Each year SIBA publishes a report examining the state of the British Beer Market. The headlines from this report are: 72 breweries joined SIBA in 2013. Beer production increased 5.7% from 2011-2012. 4000 permanent cask brands are now sold by SIBA members. There are...
2014 Great British Beer Festival London Olympia 12-16th August Britain’s Biggest Beer Festival The UK’s biggest beer festival, which this year has a circus theme complete with live action performers is now on at London Olympia. The winner of the Champion Beer of...
ICIP is feeling a little bit intimidated. Sitting on our table alone are a beer sommelier, an owner of a successful gastropub, an editor of an industry magazine and a brewer. And they are all women. “A group of us got together to try to regain our voice in the beer...
Annabel Smith, Cask Marque Training Manager & Beer Sommelier talks about her appearance on TV on ‘This Morning’ to talk about matching stouts and food for St Patrick’s Day. Live Beer Tasting on ITV’s This Morning The day before… The call came...
You may have heard the term ‘craft beer’ bandied around a lot more recently, and as a cask ale drinker you may be thinking “What’s the difference between cask and craft?” So here’s a challenge for you: type ‘What is Craft Beer?’ into any search engine and you will...
