SIBA South West Region Beer Competition 2015 DATE OF JUDGING & ANNOUNCEMENT 16th April 2015 Overall Champion of the Competition Sponsored by: GOLD Tuckers Maltings – SILVER Jim Laker Memorial – BRONZE SIBA Brewery Product ABV Gold Plain Ales Brewery Ltd Inncognito 4.8 Silver St Austell Brewery Big Job 7.2 Bronze Coastal Brewery Merry Maidens […]
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) welcomed a recent visit from Siba, the guide dog whom it is sponsoring, as he nears the end of the first stage of his training. Siba, a Labrador-Golden Retriever cross, is now 11 months old and has been living with a puppy walker in the south west, learning basic […]
Wiltshire-based brewers Wadworth have their sights firmly set on a bigger slice of the London market, with the appointment of a new London Key Account Manager and ambitious plans to bring their famous heritage ales to pubs around the city. Simon Tomkins, has come to Wadworth from SAB Miller Brands, and is leading the […]
Although they only started brewing in early 2015 Eight Arch Brewing Co. of Wimborne Minster, Dorset already have a famous customer. During a visit to a BBQ in a nearby village on Easter Monday Prime Minister David Cameron enjoyed sampling the beer and would have stayed for more but had a speech to make […]
MP, Dr Andrew Murrison presented with Parliamentary Beer Champion Award by James Timoney of Plain Ales Brewery, Warminster MP for South West Wiltshire, Dr Andrew Murrison was presented with a SIBA Parliamentary Beer Champion 2015 award for his support for the British beer industry during the 2010 to 2015 Parliament. He was presented with the “Beer […]
Wadworth, the Devizes-based brewers, have joined forces with Sparsholt College in Hampshire to create a Chelsea Flower Show garden which features heritage hops as its theme. The Wadworth 6X sponsorship is behind the efforts of a team of 14 Extended Diploma horticulture students who have designed and will build every aspect of the garden, and […]
International folk singer Seth Lakeman helped Dartmoor Brewery launch their new cask ale, Dartmoor Best, at The Plume of Feathers in Princetown. Dartmoor Brewery is the West Country brewery behind well-known brands Jail Ale, Legend and Dartmoor IPA. Taking a break from his UK Tour, Seth, now widely recognised as one of the UK’s […]
John Lawton from Teignworthy Brewery attends Small Business Reception with Chancellor Georg Osborne to make the case for more support for Britain’s independent brewers’
Devizes-based brewer Wadworth is celebrating as the brewery’s much-loved Visitor Centre was awarded Gold in the Small Visitor Centre Attraction category at the South West Tourism Awards last night. The only Wiltshire based attraction chosen as a finalist in this category, the brewery centre team attended the prestigious awards ceremony, held at The Grand Pier […]