The best beers in Scotland have today been revealed with the announcement of this year’s SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2024 – the UK’s leading beer competition judged by brewers, beer sommeliers and expert tasters. The winning bottled and canned beers will now go forward to fight it out with the best from across the UK […]
Bullhouse Brewing Co in Belfast were the winners of the Prize Draw 2024 for taking part and completing the SIBA Industry Survey. This week we caught up with William & Christie Mayne from Bullhouse to see how the £500 to spend with a SIBA Supplier has helped them! ‘Since becoming a SIBA Member, we ensure […]
Update: Sign up now live (click here) Women On Tap CIC is the new organiser of International Women’s Collaboration Brew Day (IWCBD) and after a year off, the global initiative will make a comeback in 2025 with the theme UNITE SOCIETY. The Society of Independent Brewers and Associates (SIBA) is the campaign’s headline partner, with […]
Paul Hegarty has thirty-eight years’ experience in the brewing sector, starting his career as a Research Scientist at Bass in Burton before moving on to to be Head of the UK Communication Team for Molson Coors. For the past ten years he has been the Honorary Secretary to the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group, handing over […]
The Society of Independent Brewers and Associates (SIBA) have today launched the SIBA Business Awards 2025, including a brand new ‘Diversity Champion of the Year’ award in partnership with social enterprise, Women On Tap CIC. The new award celebrates independent breweries who have made equity, diversity and inclusivity a central part of their business – be that with a […]
The top beers in the region have been revealed with the announcement of the SIBA Midlands Independent Beer Awards 2024, with a host of Cask and Keg beers taking home Golds in the prestigious awards at the Oxford CAMRA Beer Festival. Liquid Light Brew Co were one of the competition’s biggest winners, topping an impressive […]
As the UK’s leading test laboratory, we are supporting breweries this Winter by offering FREE gluten testing through our UKAS-accredited lab, with every purchase of DeHaze from now until Christmas. We always recommend brewers test every batch as the negative repercussion of selling a beer labelled as gluten free which is above the max requirements […]
The Society of Independent Brewers and Associates (SIBA) have responded to the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget, which they say had ‘positive steps’ but will see breweries worse off overall; “The Chancellor’s announcement that she will raise the draught duty discount was a positive step which shows a continued support for breweries and beer in pubs, which contribute greatly […]
The Society of Independent Brewers and Associates (SIBA) have today welcomed news that the Chancellor intends to support the independent brewing industry with an announcement in Wednesday’s Autumn Budget. “Being able to reach people who want local beer is the number one issue facing our independent breweries who often cannot sell to the local pubs […]
Baker’s Dozen Brewery in Stamford have taken home the top award in the East of England region of the SIBA Independent Beer Awards, winning Overall Champion Gold. Their ’12 Second Panda’ IPA proved a big hit with the expert judges assessing beers during the competition held at Brewpoint in Bedford. The 6% hazy ‘New England’ […]