SIBA’s South West Independent Beer Awards 2016, Tuckers Maltings Beer Festival, Teign Road, Newton Abbott, 14th – 16th 2016 The South West will be the first to host SIBA’s new-look beer awards taking place in 2016, with the region’s best beers judged this Thursday at the ‘SIBA South West Independent Beer Awards 2016′, taking place […]
SIBA, the Society of Independent Brewers, have officially launched their new look logo following a re-brand designed to reflect the changing face of British brewing. SIBA unveiled its new logo at BeerX earlier in March, designed to reflect the direction of the association’s strategic plan and the exciting developments in the independent craft brewing industry. […]
An investment of £200,000 is being made in Black Wolf Brewery to provide the brewery with a new state of the art bottling line. The brewery is buying the line from Cime Careddu, a long established Italian manufacturer, through Willis European Limited (www.williseuropean.com) who are their sole UK agents. The new bottling facility will have […]
Cheers! Special brew helps Chiltern conservation groups Beer drinkers have made a £700 contribution to preserving the Chiltern countryside simply by enjoying their tipple. A special brew – Chiltern Double Fifty – was developed by The Chiltern Brewery last autumn to celebrate the 50th anniversaries of the conservation charity, the Chiltern Society, and the Chilterns […]
• 40% increase in BeerX trade attendees • More than 20% increase in BeerX exhibitors • SIBA launches new research at BeerX that highlights new hospitality markets for independent craft brewers • SIBA to review the use of Cyclops Beer tasting notes as part of their national BeerFlex scheme • Scotland & Wales brewers win […]
by Saxon Packaging Last week our Managing Director Paul King and Sales Director Mike Impson were delighted to be awarded (on behalf of Saxon) SIBA’s Supplier Associate of the Year Award. “The whole of Saxon Packaging are over the moon to win this award, the fact this is a ‘members voted’ category makes it more […]
Cambridgeshire brewer Elgood’s, has won a gold and silver medal in the Society of Independent Brewers’ (SIBA) national beer awards. Elgood’s won the gold for its Cherry Wheat beer in the small pack category and silver in the keg beer competition for its Coolship Fruit. There were eighty judges in total at SIBAs National Beer […]
Restaurant Martin Wishart on the Shore, Leith, recognises the importance of beer and food pairing and as a result has added craft beer ‘Lerwick IPA’ by Lerwick Brewery to their menu this month. The Restaurant was opened by Martin Wishart in 1999 and gained its much coveted Michelin Star in 2001, to which it has […]
Heriot Watt trained Gordon McCallum has recently joined the five strong team of brewers at Timothy Taylor’s in Keighley. He takes up the role of Junior Brewer to coincide with the imminent retirement of Peter Eells and promotion of Andrew Leman to Head Brewer. Gordon states ’‘It is a dream come true working for Timothy […]
Cambridgeshire brewer Elgood’s, has won a gold and silver medal in the Society of Independent Brewers’ (SIBA) national beer awards. Elgood’s won the gold for its Cherry Wheat beer in the small pack category and silver in the keg beer competition for its Coolship Fruit. There were eighty judges in total at SIBAs National Beer […]