Robert Humphreys, who recently retired after 21 years as Honorary Secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group, was crowned “Beer Drinker of the Year” by Beer Group Chairman, Andrew Griffiths, MP for Burton on Trent. The presentiation was made on 9th July at the Beer Group’s Annual Awards Dinner that attracted over 250 MPs, […]
Mark Harper, MP for the Forest of Dean, recently visited Longhope based business, Hillside Brewery, to meet the team and tour the site. The Brewery, run by the Williamson family, has recently been refurbished and sources local ingredients to produce a variety of different beers like Legless Cow and Severn Surge. Alongside production and bottling […]
Local MP Simon Hart’s “pub politics” sessions are proving a big hit with voters with more than 75 people turning up at the most recent session at the Milton Brewery near Carew. Mr Hart has been holding the informal meetings at pubs and clubs around Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire for the past 15 months. […]
Canterbury microbrewer The Canterbury Ales took the Overall Champion’s prize at the Society of Independent Brewers’ (SIBA) south east beer competition for The Merchant’s Ale, a 4% ABV mild. The brewery’s triumph was all the more impressive for being their first ever SIBA award. A total of 168 draught beers and 98 bottled brews […]
SIBA South East Region Beer Competition 2014 DATE OF JUDGING & ANNOUNCEMENT 11th July 2014 Overall Champion of the Competition Sponsored by Muntons PLC Brewery Product ABV Gold Canterbrew Ltd The Merchant’s Ale 4.0 Silver 360 Degree Brewing Company Ltd. Pale #39 3.9 Bronze Binghams Brewery Doodle Stout 5.0
Keith Bott, recently retired chairman of the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) and a hugely influential figure in the British brewing scene for the last 30 years, was yesterday presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group (APPBG). APPBG chairman Andrew Griffiths said, “Keith’s impact on the British brewing industry […]
Pale Beers Demand the Palest Malt In July 2013 Jim Wilson, previously at Tap East in London and now Head Brewer at the Laine Pub Company, was brewing as part of a London Brewers Alliance visit to the Muntons Pilot brewery and over lunch he remarked ‘What new malts are coming through andcan’t you make […]
The Bakers Vaults, Stockport, will reopen at noon on Friday 11th July following a substantial investment from Robinsons Brewery and publican trio Jonny Booth, Jamie Langrish and Rupert Hill. The pub, situated in the heart of Stockport’s historic market place, closed last Christmas much to the disappointment of their locals. Robinsons Brewery was quick to […]
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) will again be showcasing eight of its Champion beers at the Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) in August, giving visitors the chance to sample the cask ales that triumphed in SIBA’s national beer competition earlier this year. The beers will be served throughout the festival on the SIBA Champions […]
Professor Charles “Charlie” Bamforth has been elected as the sixty third President of the Institute of Brewing and Distilling (IBD). Charlie was born in Lancashire in the North of England and has worked in the brewing sector for over 36 years, in a variety of both academic and corporate roles in the UK and USA. […]