Loch Lomond Brewery have been awarded the Overall Champion Cask Gold in the SIBA Scotland Independent Beer Awards 2022, the beer industry’s most prestigious expert-judged awards. The brewery’s 12% Scotch Ale ‘Long Road Home’ impressed judges with huge flavours of molasses, sweet malt and a distinct vanilla richness from the Speyside Whisky Cask barrel-ageing. Fiona […]
Today marks one year before the Scotland Government intends to launch the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) and Scottish small brewers face too many unanswered questions to start preparing. Independent brewers were hoping for clarity today as the scheme administrator, which will run DRS, announced the producer fee – a key element of the costs for […]
Expert beer judges from across Scotland and the UK will this Friday (19th August) be descending on the home of Scottish Rugby, Murrayfield Stadium, to enter a very different kind of scrum – to discover the very best beer in Scotland. Beers from across the country will be fighting it out at the SIBA Scotland Independent […]
A brand-new craft beer festival is set to take place at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, in August, featuring over a hundred different fresh cask beers, independent craft keg from some of Scotland’s best craft breweries, plus cider & spirits from independent Scottish producers. Indie Beer Scotland is organised by Scottish brewers from the not-for-profit trade association the Society of […]
A new cross party report has warned that the chances of Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) successfully going live on time, within its full scope, are vanishingly thin and unless serious defects are addressed the scheme will not succeed and may prove a very costly failure. The recycling scheme – which sees consumers charged a […]
Today the Scottish Government has announced new funding to help small brewers impacted by the restrictions introduced to control the omicron variant. The Brewers Support Fund will provide direct support to small breweries in Scotland. Responding to the announcement, Chief Executive of the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), James Calder said: “Small brewers have been […]
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) have responded to the Scottish First Minister’s announcement that ‘restrictive’ hospitality measures will remain in place until the end of January: “It is disappointing the First Minister has kept the restrictive table-service only and one-metre distancing measures in place for Scottish hospitality businesses – measures which make profitability impossible for […]
Responding to latest Covid-19 restrictions in Scotland, SIBA CEO James Calder said: “Scottish pubs have gone out of their way to make themselves Covid secure throughout this pandemic and are often lower risk venues than the inevitable house parties that people will flock to as new restrictions are introduced. “Small brewers are reliant on community […]
Responding to the Scottish Minister’s statement today on the implementation of the Deposit Return Scheme, SIBA Scottish Director Jamie Delap said: “After many months of consideration, it is welcome that the Minister has today provided more certainty about the start date for Scotland’s ambitious Deposit Return Scheme. With a delay to August 2023 and a […]
The best beers in Scotland have today been revealed with the announcement of this year’s winners in the SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2021 – the UK’s leading beer competition judged by brewers, beer sommeliers and expert tasters. The winning bottled and canned beers from Scotland will now go forward to fight it out with the […]