Today’s edition of The Sun newspaper carries a positive story about beer. Covering the European Beer & Health Symposium in Brussels, the article by the paper’s health reporter Nick McDermott, states ‘pints cut early death AND keep you slim, say studies’. The piece points out that studies found moderate consumption of beer reduces the risk […]
Oakham Ales, the innovative brewery based in Peterborough, has won a gold and silver medal in the recent SIBA East (Society of Independent Brewers) Beer Competition. Black Hole Porter won the top prize in the Porter, Stouts, Old Ales and Strong Milds category and Bishops Farwell picked up the silver medal in Premium Bitters. These […]
A family-run supermarket and deli in the West Country has beaten the chain stores to a coveted nationwide drinks title by judges in the 2014 UK Retail Industry Awards last week. Dike & Son of Stalbridge was named Beer and Cider Retailer of the Year, as well as picking up two other awards at a […]
Holderness based Great Newsome Brewery has walked away from the World Beer Awards 2014 with yet another award for its Frothingham Best beer following success in the same awards in 2013. Frothingham Best, which takes its name from the small hamlet in which the brewery is based took a bronze award in the ‘Bitters up […]
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) joined in the brewing industry’s applause for Chancellor George Osborne at the Conservative Party Conference. Mr Osborne was presented with the new ‘Cheers 2014’ report, which includes evidence from the industry, including SIBA brewers, of the positive impact of the cuts in beer duty, as well as a specially-brewed […]
Hot on the heels of receiving Gold at the Great British Beer Festival last month, Yorkshire based Saltaire Brewery has received international recognition for two of its bottled beers. Both Saltaire Pride 3.9% and Saltaire Celebration Ale 6.5% were awarded Silver in the European category at the 2014 World Beer Awards. Saltaire’s Celebration Ale was […]
Following the launch last week of the Cask Report 2014-15, you may like to view the presentation by the author, Pete Brown, highlighting the key findings of the report. This, and the report itself, are available to download from the new Cask Matters website, via the links below: Presentation: http://caskmatters.co.uk/cask-report-2014-15-launch-presentation/ Report: http://caskmatters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/09/Cask-Report-2014.pdf Please do look […]
The good summer we’ve had this year and the dry weather at harvest time has helped Dartmoor farmer Tim Cox to reach his cropping target of 250 tonnes of Dartmoor barley, grown exclusively for Dartmoor Brewery, Devon’s second largest brewery. Dartmoor Brewery began their partnership with cereal farmer Tim Cox three years ago when he […]
Hops foraged from plants growing wild in gardens and pavements in central Croydon will be turned into a truly local beer by brewers at Clarence & Frederick’s Brewing Co next week. Members of the public were invited to join deputy head brewer, Michaela White, on Monday 29 Sept as she picked the hops growing wild […]
SIBA MEMBERS ONLY Venue – upstairs room of the Brewery Tap (courtesy of Leeds Brewery) 18-24 New Station St Leeds Time – 15:00