The fact that Oakham Ales trophy cabinet is bursting at the seams has led to two recent internal promotions to the Brewery team. Stewart Poulter (aged 37), becomes Assistant Brewer and Ed Sharman (aged 26) is promoted to Trainee Brewer. Stewart has been working with Oakham Ales for the past eleven years and now supports […]
A collaboration between Thornbridge Brewery and Forum Cafe Bars LTD will have you reaching for your (half) pint glass this spring. Sheffield: The ‘Half Pint Marathon’ is a month long celebration of some of Sheffield’s best independent, beer venues, dreamt up by the people behind two of the city’s most popular companies to raise […]
UK craft brewer Freedom Brewery is to triple its capacity in a GBP1.5m (US$2.2m) expansion project. The Staffordshire-based company will instal new fermentation and maturation tanks as well as a brew house for triple-filtering beer. It said the expansion is in response to a growing global craft beer scene. “We are being requested in more […]
By James Wallin, M&C Report, 22-Apr-2015 Punch Taverns has reported a 0.5% rise in like-for-like income in its core estate for the 28 weeks to 7 March 2015 and EBITDA down from £108m for the period last year to £105m this year. http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Operators/Punch-Taverns/Punch-Taverns-half-year-profits
Following unprecedented success in the US, Wild Goose Canning International launched their CanCraft range for the UK & European market at the SIBA BeerX 2015 exhibition recently held in Sheffield, UK. Wild Goose Canning International has expanded their operations to the UK and have today signed a collaboration agreement with MD Engineering Solutions Ltd […]
Rascal London Porter, the latest beer to launch from Inveralmond Brewery’s award winning Inspiration Series, has proved an early hit with beer lovers after scooping Champion Beer at the World’s Biggest Ale Festival, run by JD Wetherspoon – before it has even been officially launched by the Brewery! After winning the Dark Ales Class, Rascal […]
Cathedral Heights Brewery in Lincoln becomes SIBA’s 800th brewer member Trade organisation sets 20% membership growth target for the next year The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) now has more than 800 UK breweries signed up to the trade organisation and set itself a target of a further 20% growth over the next year. During […]
SIBA South West Region Beer Competition 2015 DATE OF JUDGING & ANNOUNCEMENT 16th April 2015 Overall Champion of the Competition Sponsored by: GOLD Tuckers Maltings – SILVER Jim Laker Memorial – BRONZE SIBA Brewery Product ABV Gold Plain Ales Brewery Ltd Inncognito 4.8 Silver St Austell Brewery Big Job 7.2 Bronze Coastal Brewery Merry Maidens […]
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) welcomed a recent visit from Siba, the guide dog whom it is sponsoring, as he nears the end of the first stage of his training. Siba, a Labrador-Golden Retriever cross, is now 11 months old and has been living with a puppy walker in the south west, learning basic […]
Wiltshire-based brewers Wadworth have their sights firmly set on a bigger slice of the London market, with the appointment of a new London Key Account Manager and ambitious plans to bring their famous heritage ales to pubs around the city. Simon Tomkins, has come to Wadworth from SAB Miller Brands, and is leading the […]