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VOG and Geipel Brewery take Overall Champion Golds in cask and bottle at SIBA Wales & West Independent Beer Awards 2023

The Vale of Glamorgan Brewery (VOG), and Geipel, based in Pant Glas, Gellioedd have taken home the two top awards in Wales & West biggest beer competition – the SIBA Wales & West Independent Beer Awards 2023.  Vale of Glamorgan was named the best of the best in the cask beer competition, taking the Overall Champion […]

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Eight Arch Brewing Co & Yonder Brewing named Champions of the South West in SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2023

Eight Arch Brewing Co and Yonder Brewing have taken home the two Overall Champion awards in the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) South West Independent Beer Awards, which took place last night at the MaltingsFest beer festival in Newton Abbot. Square Logic by Eight Arch, an aromatic and fruity pale ale using buckets of American […]

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Breweries invited to sign up to Women On Tap Showcase

WOTFEST SEVEN will take place 24th to 28th May 2023 and the Women On Tap team is asking UK breweries to celebrate the women in their workforce. In the lead up to the annual festival, venues always ask for a list of breweries they can refer to when planning tap takeovers to run across the […]

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New SIBA Independent Beer Award winners medals introduced for 2023 season

The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) have today launched new-look Independent Beer Awards 2023 winners medals, including an option for Gold medal winners to use medals featuring their 90+ winning score. The badges were developed by SIBA Head of Comms & Marketing Neil Walker with design partner MA, in consultation with the SIBA Competitions Committee […]

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UK Brewery numbers relatively stable despite industry challenges – with some regions seeing growth

The total number of breweries in the UK has remained ‘relatively stable’ in the first quarter of 2023 according to figures released today from the SIBA UK Brewery Tracker – which tracks new brewery openings and closures across the UK to give net numbers both regionally and Nationally.  Covering the period from the start of January 2023 […]

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UK’s best beers revealed: The craft breweries who are taking home the silverware from the SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2023

Grainstore Brewery’s ‘Nip’ and North Brewing Co’s ‘Triple Fruited Gose – Mango Guava Guava’ have taken home Overall Champion Gold in the Cask and Keg Awards at the SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2023, with Abbeydale being named the best bottled or canned beer with their ‘Black Mass’ black IPA  – making their three beers officially the […]

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New report shows hugely positive effect of independent breweries felt by communities across the UK

Eight out of ten people in the UK believe that a well-run independent brewery has a positive effect on its local community, according to a new report published today. The SIBA Craft Beer Report 2023 – which features new brewery survey data, industry analysis and commentary, as well specially commissioned consumer research via YouGov – shows […]

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