By reducing the duty on beer by one penny on the pint, the Chancellor is offering a lifeline to pubs and their communities across the country, says the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA). SIBA chairman Keith Bott said, “We are delighted that the Chancellor has listened to the many voices calling for an end to […]
Brewers today welcomed the decision in the Budget to scrap the Beer Duty Escalator and to take 1 pence off the price of a pint. Keith Bott, of Titanic Brewery is among brewers who have led a campaign to scrap the duty which has seen beer taxes hiked by 42 per cent since 2008. The […]
THE Government has not ruled out imposing a minimum unit price on alcohol, the Community Pubs Minister insisted during a recent visit to the North-East Conservative MP Brandon Lewis said the Government was taking its time to look at all the facts closely and would come to a considered conclusion. Speaking during a visit to […]
We’re pleased to announce the launch of Birmingham Beer Bash, a brand new festival celebrating great beer and the craft of the brewer, coming to Birmingham on 26th and 27th July 2013. Held at the Bond Company, a former canal side warehouse on Fazeley Street in the resurgent Digbeth area of the city, the event […]
West Yorkshire’s award winning Ossett Brewing Company is celebrating an industry ‘Oscar’ for the success of its pub estate. The 16-year-old brewer was crowned Best Microbrewery Pub Company at the highly prestigious national Publican Awards 2013. Judges praised the successful mix of community and music pubs all focussed on cask-conditioned ale. Ossett’s 19 pubs are […]
Orkney’s Highland Brewing Company’s Pale Ale added yet another medal to its ever increasing trophy cabinet at the SIBA’s first-ever BeerX event in Sheffield. Following on from its recent win at the “The International Brewing Awards 2013” the Swannay based brewery won a Gold Medal with its ‘Pale Ale’ in the ‘Class for Premium Bitters. […]
Butcombe, the West Country’s fastest growing brewery can now welcome virtual visitors to its brewery tours on Google Street View – the first brewer in the UK to do so. Virtual visitors can enter the gates, view the yard and the inner workings of the Brewery, admire the fermenting vessels and see the much-loved tasting […]
BeerX, the Society of Independent Brewers’ celebration of British beer, concluded last Friday with the presentation of the organisation’s first-ever Lifetime Achievement Awards to two individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to SIBA and the broader brewing industry. The first two recipients of the SIBA Lifetime Achievement Award were Dave Wickett and Peter Amor. […]
Independent brewer Bath Ales has re-introduced Rare Hare, the strongest beer in the Bath Ales portfolio, just in time for the Easter holidays. Available in-store and on tap from 25th March, Rare Hare is set to live up to its name with pre-orders sales already rising fast. A smooth premium beer that is full in […]
The Chiltern Brewery, Buckinghamshire, has teamed up with innovative design agency, Dirty Design, to create a series of clever, fresh, ground-breaking and industry re-defining pump clips that change existing ideas about this ‘point of sale’ concept. What they have developed is a range of full-scale curved pint glass pump clips in superb visual colour representation […]