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SIBA passes 800 membership milestone

Cathedral Heights Brewery in Lincoln becomes SIBA’s 800th brewer member Trade organisation sets 20% membership growth target for the next year The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) now has more than 800 UK breweries signed up to the trade organisation and set itself a target of a further 20% growth over the next year. During […]

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Winners from the South West Beer Competition 2015

SIBA South West Region Beer Competition 2015 DATE OF JUDGING & ANNOUNCEMENT           16th April 2015 Overall Champion of the Competition Sponsored by:  GOLD Tuckers Maltings – SILVER Jim Laker Memorial – BRONZE SIBA Brewery Product ABV Gold Plain Ales Brewery Ltd Inncognito 4.8 Silver St Austell Brewery Big Job 7.2 Bronze Coastal Brewery Merry Maidens […]

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SIBA welcomes sponsored guide dog

The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) welcomed a recent visit from Siba, the guide dog whom it is sponsoring, as he nears the end of the first stage of his training. Siba, a Labrador-Golden Retriever cross, is now 11 months old and has been living with a puppy walker in the south west, learning basic […]

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Wadworth makes a big push for stockists in the capital

Wiltshire-based brewers Wadworth have their sights firmly set on a bigger slice of the London market, with the appointment of a new London Key Account Manager and ambitious plans to bring their famous heritage ales to pubs around the city.   Simon Tomkins, has come to Wadworth from SAB Miller Brands, and is leading the […]

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PM samples beer from new brewery

Although they only started brewing in early 2015 Eight Arch Brewing Co. of Wimborne Minster, Dorset already have a famous customer.   During a visit to a BBQ in a nearby village on Easter Monday Prime Minister David Cameron enjoyed sampling the beer and would have stayed for more but had a speech to make […]

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Emmerald to open 2nd Manufacturing Plant in Ireland for GreenKeg

Emmerald Polymers Ltd established in 2014 is set to open a new Keg manufacturing facility in Ireland. Our goal is to provide the brewing industry with a much needed alternative to the traditional stainless steel beer keg and cask used today in the Global Packaging Industry. Emmerald’s leadership team brings together a number of high […]

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Rhys joins Moorhouse's to build sales in Fylde and Lakes

Lancashire’s Moorhouse’s Brewery- the ‘north-west’s newest regional brewery’ – has signalled its commitment to grow business in the Fylde and Lake District with the appointment of Rhys Foster to the sales team. With several years’ experience in the pub industry, Rhys, 24, previously worked in managerial roles with independent outlets in the Preston area – […]

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Special Desert Hero beer is launched as campaign for a national memorial to war heroes gathers pace

Thousands of JD Wetherspoon’s pub-goers will raise a glass of Titanic Brewery beer to the Sun on Sunday’s campaign for a memorial to Britain’s desert heroes. The Sun on Sunday is calling for donations towards a £1 million Whitehall memorial for armed forces heroes who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now Stoke-on-Trent’s Titanic Brewery has […]

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Hogshead and Rudgate Breweries Atlantic collaboration

Denver based Hogshead Brewery and UK based brewery Rudgate have combined over a 100 years of brewing expertise and knowledge to create their US/ Anglo collaboration ale Atlantic Crossing Best Bitter which will be launched at the Craft Brewers Conference 14th -17th April . The collaboration is a first for both of the craft breweries […]

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