Annual Brewing Conference & AGM Annual Brewing Conference & AGM

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Issueno.85 • June2012
In this issue: Brewing & Bottling Equipment FOCUS feature
FinedorUnfined•ProjectVenus•SouthEastregionfeature•SouthWestandWales&WestBeerCompetitionresults
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In this issue
June 2012
no 85
2 Chairman’s Round Keith Bott
4-5 Gold Standard Sponsors Murphy & Son Ltd
TheSIBAJournalispublishedby
6 SIBA News Update
Society of
8-12 Regional Feature South East
Independent
14-24 SupplierAssociate Members News
Brewers
26-27 Gold Standard Sponsors Close Brewery Rentals
PO Box 136
28-29 Something Brewing Fined or Unfined
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30 TechnicalTalk Dr KeithThomas North Yorkshire
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33-46 SIBA ANNUAL BREWING CONFERENCE & AGM
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48-49 Something Brewing ProjectVenus
www.siba.co.uk
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50 My Fab Five Eddie Gadd
[email protected]
52-64 Focus Feature Equipment
66-67 Photo montage SIBA in action
68 Legal Language Napthens
69-70 Regional Beer Competition SouthWest
71-73 Regional Beer Competition Wales &West
74 What is SIBA?
75 The Members’Charter
76 National and Regional SIBA contacts
77 The SIBA Team Issue No 85
June 2012
78 LastWord Julian Grocock
79 Index ofAdvertisers Produced for SIBA by
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Chairman’s Round
Plus ça change
(plus c'est la même chose)
I’m not sure but am fairly The SIBA team just gets better Twenty years on,conference only
confident that theAGM and better at providing an event reinforces my view that we have
that has formality and structure, an industry worth fighting for
2012 was the twentieth I
great speakers and tremendous and that we still have many
have attended.How far we
presentations,along with a battles to fight to safeguard beer
have come from the Royal
relaxed atmosphere which allows and pubs' survival as integral to
Clarence Hotel in
all attending to meet,learn and our nation's way of life.
Burnham-on-Sea; enjoy.(It's commonly known as
attendance then,from networking,but standing at a bar I am hugely excited at the
memory,was about 30 with a beer in your hand prospect of creating a "beer
deserves a far better nomencla- extravaganza" next year and
people,all passionate,all
ture.) look forward to seeing everyone
committed and all beer
back for something different –
lovers – although Phil
So where do we go from here? and more of the same.
Freakley would move on to
How can we as an organisation
gin and tonic as quickly as create something even better?
possible! Well,Nick Stafford and his team
are on the case,so watch this Happy brewing!
This year’s conference had very
space! How big can the event get
little in common with the old
without losing our roots?
styleAGM – except for the
Providing we have the same fire
passion and the commitment.
in our stomachs,who knows?
SIBA Conference is now the
largest annual gathering of
The fire was undoubtedly still
brewers and related industries, burning bright at this year’s Keith Bott
and what a fantastic event it has SIBAChairman
conference;those attending were
now become.
treated to a diverse range of
views,purposefully supplied by
In days gone by Ron Crabtree
the eclectic mix of speakers
would stand up each year and
Julian had provided and by the
declare that this meeting was
fabulously varied opinions of
the best he had ever attended;in
SIBA members.It is that very
Ron’s absence it is wonderful
diversity that is our lifeblood –
that a succession of this year’s
innovation is driven by differing
delegates sought me out to say
perspectives,quality improves
exactly the same as he always
with consumer choice,and our
had.
future looks rosier if we
strengthen our resolve to work
together.
AllSIBAmembersshouldbereceivingtheweeklySIBABulletinbyemail. Thisincludessomeimportantnotifications.
IfyouarenotreceivingtheBulletin,[email protected]
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SIBA news update
Support gathers SIBA vice-chairman
for beer duty
appointed
e-petition
TheSocietyofIndependentBrewers
Thebeerdutye-petition,launched
(SIBA)hasappointedNigelSadleras
afterthisyear’sBudget,is
itsvice-chairman,inamovethat
gatheringwidespreadpublic
reflectsthegrowingstatureofthe
support.AstheJournalwentto
organisationanditsincreasingly
press,nearly42,000peoplehad
robustpoliticalcampaigning.
signedthepetition–agoodway
Sadler(picturedright)isoperations&
towardsthe100,000signatures
commercialmanageratWibblersBrewery
requiredtotriggeradebateon basedinMayland,Essexandheownsand
beertaxinParliament. runsLearn2brewLtd,acraftbrewing
JulianGrocockcommented,“SIBAhas school.HehasbeenaSIBAtrustee,repre-
supportedthispetitionagainstthebeer sentingtheorganisation’sEastregion,
dutyescalatorsincelaunch.Alongwith since2010andwaselectedasvice-
everyoneelsewhocaresaboutthe chairmanatthemostrecentSIBA
futureofbeerandpubsinthiscountry, Council,heldinFebruarythisyear. theCityasdirectorofcommoditytrading
weweredisappointedbythisyear's ChairmanKeithBottsaid,“Nigelhasbeen companiesandinthemoneymarkets.He
Budget,whichonceagainimposed anenthusiastictrusteewithanevident startedstudyingbrewingsome27years
further,punishingtaxesonourindustry. andengagingpassionforbeerand agoandjoinedtheindustryfulltimein
"Wearedelightedtoseethesupport brewing. Iamdelightedtohavehim 2009.Sadlerhasbrewedanumberof
thatisgatheringforthepetition,which workingalongsidemeasvice-chairman award-winningbeersandherecently
demonstrateshowstronglypeoplefeel andamconfidentthatitwillenableusto becameoneoftheUK’sfirstfourBeer
aboutkeepingpubsopen. Wehopethat raisefurtherSIBA’sprofileandensurethat Sommeliers,accreditedbytheBeer
thismomentumcontinuessothatwe thevoiceofthecraftbrewingsectoris Academy.
