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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
SIBA BeerX – Off the back of a successful BeerX the Kegstar business continues to be inundated with opportunities to work closer with many more terrific breweries and SIBA members, both in the UKI and oversees. They really appreciate the time everyone took to come and see the team on the day, share a beer […]
Grey Trees Brewery and Purple Moose Brewery took the top awards in SIBA’s Wales & West Independent Beer Awards, which took place at Ludlow Festival. The American hopped ‘Afghan Pale Ale’ by Grey Tress Brewery took home the overall Gold in the cask beer competition, whereas the rich and chocolatey ‘Chocolate Moose’ by Purple Moose […]
Drink-IT is continuing the successful journey and is staffing up its sales and marketing organisation internationally to meet growing demands from the beverage industry. Onboarding three new sales and marketing professionals Drink-IT is a leading provider of beverage industry software solutions. We are pleased to announce that we are staffing up our sales and marketing […]
Pentair covers up to 100,000 hl per year with its BMF +Flux Compact S4 With the development of the BMF +Flux Compact S4, Pentair makes the benefits of diatomaceous earth (DE)-free beer membrane filtration accessible to craft and small breweries. The first BMF +Flux Compact S4 systems are already operating successfully at the Princen Brewery […]
As part of a five-million-pound expansion, West Berkshire Brewery (WBB) is gearing up to launch its brand-new brewery and packaging line. Final preparations are underway and the brewery is aiming to be fully operational in their purpose built new facility by mid-August 2017. WBB will be offering contract packaging to other brewers on their top […]