SIBA have today responded to reports in the media, specifically this article on the BBC website, which falsely claim CAMRA are calling for brewers to remove isinglass finings from their beer production. This press coverage came about as a result of a press release launched by CAMRA to mark the launch of the Good Beer […]
Mike Benner, Managing Director of the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) said, “Andrew has been a great champion of British beer and brewing and his achievements have been outstanding. The campaign for a cut in beer duty, which led to three consecutive cuts will go down in history as one of the biggest achievements for […]
Beer Now is an Evolution of the European Beer Bloggers & Writers Conference The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) and Zephyr Conferences announced today the first-ever Beer Now Conference will take place next March 17-19 in Sheffield, England. The conference is focused on “marketing, tourism, and communications” in the modern beer industry. The conference will […]
by Mike Benner, SIBA Managing Director For a good few years, some in the British beer industry have been somewhat distracted by a desire to define craft beer – whether it should be from a new brewery that did keg beer, whether it should be associated with certain styles or flavour attributes, whether more traditional […]
Independence, provenance and quality are key to the future of British beer SIBA, the Society of Independent Brewers, has today launched an initiative to promote ‘Assured Independent British Craft Breweries’ in an effort to provide greater clarity for consumers looking to purchase beer from genuinely independent craft breweries in the UK. With over 850 brewing […]
Over 100 million pints of beer have been sold through a scheme designed to get craft-brewed beer from some of the smallest brewers into the UK’s largest pub companies. Now in its 14th year, BeerFlex was setup by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) to get their members’ beers into pub chains and has proved […]
Great Taste, the world’s most coveted blind-tasted food awards, which celebrates the very best in food and drink, has announced the Great Taste stars of 2016. Out of 10,000 products to be judged. The Cheshire Brewhouse, Congleton Cheshire was awarded a 2-star Great Taste award for its “Dane’ish” craft Cheshire lager. The Judges’ comments were […]
The breweries chosen as finalists in the 2016 Imbibe Wheat Beer Challenge have today been announced, with all five being independent craft brewers from the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA). Boss Brewing, Heavy Industry, West Berkshire Brewing, The Little Beer Corporation and Harviestoun will fight it out to be named the ‘UK’s best wheat beer’ […]
“What Britain’s independent brewers require now is stability to enable them to run their businesses as normal and continue to brew great beers for the British people. As an increasing number of independent craft brewers look to expand markets beyond our shores through export, we will be keeping a close eye on developments over the […]
The Editors of a new brewing book have extended an an invite to SIBA Members. The official launch of Brewing, Beer and Pubs: a Global Perspective will be held at York Brewery on Friday 15 July 2015 – starting at 5.00pm, with a public debate running from 5.30pm until 7.00pm. The debate will see the […]