SIBA National
November 14, 2025 | by Neil Walker | SIBA National
The Society of Independent Brewers and Associates (SIBA) have today launched the SIBA Business Awards 2026, including two new catgeories for ‘Brewing Industry Individual Newcomer of the Year’ and ‘Independent Beer Champion of the Year’. The SIBA Business Awards seek to congratulate excellence in the brewing industry across a variety of categories, from pump clip, can and bottle design, to […]
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November 5, 2025 | by Neil Walker | Industry News, SIBA National
In a new transatlantic partnership between independent brewing trade associations, Champion brewers from the UK are going to have the opportunity to go up against the best that the USA and rest of the World has to offer at the World’s biggest beer competition – The World Beer Cup. National Champions from the UK’s leading […]
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October 22, 2025 | by Barry Watts | Homebrew, SIBA National
Homebrewers have their chance to help decide the future of a new hop variety by entering this year’s National Homebrew Beer Awards which opens for registration today (22 October 2025). The Society of Independent Brewers and Associates (SIBA) has partnered with hop merchants Charles Faram to give homebrewers access to the latest experimental British hops […]
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October 9, 2025 | by Neil Walker | Midlands, SIBA National, wales and west
The two top awards in cask and keg at the Indie Beer Awards Midlands & West have been scooped by Twisted Tree Brewery in Oxfordshire and Gloucester Brewery in Gloucestershire, in a record-sized competition judging beers from across the Midlands and West of England. Twisted Tree Brewery’s ‘The Bark Side’ Black IPA wowed judges in […]
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September 26, 2025 | by Neil Walker | SIBA National
Rt Hon Sir Julian Smith KCB CBE, Member of Parliament for Skipton and Ripon, officially opened the new Headquarters of the Society of Independent Brewers and Associates (SIBA) in Ripon this week (Wednesday, 24 September). Julian visited SIBA’s new premises on Dallamires Lane, where he was welcomed by Chief Executive Andy Slee and members of […]
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September 19, 2025 | by Neil Walker | SIBA National, wales and west
Bragdy Twt Lol (The Trefforest Brewery) and Bragdy Cybi have taken home the two Overall Golds in the inuagural Indie Beer Cymru Awards respective cask and keg competitions. Twt Lol won the Overall Gold in the cask beer competition with their ‘Pretty Fly for a Magpie’ IPA, described as a ‘very hoppy, bitter but smooth IPA […]
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September 10, 2025 | by Neil Walker | SIBA National, wales and west
View the full beer list here! Wales’ newest beer festival has today revealed the full lineup of breweries and beers on offer – and it’s the biggest selection of Welsh independent beers available anywhere. The brand new beer festival is coming to Haverfordwest next week, featuring a huge range of beers from independent breweries from […]
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September 8, 2025 | by Neil Walker | Scotland, SIBA National
Loch Lomond brewery have made history at the Indie Beer Scotland Awards 2025, taking home both the Overall Champion Cask and Overall Champion Keg Awards with the very same beer for the first time ever. The cask and keg versions of their flagship Silkie Stout not only won their style categories, but then both went […]
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September 5, 2025 | by Neil Walker | Midlands, SIBA National
The Society of Independent Brewers & Associates(SIBA) is proud to announce that the Midlands and West Indie Beer Awards 2025 will take place at the Nottingham Robin Hood Beer & Cider Festival on Wednesday 8th October 2025. The prestigious awards, which celebrate the very best independent craft beers from across the Midlands and the Western counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and […]
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August 27, 2025 | by Neil Walker | Industry News, SIBA National
The Indie Beer Awards have today announced a new partnership with the Guild of Beer Sommeliers to further improve the standard of judging at their beer competitions across the UK. The Indie Beer Awards, which are organised by the Society of Independent Brewers and Associates (SIBA) and take place across the UK, will be utilising […]
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