The Society of Independent Brewers and Associates (SIBA) have today launched the SIBA Business Awards 2025, including a brand new ‘Diversity Champion of the Year’ award in partnership with social enterprise, Women On Tap CIC. The new award celebrates independent breweries who have made equity, diversity and inclusivity a central part of their business – be that with a […]
The top beers in the region have been revealed with the announcement of the SIBA Midlands Independent Beer Awards 2024, with a host of Cask and Keg beers taking home Golds in the prestigious awards at the Oxford CAMRA Beer Festival. Liquid Light Brew Co were one of the competition’s biggest winners, topping an impressive […]
As the UK’s leading test laboratory, we are supporting breweries this Winter by offering FREE gluten testing through our UKAS-accredited lab, with every purchase of DeHaze from now until Christmas. We always recommend brewers test every batch as the negative repercussion of selling a beer labelled as gluten free which is above the max requirements […]
The Society of Independent Brewers and Associates (SIBA) have responded to the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget, which they say had ‘positive steps’ but will see breweries worse off overall; “The Chancellor’s announcement that she will raise the draught duty discount was a positive step which shows a continued support for breweries and beer in pubs, which contribute greatly […]
The Society of Independent Brewers and Associates (SIBA) have today welcomed news that the Chancellor intends to support the independent brewing industry with an announcement in Wednesday’s Autumn Budget. “Being able to reach people who want local beer is the number one issue facing our independent breweries who often cannot sell to the local pubs […]
Baker’s Dozen Brewery in Stamford have taken home the top award in the East of England region of the SIBA Independent Beer Awards, winning Overall Champion Gold. Their ’12 Second Panda’ IPA proved a big hit with the expert judges assessing beers during the competition held at Brewpoint in Bedford. The 6% hazy ‘New England’ […]
SIBA has today announced a partnership with leading London brewery Five Points, malt specialists Crisp Malt and The Malt Miller, to challenge homebrewers to brew the best British Dark Beer. And to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Maris Otter malt in 2025, each beer should use this legendary variety as the base of their brew. […]
Click here to enter the SIBA Homebrew Beer Awards 2025 Important Information: For the 2025 SIBA Homebrew Beer Awards, SIBA has teamed up with malt specialists Crisp Malt, The Malt Miller and leading London brewery Five Points to challenge homebrewing members to brew the UK’s most alluring British Dark Beer. This could be a Dark […]
A new campaign launching today is seeking to make it easier for beer drinkers to identify beer from independent breweries in pubs, bars, and shops as demand for local beer rises across the UK. Production volumes for independent breweries have now returned to pre-covid levels, with cask beer sold in pubs also in double digit […]
For the first time in 2024 some regions of the UK have seen their overall brewery number rise, with the overall net closure rate across the UK also slowing, according to figures released today by the SIBA UK Brewery Tracker. The UK had a net closure rate of -27 in the third quarter leading up […]