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Bruce Dickinson to speak at BBPA Dinner
ith the 11th October date fast approaching, Bruce Dickinson has today been announced...
Thornbridge collaborates on new cask beer with Sheffield Wednesday
T hornbridge Brewery has, in partnership with Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, has produced a special “Wednesday...
St Austell Brewery Crowned West of England Business of the Year
t Austell Brewery Crowned West of England Business of the Year. The prestigious award...
Good Pub Guide Award Winners
he Good Pub Guide publishes award winners each year to coincide with publication of...
Pint is most expensive in Surrey
he Good Pub Guide's annual survey of national drink prices shows a whopping...
‘Robbies Beer Festival’
obinsons Brewery are set to hold their annual “Robbie’s Beer Festival” in...
News
SIBA Election Manifesto
SIBA is asking election candidates to ‘Back Britain’s independent craft brewing businesses’ by signing up to its Election Manifesto, published today. The Manifesto is being sent to parliamentary candidates ahead of the General Election and sets out a number of ways in...
SIBA membership growing
SIBA added four new full brewing members in April - Four Pillars Brewery in London, Old Spot Brewery in Bradford, Speyside Craft Brewery near Inverness and Hubsters Brewery in Lancashire as well as four Supplier Associates and three Not Yet Brewing members. Four...
CAMRA calls on election candidates to grasp opportunities from Brexit
CAMRA is calling on election candidates to take advantage of the opportunities presented by Brexit to maximise the benefit to the British beer and pubs industry. Beer, brewing and pubs support nearly 900,000 jobs in the UK and contribute £23.1bn to the UK economy...
SIBA responds to launch of Small Breweries’ Relief review
SIBA, which represents over 850 of Britain’s independent craft breweries, has responded to the launch of a review of Small Breweries’ Relief (SBR) by consultancy Europe Economics by calling for it to include a full analysis of access to market for small brewers to...
St Austell reports record-breaking 2016
St. Austell Brewery Company Limited, the South West’s most successful independent brewer with 178 pubs and a portfolio of award-winning beers, has reported a 13.2% increase in annual turnover to £153.2 million and a 5.2% increase in operating profit before other items...
Nicholson’s Pale Ale celebrates 5th anniversary
This week St Austell Brewery is celebrating five years of brewing Nicholson’s Pale Ale, and every Nicholson’s pub across the country which sells the beer will be visited on Wednesday 10th May. Staff from St Austell Brewery will be going to 78 Nicholson’s pubs from...
Ale Trail
BII announces finalists
The BII has announced the six finalists for its Licensee of the Year competition 2017. The Licensee of the Year competition, sponsored by Sky, is now in its final stage. Over the past three weeks, the judges have visited the pubs of all sixteen semi-finalists spread...
Great British Beer Festival to welcome an Irish bar
For the very first time a collaboration of craft brewers from across Ireland will come together to showcase the best of Irish real ale at the Great British Beer Festival this summer. The co-operative Irish bar (the Kruger Bar) will see large brewers Porterhouse and...
Purity Brewing Company and Ricoh Arena hit the Marque with a UK first
Purity Brewing Company and Ricoh Arena are celebrating achieving Cask Marque accreditation for the quality of the Purity beers served at the stadium, a UK first! The award-winning Warwickshire-based brewery has two of its cask ales, Pure UBU and Pure Gold, across five...
SIBA Election Manifesto
SIBA is asking election candidates to ‘Back Britain’s independent craft brewing businesses’ by signing up to its Election Manifesto, published today. The Manifesto is being sent to parliamentary candidates ahead of the General Election and sets out a number of ways in...
SIBA membership growing
SIBA added four new full brewing members in April - Four Pillars Brewery in London, Old Spot Brewery in Bradford, Speyside Craft Brewery near Inverness and Hubsters Brewery in Lancashire as well as four Supplier Associates and three Not Yet Brewing members. Four...
CAMRA calls on election candidates to grasp opportunities from Brexit
CAMRA is calling on election candidates to take advantage of the opportunities presented by Brexit to maximise the benefit to the British beer and pubs industry. Beer, brewing and pubs support nearly 900,000 jobs in the UK and contribute £23.1bn to the UK economy...
Cask Ale
Dea Latis announces new support from brewers
Beer and women group Dea Latis is stepping up its campaign to ‘bring beer to women' after securing support from five brewers, who have become the organisation's first corporate members. Marston's, Shepherd Neame, Harvey's, St Austell and Duvel Moortgat have all...
St Austell’s Brewery Experience attracts visitors from around the world
Following a hugely successful first year since opening its doors in 2016, including a doubling of footfall across the same period in the previous year, St Austell Brewery’s interactive Brewing Experience is now attracting visitors from across the globe, many no doubt...
Dartmoor Brewery unveils its new extension
Leading South West craft ale producer Dartmoor Brewery has taken the wraps off a major extension to its brewery complex in Princetown, Devon. Dartmoor Brewery, best known for its award-winning flagship beer Jail Ale, is projecting a growth curve which will see beer...
IPA Challenge
Imbibe Live is once more teaming up with SIBA, M&B, There’s A Beer For That and Fuller’s for its 2017 Beer Competition, to find the best IPA of 2017 in the IPA Challenge. Entries are welcome in bottle or can format and the contest is open to all British breweries....
Historic real ale rail trail
A historic real ale trail taking place on the UK’s longest heritage railway will feature beers from twenty-three different South West breweries, spread across train ‘pop-up’ beer bars on a 20 mile route. Brewing members of the South West Region of SIBA are coming...
