May, 2017
May 30, 2017 | by Neil Walker | Midlands
Derby Brewing Co is thrilled to announce that their crowd funding campaign has exceeded its initial £500,000 target, currently sitting at £557,740 with over 110% funded. There will however be an opportunity for further investment with the company releasing up to 15% of the business should there be demand but there’s not long to go […]
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May 24, 2017 | by Neil Walker | South East
Poppies Pale Ale x The Five Points Brewing Co: A match made in East End heaven Award winning Poppies Fish & Chips and The Five Points Brewing Company are collaborating for the first time to create the ultimate beer to accompany the nation’s most loved supper – fish & chips. Poppies Pale Ale will officially launch […]
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May 24, 2017 | by Neil Walker | Midlands
New Charity Ale Raised 5p for Every Pint Sold Buckinghamshire and the Chiltern’s oldest independent brewery, The Chiltern Brewery based in Terrick near Wendover, presented a cheque for £300 to charity, Horatio’s Garden on Friday 19th May for their project to create and care for an accessible garden sanctuary in the spinal injuries unit at […]
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May 19, 2017 | by Neil Walker | Midlands
Purity Brewing Company and Ricoh Arena are celebrating achieving Cask Marque accreditation for the quality of the Purity beers served at the stadium, a UK first! The award-winning Warwickshire-based brewery has two of its cask ales, Pure UBU and Pure Gold, across five of the Ricoh Arena’s concourse bars and a further bar in the […]
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May 19, 2017 | by Neil Walker | Industry News
Have you – or will you be – brewing a brilliant IPA this year? Could it be the best in the country? If so, The IPA Challenge is for you. Imbibe Live is once more teaming up with SIBA, M&B, There’s A Beer For That and Fuller’s for its 2017 Beer Competition, to find the […]
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May 19, 2017 | by Neil Walker | South West
A historic real ale trail taking place on the UK’s longest heritage railway will feature beers from twenty-three different South West breweries, spread across train ‘pop-up’ beer bars on a 20 mile route. Brewing members of the South West Region of the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) are coming together to create the ‘SIBA Rail […]
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May 17, 2017 | by Neil Walker | Industry News, SIBA National
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has responded to the publishing of the Liberal Democrat Election Manifesto, which highlights the importance of pubs to local communities and pledges the need for a review into small business rates. “It is heartening to see the Lib Dem Manifesto highlighting the importance of pubs to rural communities and […]
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May 16, 2017 | by Neil Walker | Industry News, SIBA National
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has welcomed the news that the Labour manifesto, published today, sets out the need for a ‘National review of local pubs to examine the causes for their large-scale demise, as well as establishing a joint taskforce that will consider future sustainability’, but is prompting urgent action on beer tax […]
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May 16, 2017 | by Neil Walker | Scotland
Perth-based Inveralmond Brewery is lending its support to a first-of-its-kind late night museum event at the celebrated Perth Museum and Art Gallery. Inveralmond, which recently launched a new beer and unveiled a stunning new look for its brand, is sponsoring the launch party of Museum Late on Friday 19th May. Museum Late – a concept […]
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May 15, 2017 | by Neil Walker | Industry News, SIBA National, SIBA reports
SIBA asks candidates to back independent brewers The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) is asking election candidates to ‘Back Britain’s independent craft brewing businesses’ by signing up to its Election Manifesto, published today. The Manifesto is being sent to parliamentary candidates ahead of the General Election and sets out a number of ways in which […]
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