The 2014 winners of the BII Beer Academy Beer Sommelier of the Year awards were announced at the BII’s prestigious Annual Lunch held at the Grosvenor House Park Lane. The winning sommelier for the UK is Jane Peyton, who is a beer writer and drinks event organiser. Jane will be invited to present the beers […]
Dartmoor Brewery has announced sponsorship of the recently reformed Widecombe Tug of War team, including providing a set of smart new branded jackets, to help the group present a professional image in its quest to represent England. The Widecombe Tug-of-War team dates back to at least 1926, when most villages in Devon had a team […]
A BAR in the House of Commons refused to serve beer featuring the black faces of the Britannia Coconut Dancers. Darwen and Rossendale MP Jake Berry was invited to put forward a guest ale in the Strangers Bar in the Palace of Westminister. But parliamentary chiefs threw out the pale ale which had been specially […]
Chiltern Brewery, with leading beer writer Roger Protz, will “start the mash” on Wednesday 14th May of Flanders Pale Ale to commemorate World War One. Beer was supplied to British troops fighting in Belgium and France and many Belgian brewers responded to the British support for their independence by adopting the British style known as […]
If you haven’t yet filled in the entry form, there’s still time to enter your bottled best bitter to Great British Food magazine’s first ever Farm Produce Awards. The event will provide a fantastic platform for the skilled, passionate – and often unsung – artisans behind the nation’s finest speciality food and drink, and unlike […]
BFBi is pleased to announce the Hop & Malt Seminar, being held on Tuesday 20th May 2014 at Stocks Farm, near Malvern. There will be presentation/talks by; Ali Capper – British Hop Association and Colin West – Maltsters Association of Great Britain (MAGB). 9.30am – Arrival – Refreshments and Trade Stands followed by Presentations Lunch and […]
SIBA Wales & West Region Beer Competition 2014 Venue: Ludlow Castle, Ludlow Date : 9th May 2014 Website: www.siba.co.uk/walesandwest Overall Champion of the Competition Sponsored by Charles Faram & Co Ltd Brewery Product ABV Gold North Cotswold Brewery Hung Drawn ‘N’ Portered 5.0 Silver Salopian Brewery Automaton 7.0 Bronze Gloucester Brewery Galaxy 5.2 For the full […]
Dawkins Bristol Blonde crowned Champion standard bitter and third overall out of 270 beers. A few pints were sunk in Newton Abbot last Thursday with our wins at the region’s largest beer competition at Tucker’s Maltings, organized by the small brewers’ trade body SIBA. The beers were judged in blind tastings by fellow brewers and […]
ONE of Cumbria’s newest breweries is seeing in the spring by rebranding and launching an innovative new website. The Eden Brewery, which is based in Brougham Hall, near Penrith, enjoyed a successful year in 2013 with the launch a number of new beers that proved highly popular in Cumbria and further afield. So far this […]
· Five million pints brewed within 1st year of launch · Unprecedented export success with 47% of total beer brewed being sold in 40 countries · Robinsons TROOPER team doubled in last 6 months. · TROOPER now has off trade listings in the UK’s top 4 retailers: Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco’s and Asda. · Confirmed as […]