SIBA will once again be sponsoring the British Guild of Beer Writers “Brewer of the Year Award” and serving a range of award-winning independent craft beers on our bar at the drinks reception. Below you will find the full rnage of draught, bottled and canned beers due to be served.
The SIBA Business Awards 2022 will include three new categories in response to shifting consumer buying habits over the last year, making them the biggest set of awards ever dished out to the industry by the craft brewing trade body. The awards, which open for entries today, will now include categories for the “UK’s Best […]
Responding to the Chancellors 2021 Budget, James Calder, SIBA Chief Executive said; “The Chancellor’s Budget introduced radical changes to the outdated Alcohol Duty system which will benefit brewers of lower strength beers, traditional cask beer and create a more level playing field between small breweries and cider producers. The lower rate of duty for beer […]
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) say that rising costs in essential materials such as fuel, CO2, energy, bottles, cans and packaging are making it impossible for many small independent breweries to bounce back from Covid lockdown and social distancing measures which hit the pub and brewing industry harder than most. Reports from SIBA highlight […]
Hophurst Brewery have taken home the Overall Champion Cask Beer Award at the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) North West Independent Beer Awards 2021, which took place at the Bolton Beer Festival. Their Gold-winning beer ‘Love is Noise’ was brewed to celebrate the brewery’s 7th Birthday this month and is the first time the brewery have […]
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 […]