women drinking cask ale doubled last year. And it’s a topic that always attracts media interest.
  • Contact your local CAMRA branch to see what they have planned for Cask Ale Week as there might be opportunities for you to get involved.

 

Information sources

For the template press release Click here

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