Cairngorm Brewery have taken home the Overall Champion Cask Beer Award at the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) Scotland Independent Beer Awards 2021, which was this year hosted at the Bolton Beer Festival in a joint judging event with the SIBA North West Region. Cairngorm’s aptly named ‘Black Gold’ took the Overall top spot – described […]
Navigation Brewery have taken home the Overall Champion Cask Beer Award at the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) Midlands Independent Beer Awards 2021, which took place at the Robin Hood Beer & Cider Festival. Their Gold-winning beer ‘American IPA’ proved a huge hit with the expert judges, described as ‘a light and fragrant ale which […]
The SIBA British Craft Beer Report is to return next year – having been postponed in 2021 due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic – and due to be launched at BeerX UK in March 2022. Somewhat fittingly it was at BeerX UK in March 2020 when the report was last published, the week before the […]
“The vast majority of small breweries produce fresh cask beer – and for those brewers this latest shortage of CO2 won’t have an immediate impact – but for the increasing number making keg, bottled or canned beer it will come as an additional worry. “Two thirds of the beer that small independent brewers produce is […]
“Tourists travelling to England have a visit to a traditional English pub at the top of their ‘must visit’ lists, so it is welcome to see Covid travel restrictions for fully vaccinated visitors set to be simplified. Pubs and cask beer are intrinsically linked and as well as boosting pub trade, more tourism helps increase […]
“It is hugely disappointing the Scottish Government has moved ahead with restrictive Covid passports for hospitality venues across Scotland, hitting a sector which is just trying to find its feet. These restrictions will cause issues for venues of various sizes, including local beer festivals – many of which would hope to attract over five hundred […]
Nanobrewery ‘Metalhead’ in North Shields have taken home the Overall Champion Cask Beer Award at their inaugural SIBA North East Independent Beer Awards 2021. Having been founded a year and a half ago and joining the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) in May 2021, Metalhead won the top award at their first compeititon, with their […]
The overwhelming majority (96%) of small independent brewers in Scotland are unprepared for the Deposit Return Scheme due to be introduced next year, according to a new survey by the Society of Independent Brewers. The new Government recycling scheme due to be introduced in July 2022, known as the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), will see a […]
Responding to reports of forthcoming beer shortages from the global brewers due to planned industrial action, James Calder, Chief Executive of the Society of Independent Brewers said; “Amid fears of taps running dry, pubs, bars and restaurants should look beyond mass-produced beers from the Globals and speak to their local independent breweries. Being local they […]
The UK’s small independent brewers have been left in limbo one year on from the Treasury’s announced changes to Small Breweries’ Relief (SBR). These changes could see more than 150 small brewers paying up to £44,000 extra per year to the Treasury. They could come into force within months leaving small brewers little time to […]