March, 2013

Welcome Pilgrims and Behold the Creed of St Out

Wadworth has introduced a mysterious character to spread the word about their 30 litre kegged stout Corvus in the period around St Patrick’s Day. The slightly sinister, bearded and robed St Out of Devizes appears in an artist’s impression, dressed in flowing monk-like garments, and is accompanied by his ‘familiar’ the Raven (from the Latin […]

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New Sales Manager at Steiner Hops Ltd

Guy Perry has joined Steiner Hops Ltd as Sales Manager to help support the rapid growth of micro breweries in the UK and Europe. Guy has over 20 years experience working as Head Brewer at Sarah Hughes Brewery, Black Country Ales and Stroud Brewery and is therefore well qualified to provide technical sales support. Guy […]

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Steve Briscoe: How I founded a Peerless brewery

I am a native of Cumbria, but I left home aged 16 to take up an apprenticeship with GEC Telecoms in Coventry. It was the start of 30 years in an exciting industry. I rose from telecoms engineer to teaching people from all over the world at the Liverpool training school in the late eighties. Finally I […]

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Cyclops Beer Live

Onsite Cyclops testing at SIBA’s BeerX on 15th March Cyclops Beer is bringing its laboratory to SIBA’s BeerX to test a number of British ales and produce Cyclops tasting notes. Technicians will be on hand to analyse the beers and provide descriptors of their look, smell and taste, bitterness and sweetness, beer style and ABV. […]

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SIBA BeerX ‘set to deliver on vision’

Sheffield is preparing for an influx of brewers, licensees, beer-lovers and brewing suppliers next week, when the city hosts SIBA’s first-ever BeerX, a celebration of British beer. One week ahead of the start of BeerX on 13 March, a total of 600 industry delegates have signed up for the event. They include brewers attending the […]

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Cerveza por favor! -from the banks of River Wharfe to the Barcelona Beer Festival and the bars of Catalonia-

WharfeBank Brewery, the award winning producer of hand crafted ales situated on the banks of the River Wharfe in the heart of Yorkshire, is to supply beer to the 2013 Barcelona Beer Festival (BBF) and more than 20 bars across Catalonia. As part of its expansion into the European beer market, WharfeBank Brewery will supply […]

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Brewers Association Announces 2013 Beer Style Guidelines

Boulder, CO • March 4, 2013—The Brewers Association (BA), the not-for-profit trade group dedicated to promoting and protecting America’s small and independent craft brewers, released its 2013 Beer Style Guidelines. Updated annually, this year’s version defines 142 styles of beer, up from 140 in 2012. Compiling the guidelines annually is a collaborative effort, and the […]

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The Great British Home Brew Challenge 2012/13

Craft brewing has had a resurgence across the world during the past few years and is having a fantastic influence on the brewing industry in the UK. With over 1100 breweries now operating, the range of beers styles available has never been greater. Many of the beers brewed in today’s new wave of breweries are […]

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