International folk singer Seth Lakeman helped Dartmoor Brewery launch their new cask ale, Dartmoor Best, at The Plume of Feathers in Princetown. Dartmoor Brewery is the West Country brewery behind well-known brands Jail Ale, Legend and Dartmoor IPA. Taking a break from his UK Tour, Seth, now widely recognised as one of the UK’s […]
CFT, the large process engineering company known in the beer world for bottling and canning technology, have unveiled their first completed brewery since taking on Elio Poloniato, the chief brewery engineer at Velo. Elio has designed and built over 20 distilleries and 220 breweries in his career, the most famous UK brewery being Thornbridge. […]
SIBA MEMBERS ONLY VENUE: TBA TIME: 3pm on Thursday 24th September.
SIBA MEMBERS ONLY VENUE: The next meeting will be held at the Bridge Hotel, Castle Square, Newcastle TIME: 3pm on Thursday 21st May.
SIBA MEMBERS ONLY Time: 19:00 Venue: The White Horse Hotel, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 8NA This is preceded by Brewery visits at Flack Manor Brewery, Romsey Industrial Estate, Romsey, SO51 0HR. (http://www.flackmanor.co.uk/) Visits commence from 5pm until 6.30 pm. Romsey train station is close (walking distance) to both venues, and there is car-parking available at […]
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has given Lifetime Achievement Awards to beer writer Roger Protz and to George Philliskirk, former director of the Beer Academy. The Awards were presented at SIBA’s BeerX event in Sheffield by chairman Guy Sheppard, who said, “We are delighted to recognise the enormous contribution made by both Roger and […]
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), the trade organisation that represents 800 independent brewers, has launched Delivering the Future of British Beer, a strategic plan setting out its aims for the next three years. The plan, the organisation’s first, has been developed to ensure continued success for the independent brewing sector, which has thrived in […]
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) unveiled three Supreme Champions and 60 medal winners in its National Beer Competition 2015, announced at its BeerX celebration of British beer in Sheffield. Top honours and the Supreme Champion titles went to: Brass Castle Brewery of Malton, Yorkshire for Burnout in the National Cask Beer Competition; St Austell […]
SIBA National Cask, Bottle, Keg Beer Competition 2015 DATE OF JUDGING 17th March 2015 ANNOUNCEMENT 18th March 2015 National Cask Beer Competition 2015 – Supreme Champion Sponsored by Close Brewery Rentals Brewery Product ABV Gold Brass Castle Brewery Burnout 5.8 Silver Shiny Brewing Company Ltd Affinity 4.6 Bronze Salopian Brewery Darwin’s Origin 4.3 National Bottled […]
Mike Benner, managing director at the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) said, “This is a great day for British independent brewers, pubs and consumers.” “We applaud the Chancellor’s decision to support British beer with this historic third cut in beer duty. It continues the momentum of the cuts in 2013 and 2014 and will boost […]