SIBA’s South West Independent Beer Awards 2016, Tuckers Maltings Beer Festival, Teign Road, Newton Abbott, 14th – 16th 2016 The South West will be the first to host SIBA’s new-look beer awards taking place in 2016, with the region’s best beers judged this Thursday at the ‘SIBA South West Independent Beer Awards 2016′, taking place […]
A total of 22 beers from the Society of Independent Brewers’ (SIBA) South West region have been selected for a place in the National finals taking place at BeerX, SIBA’s flagship event. There will be a total of 7 cask beers, 8 ‘small pack’ (bottled and canned) beers, and 7 craft keg beers in the […]
The first ever brewing course at the Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester (RAU), in its 171 year history, will be taking place later this month, on 7-11 March 2016. A refresher course for the Institute of Brewing & Distilling’s Diploma Level, its participants will include trainee brewers from local Cotswolds breweries Gloucester Brewery, Hook Norton Brewery […]
Twelve months after starting brewing Eight Arch beer is about to be available in the House of Commons. This has been arranged by local MP, Michael Tomlinson. Eight Arch owner Steve Farrell said, ‘I plan to visit Parliament during the first week in March so I can see my beer on the bar. The last […]
Swindon Women’s Aid have been kindly donated a 100Ltr complete Microbrewery System by Elite Stainless Fabrications. Raffle tickets are £5 each and can be purchased on this page or by calling either: Abby 01793 864984 Karen 07949016403 Alternately, you can visit the Swindon Women’s Aid website: http://www.swindonwomensaid.org/about-us/swindon-womens-aid-raffle
The organisers of CBR, formerly known as Craft Beer Rising, will be offering SIBA members under 5000hl in production a 10% discount on the cost of a stand at next year’s festival. The festival and trade show, which takes place next February 26-27th at The Old Truman Brewery on Brick Lane in London, has been […]
Supporting the South West’s craft brewers has been shown to be high on the agenda for Clare Moody MEP following her visit to Exe Valley Brewery in Devon. The MEP for the South West and Gibraltar was shown around the brewery by Guy Sheppard, Chairman of The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), one […]
Over 3,000 people packed the wine cellars and vaults of St Austell Brewery at the weekend for the 17th annual Celtic Beer Festival. With four bars serving from 11am until 11pm, and live music and entertainment throughout the day, revellers were treated to a wide selection of beers, ales, stouts and lagers to sample. Alongside […]
Hawkshead Brewery are launching some very special beers – from 12pm The Beer Hall, the brewery tap, will serve 3 versions of Oat Wine, a collaboration brew with Wild Beer Co (in keg & bottle) plus there’ll be 3 guest beers from Wild Beer Co on the bar too. Hawkshead brewers will be serving and […]
As Falmouth’s hangovers after its annual ale festival, one brewery are still rising high after their third win in as many years. Penryn’s Rebel Brewing Co celebrated this week as their brewery scooped another Supreme Champion Beer award from CAMRA Kernow at the Falmouth Beer Festival. Out of over 200 beers exhibited at the festival, […]