2015

Pharaonic Ales & Tales Event at Hobsons Brewery

Hobsons Brewery and Cooking Like Cleopatra have teamed up to organise a special event on Thursday, 26 March at 7:30pm at the Brewery’s new tasting room in Cleobury Mortimer, where Shropshire Ales meets Egyptian mezze. The very fact that a 3,000 year old tomb of an ancient beer brewer has recently been discovered in the […]

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Brewster’s Wins Gold at the International Brewing Awards

Sara Barton of Brewster’s Brewery in Grantham has been celebrating Hophead’s gold medal win at the International Brewing Awards 2015 in Burton on Trent.   The awards, which take place every two years, are known as the ‘Oscars’ of the brewing industry. Around 1000 entries from 50 countries are judged by brewers from around the […]

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Three SIBA brewers included on new ‘Food Stars’ list

Three SIBA members are included in the first list of ‘Food Stars’, published recently by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra).  Hepworth & Co Brewers, Westerham Brewery and Wold Top Brewery are included in the first 50 food and drink entrepreneurs recognised as Food Stars for their contribution to the UK’s growing […]

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MPs honoured with special ‘Beer Champions’ award in Parliament

Members of Parliament who have gone the extra mile to support Britain’s brewing and pub industries have been honoured with an award at a special event in Parliament.   MPs were presented with their ‘Beer Champions’ award, a certificate and souvenir pump clip, in a joint initiative from SIBA and the British Beer & Pub […]

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Only 5% of Brits keen to try new drinks in 2015

By James Wallin, M&C Report, 27-Feb-2015 Only 5% of British adults plan to try a new alcoholic drink in 2015, compared to 16% who want to experiment with different food, the latest Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker has shown. http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/General-News/Greene-King-Leisure-Tracker-eating-out-spend  

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SIBA ramps up marketing support for BeerX

The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) is ramping up its support for BeerX 2015 ahead of the event’s start in Sheffield on 18 March.  Advertising on poster sites and in local and regional newspapers and magazines, leaflets distributed across the city’s tram network, and branded beer mats are set to build awareness of the BeerX […]

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Fastest risers in the Design Effectiveness League – from 25th to 2nd in three years!

WPA Pinfold are delighted to announce that at the DBA award ceremony– held at London’s Tobacco Dock – they picked up another three Design Effectiveness Awards. They achieved a complete podium finish, which included a Gold for the brand packaging work for Daniel Thwaites’ Micro-brewery, Crafty Dan. This brings their grand total to eleven awards in recent […]

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