The breweries chosen as finalists in the 2016 Imbibe Wheat Beer Challenge have today been announced, with all five being independent craft brewers from the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA). Boss Brewing, Heavy Industry, West Berkshire Brewing, The Little Beer Corporation and Harviestoun will fight it out to be named the ‘UK’s best wheat beer’ […]
“What Britain’s independent brewers require now is stability to enable them to run their businesses as normal and continue to brew great beers for the British people. As an increasing number of independent craft brewers look to expand markets beyond our shores through export, we will be keeping a close eye on developments over the […]
The Editors of a new brewing book have extended an an invite to SIBA Members. The official launch of Brewing, Beer and Pubs: a Global Perspective will be held at York Brewery on Friday 15 July 2015 – starting at 5.00pm, with a public debate running from 5.30pm until 7.00pm. The debate will see the […]
Cullercoats Brewery has raised £25,000 for the RNLI with the sale of over 835,000 pints of beer inspired by the heroism of their local lifeboat crew. The brewery, established by Bill and Anna Scantlebury in 2011, is a staunch supporter of the lifeboat charity and donates 3p for every pint sold Bill said he was […]
The Golden Ale that started a trend and made beer history celebrates its 30th birthday in July with the brewery’s 10,000th brew. Thirty years ago Exmoor Ales (then called Golden Hill), created a special one-off beer to celebrate its 1000th brew. That beer was Exmoor Gold and it has been brewed ever since, winning many […]
Tomorrow (Saturday 11th) is set to be a bumper celebration day as commemorative beers from British independent craft brewers are raised in support of the Queen’s 90th birthday and England’s opening match of Euro 2016. Details of a string of celebration ales have been released by SIBA, the Society of Independent Brewers, who’s craft beer […]
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GBBF Tuesday 9th August – Saturday 13th August 2016 Olympia, London www.gbbf.org.uk The Great British Beer Festival is organised by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) and offers visitors over 900 real ales, ciders, perries and international beers as well as fantastic entertainment, food, seating areas, and traditional pub games to enjoy all under one […]
Wednesday 15th June – Thursday 16th June 2016 Manchester Central www.bevexpo.com BevExpo2016 (incorporating Cellar to Seller and BrewEx) is an opportunity for the wider beverage industry to meet, learn and discover the excellence of products and services within the entire beverage industry supply chain. Seminar areas, embraced within the exhibition stand area, will deliver presentations […]
Tuesday 8th November – Thursday 10th November 2016 BrauBeviale – the capital goods exhibition for the whole process chain of beverage production: raw materials, technologies, logistics and marketing. 37,000 trade visitors from Europe and the rest of the world used the creative atmosphere at BrauBeviale 2015 to develop solutions. 1,083 exhibitors in 8 exhibition halls […]