Mike Benner, Managing Director of the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) said, “Andrew has been a great champion of British beer and brewing and his achievements have been outstanding. The campaign for a cut in beer duty, which led to three consecutive cuts will go down in history as one of the biggest achievements for […]
East Yorkshire’s hidden gem, Great Newsome Brewery has been awarded the highest of accolades in the 2016 Great Taste Awards, winning 3 Great Taste Stars for its Liquorice Lads Stout. The award winning beer is brewed using real liquorice root and named after the men living in and around Pontefract, who dug the liquorice root […]
Music and craft beer are set to prove a winning combination as Perthshire-based craft beer maker Inveralmond Brewery gets ready to back the new season of performances and events in Perth Concert Hall. As Perth’s Autumn and Winter entertainment programme from Horsecross Arts gets underway, Inveralmond will be offering samples of its top beer brand, […]
Great Taste, the world’s most coveted blind-tasted food awards, which celebrates the very best in food and drink, has announced the Great Taste stars of 2016. Out of 10,000 products to be judged, Treboom Brewery, York was awarded a Great Taste award for FIVE of its bottled beers. TWO Stars for Maillot Blanc and ONE […]
In the space of just one week, the team at Wold Top Brewery has picked up two awards and a place in the final of a regional food and drink awards for its coastal inspired beer. Just days after being awarded a bronze medal at the International Beer Challenge, the Wold Newton brewery’s Scarborough Fair […]
TROOPER Red ‘N’ Black, the third beer from IRON MAIDEN and ROBINSONS BREWERY, has been released worldwide through import partners and at selected Morrisons stores nationwide in the UK. The beer will also be available in cask from selected Robinsons pubs and through national listings. The limited edition beer, designed once again by Iron Maiden […]
Surrey craft brewer Hogs Back is celebrating after winning a further five medals, awarded at the recent International Beer Challenge 2016. Hogs Back’s ‘A over T’ (Aromas over Tongham) took two Gold medals: one in the Ale category, in which it was blind tasted against hundreds of competing beers, and one for bottle design, where […]
Beer Now is an Evolution of the European Beer Bloggers & Writers Conference The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) and Zephyr Conferences announced today the first-ever Beer Now Conference will take place next March 17-19 in Sheffield, England. The conference is focused on “marketing, tourism, and communications” in the modern beer industry. The conference will […]
Emmerald now have a warehousing facility in the UK, ensuring that all cask orders can be received, processed and delivered within a one week turnaround. Responding to customer feedback, Emmerald identified a more flexible approach when supplying casks, both in quantity and lead times. Our new UK facility will enable us to take orders and […]
by Mike Benner, SIBA Managing Director For a good few years, some in the British beer industry have been somewhat distracted by a desire to define craft beer – whether it should be from a new brewery that did keg beer, whether it should be associated with certain styles or flavour attributes, whether more traditional […]