Two breweries just a few miles apart have taken home the two overall top spots at the SIBA East Independent Beer Awards, beating brewers from across the East of England, stretching from North Lincolnshire down to Essex and Hertfordshire, as well Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire. In the end though it was two breweries in […]
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has appointed Barry Watts as its new Head of Public Affairs and Policy. Barry joins SIBA from the Royal Economic Society and brings to the role significant public affairs and communications experience having worked in Parliament and financial regulation. He also ran his own brewing company. Welcoming Barry’s appointment, […]
Dear Tim Beer Pricing Your commitment to deliver value to your customers is admirable. Making quality independent beer accessible to the widest range of people is something we should all strive towards. As a category, you are a huge supporter of cask beer. SIBA and J D Wetherspoon have worked successfully together on ensuring quality beer […]
Raspberry Wheat Beer by Milestone Brewery and Oxford Dark Blue by White Horse Brewery have taken home the two top spots at the SIBA Midlands Independent Beer Awards 2019, winning overall Gold in “Cask” and “Bottle & Can” at the prestigious awards. The “Brewers’ Choice” awards, run by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) and […]
SIBA’s Head of PR & Marketing Neil Walker talks to the press ahead of his Single Hop Beer Tasting at Imbibe Live 2019.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid MP & Simon Clark MP, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (responsible for SBR policy) Today (30 July) SIBA Chief Executive James Calder has written to the newly appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid MP and SBR Minister Simon Clarke MP outlining why they should support small brewers through […]
Editor’s Comment, by Caroline Nodder Welcome to the first ever edition of the SIBA Journal dedicated to celebrating diversity in beer. When I started writing about beer and pubs back in the mid-1990s I was often struck by how few women, and even fewer people of colour and representatives from the LGBTQ community there were […]
Commenting on the publication of Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s, the Department of Health’s consultation on strategy for prevention, James Calder, Chief Executive of SIBA said: “It is great to see that the Department of Health recognise that for the vast majority of people who drink, they do so responsibly. More needs to […]
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) have today announced their partnership with the British Guild of Beer Writers for their annual awards. SIBA will sponsor the ‘Brewer of the Year Award’, which is open to brewers of all kinds from across the UK, as well as bringing a new ‘independent craft brewers bar’ to the […]
Two session strength beers have surpassed stronger rivals at a flagship beer competition in the South East. Signature Brew’s ‘Roadie’ has been named the best cask beer in the South East, with West Berkshire Brewery’s ‘India Session Ale’ being awarded best bottle and can beer, at the Society of Independent Brewers’ (SIBA) South East Independent […]