Julian Grocock, chief executive at the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) said, “SIBA applauds the Chancellor’s decision to take another penny off the pint, following last year’s historic decision to scrap the unpopular escalator. It is good to see that this government believes in providing long-term support for the British brewing and pubs industry. “SIBA’s […]
Selfridges Foodhalls are giving local producers the opportunity to stock and showcase the very best of their food and drink products by organising ‘Meet the Buyers’ events in Birmingham and Trafford (food and drink) and London (wine, beer and spirits only). Successful applicants will launch their products in store in July during the summer food […]
Salopian Brewery continued its rich vein of form at the SIBA National Beer Competition collecting six awards in the prestigious beer competition, the most received by any brewery. It means that the brewery has now racked up 14 awards in the past three years at the SIBA grand finals. Bottled Oracle in the golden beer […]
This year represents a special year for Derby Brewing Co, our 10th anniversary. It was back in September 2004 the first mash went in at the Nottingham Road brewery and it’s been a crazy 10 years since. Over the time Derby’s original craft brewer have picked up numerous regional and national awards and now have […]
In celebration of Great British Pie Week, Celebrity Chef Simon Rimmer returned to Robinsons Brewery Visitors Centre for an ample second serving of ‘Man vs. Food’ and to seek the answer to the question – ‘who ate all the pies?’ Determined to up the ante from the previous Man vs. Food battle in December, which […]
The Michelin-starred Box Tree restaurant has teamed up with neighbouring Ilkley Brewery and renowned beer sommALEier, Melissa Cole, to host a beer and food-matched dinner on Wednesday, March 26. This will be Ilkley Brewery’s second collaboration with the Michelin-starred restaurant; a move which demonstrates its ongoing engagement with, and commitment to, food and beer pairing. […]
Lee Mitchell is ready to put down the pints in exchange for his old hiking boots. Lee, the Duty Manager at the Alexander Graham Bell on George Street, will head off to climb the 19,341-foot goliath known as Kilimanjaro in mid-March. With a goal to raise £5000 for the cancer charity CLIC Sergeant, Lee looked […]
BeerX, SIBA’s celebration of British beer held in Sheffield, concluded on Friday with a ‘meet the buyers’ event bringing together brewers with buyers, importers and experts from a dozen foreign markets. The session, organised in conjunction with UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), was designed to offer practical advice to brewers looking to start exporting, or […]
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has given Lifetime Achievement Awards to the late Peter Austin, one of the organisation’s founders and its first chairman, who died in January, and to Derek Prentice, who retired last year from Fuller’s after a distinguished career in the brewing industry. The Awards were announced at SIBA’s BeerX event […]
Butcombe Brewery beat intense competition to take the title of Overall Brewery Business of the Year, announced today at the organisation’s BeerX event in Sheffield. Judges gave the top title in the SIBA Business Awards to Avon-based Butcombe for a highly effective campaign to raise the profile of its bottled beers among supermarket buyers, which […]