Speaking to delegates at SIBA BeerX in Sheffield, chairman Keith Bott hailed the campaign to end the beer duty escalator as the “best in all my time in this industry”. He said, “The campaign, in which SIBA has been a partner along with the BBPA and CAMRA, has been incredibly effective in winning support from […]
Woodforde’s Norfolk Ales beat fierce competition to take the top prize at the SIBA Business Awards 2013, announced today at the organisation’s first-ever BeerX event in Sheffield. Judges praised Woodforde’s Ale Trail for its involvement of both pub customers and drinkers. They were impressed by a “well put-together initiative”, and by the careful measurement and […]
National Cask Winner March 14th, 2013 Sponsored by Close Brewery Rentals Brewery Product ABV Gold Quantock Brewery Wills Neck 4.3% Silver Cotswold Spring Brewery OSM 3.9% Bronze Kirkstall Brewery Dissolution IPA 5.0% Overall Champion in Keg Sponsored by Close Brewery Rentals Brewery Product ABV Gold Convivial London Pubs PLC The Lamb Brewery Oatmeal Stout 5.0% […]
Wadworth has introduced a mysterious character to spread the word about their 30 litre kegged stout Corvus in the period around St Patrick’s Day. The slightly sinister, bearded and robed St Out of Devizes appears in an artist’s impression, dressed in flowing monk-like garments, and is accompanied by his ‘familiar’ the Raven (from the Latin […]
Guy Perry has joined Steiner Hops Ltd as Sales Manager to help support the rapid growth of micro breweries in the UK and Europe. Guy has over 20 years experience working as Head Brewer at Sarah Hughes Brewery, Black Country Ales and Stroud Brewery and is therefore well qualified to provide technical sales support. Guy […]
I am a native of Cumbria, but I left home aged 16 to take up an apprenticeship with GEC Telecoms in Coventry. It was the start of 30 years in an exciting industry. I rose from telecoms engineer to teaching people from all over the world at the Liverpool training school in the late eighties. Finally I […]
Onsite Cyclops testing at SIBA’s BeerX on 15th March Cyclops Beer is bringing its laboratory to SIBA’s BeerX to test a number of British ales and produce Cyclops tasting notes. Technicians will be on hand to analyse the beers and provide descriptors of their look, smell and taste, bitterness and sweetness, beer style and ABV. […]
Sheffield is preparing for an influx of brewers, licensees, beer-lovers and brewing suppliers next week, when the city hosts SIBA’s first-ever BeerX, a celebration of British beer. One week ahead of the start of BeerX on 13 March, a total of 600 industry delegates have signed up for the event. They include brewers attending the […]
WharfeBank Brewery, the award winning producer of hand crafted ales situated on the banks of the River Wharfe in the heart of Yorkshire, is to supply beer to the 2013 Barcelona Beer Festival (BBF) and more than 20 bars across Catalonia. As part of its expansion into the European beer market, WharfeBank Brewery will supply […]
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