Hogs Back Brewery is reaping the rewards of planting its own hop garden next to the brewery in Farnham in Surrey as the price of imported varieties reaches an all-time high, fuelled by the weakness of sterling. Speaking at a ‘Hop Tales and Hop Tails’ event in London to celebrate the brewery’s third hop harvest […]
Lacons Brewery have launched a new beer in time for Hallowe’en, which will be hitting pubs from next week. Lacons Phantom was originally brewed for Norwich Beer Festival in 2016 but after receiving so much great feedback for the ale, they decided to bring it into their seasonal calendar and make it available to pubs […]
The Midlands Region of SIBA are proudly hosting their first independent craft brewer’s beer competition and festival, beginning 2nd November 2017 and running until 4th November 2017. The region has previously held their competition alongside a CAMRA beer festival but this year will deliver their own festival event in conjunction with Nottingham Rugby Club. With […]
Our ‘Focus Features’ aim to shine a light on the previous winners of SIBA’s Business Awards in the run up to the launch of the 2018 SIBA Business & Industry Awards on 1st November 2017. We Brought Beer Best Independent Craft Beer Retailer (Multiple) 2017 The combination of fresh poured beer on tap to take […]
Hogs Back Brewery staged a double celebration at its brewery in Tongham, near Farnham recently, marking both its third annual hop harvest and its 25th birthday with a one-day festival attended by more than 1,000 local residents, families, friends and members of the Tongham TEA Club Guests gathered at the brewery for a day of […]
Hawkshead Brewery in Cumbria have taken home the two top spots at the SIBA North West Independent Beer Awards, winning overall Gold in both the cask and small pack (bottle and can) competitions. The prestigious awards, run by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) and held at the Macron stadium in Bolton, are judged by […]
Our ‘Focus Features’ aim to shine a light on the previous winners of SIBA’s Business Awards in the run up to the launch of the 2018 SIBA Business & Industry Awards on 1st November 2017. 360 Degrees Brewing Best Total Concept Design 2017 In one of the most hotly contested categories, 360 Degree Brewing were […]
St Austell Brewery has chosen Drink-IT to address the constant changes and challenges within the brewing industry and to support its continued long-term growth. St Austell Brewery is on a growth journey, and recognised that their current infrastructure and operational processes need to be reinvented to support their growing, dynamic business. They knew that intelligent […]
Until recently the majority of smaller craft brewers have sold their beer predominantly in casks. Beer in cask has is very much seen as the traditional method getting beer to market and has the smallest requirement in terms of capital equipment. In recent years kegs have become available to ‘hire’ on a per use basis […]
Steam boiler manufacturer, CFB Boilers, has launched a budget-friendly reverse osmosis unit, the BoilerRO, which is capable of achieving almost 100% purity of boiler feedwater for superior quality steam. Designed in Britain by CFB Boilers, the BoilerRO costs around half that of many comparable units, making reverse osmosis accessible to brewers that may previously have […]