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Budget 2016 – Trade bodies urge MPs to back Beer Duty cut and sign Early Day Motion 919

CAMRA/BBPA/SIBA JOINT NEWS RELEASE Friday, 15th January 2016 The chief executives of the campaign coalition calling for a cut in beer duty this year (CAMRA, SIBA, and the BBPA), have written jointly to Members of Parliament this week, urging them to support a new Parliamentary motion calling for a one penny cut in beer duty […]

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SIBA named as ‘Official Partner’ of Craft Beer Rising London

The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), has today been named as the Official Partner of the Craft Beer Rising beer festival in London. The highly successful craft beer festival is now in its third year and has partnered with trade organisation SIBA, who represent Britain’s independent craft brewers, to deliver another fantastic event in the […]

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SIBA Members Invited to Enter Imbibe Live's Wheat Beer Challenge

Following its successful debut in 2015, Imbibe Live’s beer competition will return in June 2016 with a Wheat Beer Challenge competition. Imbibe Live’s beer ambassador, Mark Dorber, founder of Boudica Inns, is inviting brewers large and small to enter for their chance to win a seasonal listing at a selection of Mitchells & Butlers’ leading […]

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Beavertown’s Jenn Merrick wins British Guild of Beer Writer’s ‘Brewer of the Year’

Photo: Logan Plant (Founder) and Jenn Merrick (Head Brewer) of Beavertown Brewery. Jenn Merrick the head brewer of Beavertown Brewery, based in Tottenham Hale, North London, last night walked away with the prestigious British Guild of Beer Writer’s ‘Brewer of the Year’. The award, chosen by a panel of judges from the British Guild of […]

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Thinking Drinkers Do Movember

Spitfire Premium Kentish Ale, keen sponsors of Movember for the last five years, have released a hair-in-cheek You Tube video. The Spitfire Guide to ‘Growing Your Own Moustache’ is filmed and acted by www.thinkingdrinkers.com, award-winning drinks writers Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham. They demonstrate the hair-raising potential of applying prime Kentish hops, a dark barley […]

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‘Understanding and insight’ at IBD Symposium

The Institute of Brewing & Distilling’s 2015 UK Symposium, held recently in Harrogate, drew more than 100 delegates from across the brewing world for two days of thought-provoking speeches and debate on some of the industry’s hottest topics. Entitled ‘The Business of Brewing’, the symposium examined a number of issues and opportunities throughout the beer […]

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It’s party time as Titanic Brewery celebrates 30 years of success with a charity fundraising extravaganza

Titanic Brewery is to throw a huge party in aid of local charities as it celebrates its 30th anniversary. Funfair rides, charity stalls, musicians and a beer tent will take over the brewery’s site in Callender Place, Burslem, on Saturday, November 14. From humble beginnings behind the Travellers’ Rest pub, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent, Titanic Brewery has […]

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