South West

Blonde gets Gold.

Dawkins Bristol Blonde crowned Champion standard bitter and third overall out of 270 beers. A few pints were sunk in Newton Abbot last Thursday with our wins at the region’s largest beer competition at Tucker’s Maltings, organized by the small brewers’ trade body SIBA. The beers were judged in blind tastings by fellow brewers and […]

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Dartmoor Brewery scoops top local business award

Dartmoor Brewery was awarded Small Business of the Year at the Herald Business Awards in Plymouth last night (Thursday 1st May). The Princetown-based Brewery, famous for its Jail Ale, was the only drinks manufacturer to win at this year’s awards, which drew entries from more than 500 businesses across Plymouth and the surrounding area. The […]

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SIBA to fund guide dog training

The Society of Independent Brewers’ south west region is sponsoring a guide dog as part of its ongoing community support. A cheque for £10,000 was presented to the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association at SIBA’s south west beer competition at Tuckers Maltings in Newton Abbot, Devon. SIBA’s support will pay for the training of […]

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Quantock triumphs at biggest-ever SIBA South West Competition

Somerset-based Quantock Brewery added to its trophy cabinet by taking the Overall Champion prize at the Society of Independent Brewers’ south west regional beer competition last week. The accolade, for its Wills Neck 4.2% ABV golden ale, follows victories for the beer at SIBA’s national beer competition earlier this year and in 2013. A total […]

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SIBA South West Beer Competition 2014 Results

SIBA South West Region Beer Competition 2014 DATE   OF JUDGING & ANNOUNCEMENT      24th April 2014 Overall Champion of the Competition Sponsored by:   GOLD Tuckers Maltings – SILVER Jim Laker Memorial – BRONZE SIBA Brewery Product ABV Gold Quantock Brewery Wills Neck 4.3 Silver Tavy Ales Porter 5.2 Bronze Dawkins Ales Bristol Blonde 3.8 For the […]

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Bath Ales unveils two new concepts under one roof

Independent brewer Bath Ales has just unveiled two exciting new venues housed in the South West’s most popular concert venue, Colston Hall, in Bristol. Comprising of two separate locations inside the stunning building in Bristol City Centre, the new venues include a charcuterie bar/restaurant called Gordito and Colston Street Bar & Kitchen, a café bar […]

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Winter Glow Wins Gold At Camra's National Winter Ale Festival

Exe Valley Brewery is delighted to have been awarded Gold for it’s Winter Glow in the Old Ales / Strong Milds Category of the Champion Beer of Britain at the National Competition held in Derby yesterday (19th Feb) – http://www.camra.org.uk/article.php?group_id=12802 Winter Glow is a traditional old ale at 6% abv – a strong, dark and […]

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