SIBA supports Tryanuary

The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) is supporting Tryanuary, the new initiative that encourages drinkers to seek out new independent breweries, beers, bars and bottle shops during January. SIBA has contacted all its members – brewers, suppliers and pubs – to enlist their support for Tryanuary.  A number of SIBA brewers are already among the […]

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Cumbrian Brewery celebrates historic grain

A CUMBRIAN brewery will be the only one of the county’s more than 30 beer producers to take part in an international celebration of the grain that made history. The Maris Otter 50th Beer Festival in September 2015 will mark the extraordinary success of Maris Otter malting barley – revered among ale brewers as the […]

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Derby Brewing Company Launch Charity Appeal

The Derby Brewing Company is proud to announce their January Charity Appeal: Eat, Drink, Donate. Offering an alternative to the national ‘Dry-January’ appeal, Eat, Drink, Donate offers the people of Derby the chance to continue supporting the vital Great British Brewing Industry, whist raising money for 2 incredible local-borne charities, all whilst having fun.   […]

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The Welsh brewery selling 1m bottles of beer

Celt Experience, an ‘experimental and strange’ craft beer brewery, is doubling in size because of international demand. Tom Newman hasn’t slept for two days when we meet at the Celt Experience Brewery outside Caerphilly in Wales. This isn’t because of the enormous growth of his craft beer business, which is doubling capacity next year as […]

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Carlsberg UK signs packaging pledge

Leading beer and beverage business Carlsberg UK has given its commitment to the Government’s Public Health Responsibility Deal pledge on packaging, a cross-industry partnership to ensure consumers are given full information in order to facilitate responsible drinking. Carlsberg UK has signed a pledge to not sell any carbonated product containing more than four units of […]

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Plans approved for Wimbledon Brewery

The Wimbledon Brewery Company Ltd today announces that it has received planning approval from Merton Council to open a 30-barrel brewery at College Fields, Prince Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 2PT. Wimbledon Brewery will produce exceptionally crafted cask and keg beers, to be launched in the spring of 2015. The first Wimbledon Brewery Company was established […]

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International Brewing and Cider Awards extend deadline

The International Brewing Awards and International Cider Awards 2015 are extending the deadline for entries to Friday 9 January, following requests from brewers and cider makers keen to take part in the competition. Ruth Evans, director of Brewing Technology Services (BTS), which organises the event, said, “December is a busy time and a number of […]

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