CAMRA’s comment on Charles Wells takeover
Following the news that Marston's has acquired the brewing business of Charles Wells for £55 million, CAMRA has issued a comment. Tim Page, CAMRA's Chief Executive says: "CAMRA is always concerned about any consolidation in the brewing industry as it could result in a...
Beer and Food
Thornbridge plans new cask brew house
Thornbridge plans new cask brew house. Thornbridge brewery is continuing to pursue further investment in expansion as it draws up plans for the next stage of development at its site in Bakewell. Thornbridge CEO, Simon Webster, explains, "Late last summer we made a...
New Chair of Parliamentary Beer Group Elected
New Chair of Parliamentary Beer Group Elected, Mike Wood MP has been elected Chairman at the Inaugural Meeting of the Group in the new Parliament. The previous Chairman, Graham Evans lost his seat in the recent General Election. Mike joined the Beer Group after he...
Brewer of the Year named by Parliamentary Beer Group
Brewer of the Year named by Parliamentary Beer Group, Purity Brewing Company’s director of brewing Flo Vialan has been named ‘Brewer of the Year’ at the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group Beer Awards. The highly-prized and prestigious award is one of only a small...
SIBA Calls for Clarity around Craft Brewing
SIBA calls for clarity around craft brewing, SIBA has today highlighted the need for greater clarity for beer drinkers* following a number of buyouts of previously independent craft breweries in the UK by global beer companies, including Camden Town, Meantime,...
UK’s best IPA is Transmission
Transmission by North Brewing Co in Leeds has been named the UK’s best IPA at Imbibe Live, the third year in a row a SIBA member has won at the show. With 40 IPAs in The IPA Challenge overall, five frontrunners made it to the final tasting at the Imbibe Live trade...
Champion Beer of Scotland 2017
Loch Lomond has scooped CAMRA's prestigious Champion Beer of Scotland 2017 award at the opening day of the Scottish Real Ale Festival, taking place today in Edinburgh. A multi-time CAMRA and SIBA award-winning beer, Loch Lomond’s Silkie Stout (5% ABV) is named after...
Insight
Bath Ales launches Prophecy as a permanent
Bath Ales has unveiled a new permanent beer. Initially launched as a limited-edition ale in Bath Ales’ pubs, Prophecy (3.8% ABV) is now readily available across the trade. Dubbed a ‘new World pale ale’, Prophecy’s flavour profile and ABV complements Bath Ales’...
Dea Latis announces new support from brewers
Beer and women group Dea Latis is stepping up its campaign to ‘bring beer to women' after securing support from five brewers, who have become the organisation's first corporate members. Marston's, Shepherd Neame, Harvey's, St Austell and Duvel Moortgat have all...
St Austell’s Brewery Experience attracts visitors from around the world
Following a hugely successful first year since opening its doors in 2016, including a doubling of footfall across the same period in the previous year, St Austell Brewery’s interactive Brewing Experience is now attracting visitors from across the globe, many no doubt...
Dartmoor Brewery unveils its new extension
Leading South West craft ale producer Dartmoor Brewery has taken the wraps off a major extension to its brewery complex in Princetown, Devon. Dartmoor Brewery, best known for its award-winning flagship beer Jail Ale, is projecting a growth curve which will see beer...
IPA Challenge
Imbibe Live is once more teaming up with SIBA, M&B, There’s A Beer For That and Fuller’s for its 2017 Beer Competition, to find the best IPA of 2017 in the IPA Challenge. Entries are welcome in bottle or can format and the contest is open to all British breweries....
Historic real ale rail trail
A historic real ale trail taking place on the UK’s longest heritage railway will feature beers from twenty-three different South West breweries, spread across train ‘pop-up’ beer bars on a 20 mile route. Brewing members of the South West Region of SIBA are coming...
Cask Reports
Great British Beer Festival to welcome an Irish bar
For the very first time a collaboration of craft brewers from across Ireland will come together to showcase the best of Irish real ale at the Great British Beer Festival this summer. The co-operative Irish bar (the Kruger Bar) will see large brewers Porterhouse and...
Purity Brewing Company and Ricoh Arena hit the Marque with a UK first
Purity Brewing Company and Ricoh Arena are celebrating achieving Cask Marque accreditation for the quality of the Purity beers served at the stadium, a UK first! The award-winning Warwickshire-based brewery has two of its cask ales, Pure UBU and Pure Gold, across five...
SIBA Election Manifesto
SIBA is asking election candidates to ‘Back Britain’s independent craft brewing businesses’ by signing up to its Election Manifesto, published today. The Manifesto is being sent to parliamentary candidates ahead of the General Election and sets out a number of ways in...
SIBA membership growing
SIBA added four new full brewing members in April - Four Pillars Brewery in London, Old Spot Brewery in Bradford, Speyside Craft Brewery near Inverness and Hubsters Brewery in Lancashire as well as four Supplier Associates and three Not Yet Brewing members. Four...
CAMRA calls on election candidates to grasp opportunities from Brexit
CAMRA is calling on election candidates to take advantage of the opportunities presented by Brexit to maximise the benefit to the British beer and pubs industry. Beer, brewing and pubs support nearly 900,000 jobs in the UK and contribute £23.1bn to the UK economy...
SIBA responds to launch of Small Breweries’ Relief review
SIBA, which represents over 850 of Britain’s independent craft breweries, has responded to the launch of a review of Small Breweries’ Relief (SBR) by consultancy Europe Economics by calling for it to include a full analysis of access to market for small brewers to...