canhaveadebateinParliamentanda heardloudandclearbyGovernmentand Thevice-chairmanpositionwasvacant
newapproachtobeertaxationinthe otherpolicymakers.” untilSadler’sappointment,thoughithas
2013Budget." Arelativenewcomertothebrewing beenfilledatotherpointsinSIBA’s
Showyoursupport industry,Nigelhasspentmanyyearsin 32-yearhistory.
Ifyouhaven’tsignedthee-petitionyet,
pleasesignitnow–itonlytakesa
Keg scrap crooks behind bars
minuteandeverysignaturetakesusa
littleclosertoourtarget. Justgoto:
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/29664. Unscrupulousbusinessmenare avisitorwhoturnedouttobeAnthony
Onceyou’vesignedthee-petition behindbarsafterpolicesmasheda Geelinga61-year-olddirectorofM&S
yourself,thereareplentyofwaysto £5millionstolenbeerbarrelracket. AlloysinWestBromwichwholivedin
mobilisesupportfromotherswhocare Thescaminvolvedmorethan90,000 Studley,Warwickshire
aboutkeepingpubsopen. Pleasethink emptymetalkegseachworthabout£65 HeandcolleagueDavidFellows,57,of
abouthowyoucanencouragemore beingsyphonedoffforscrapforaslittle Blakedown,nearKidderminster,had
peopletosign,whichcouldinclude: as£5atime,insteadofbeingreturnedto stolenabout
•Contactingsuppliers/contactstosign breweriestoberefilled.Thestainlesssteel 78,000
•Sendinganewsreleasetoyourlocal andaluminiumbarrelsfetchedabout£1.4 emptybeer
paper millionwhensoldasscrapbeforebeing kegswitha
•Tweetingthelinktothee-petitionor crushed,recycledandshippedoverseas, scrapvalue
postingitonyourFacebookpage butcostatleast£5mtoreplace. of£1.2m
•Runninganarticleonthepetitionin Policefounda298-tonnemetalmountain thatwere
yourcompanynewsletterorwebsite ofcrushedbeerbarrelsinCannock,and crushedin
•Addingalinktoyourcompanywebsite upto£200,000worthofundamagedkegs lessthantwoyears.
•Incorporatingalinkandmessageinto thathadbeenearmarkedforscrap. Thetwomenand45-year-oldLewisfrom
companyemailsignatures Thebusinessmenturnedtocrimeinorder Clentwereconvictedofconspiracyto
Ifyourunapub,orhaveagood tocashinonsoaringmetalpricesandlaid stealandwereeachjailedforfouryears
relationshipwithlocallicenseeswhosell afalsepapertrailinabidtothrowinves- afterathree-monthtrialthatcouldnot
yourbeers,youmaybeabletomake tigatorsoffthescent. beinitiallyreportedforlegalreasons.
useoftheSaveYourPintpostersand Theywerecaughtoutafteraninvesti- TomKibble,32,andNeilMackay,37,both
beermats,whichcanbeorderedfrom gatorlookingforamissingloadof400 fromSuttonColdfield,rantheTopBrand
CAMRA,ordownloadedat emptybarrelsshippedfrombeerwhole- beerwholesalefirmandwereinvolved
http://saveyourpint.co.uk/downloads/ salerTopBrandinBirminghamheardthe withLewisinthescam.
Pleasedowhateveryoucantosupport tell-talesoundofmetalgrindingin LorrydriversKeithJames,62,ofMarston
thiscampaign.Withenoughawareness Oldbury.Hefoundthatthenoisecame GreenandMarcCurley,43,ofHallGreen
andsupport,wehavearealchanceto fromLewisBalingServiceswherethe whoearnedupto£400aloadwereeach
makeadifferencetotheGovernment’s truckwasparkedandpolicewerecalled. given44-weeksuspendedjailtermsafter
beertaxationpolicybeforethenext TheyarrestedthelorrydriversandIan admittinghandlingstolenproperty.
Budget. Lewis,thebossofthebusiness,alongwith StorycourtesyExpress&Starnewspapergroup
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News from South East region
Twickenham Fine
Busy times for Langham
LanghamBreweryisatraditional andBeeroftheFestivalwithourspring
10barrelsteampoweredcraft seasonal,Flor-ale(a3.8%delicatefloral
microbrewerybasedInastunning blonde).
The2008winningalewasHipHop,a4%
17thcenturygranarybarnwhich
clean,crisp,hoppyblonde.
nestlesintherollingfoothillsof
Thisyear,buildingonthatsuccess,we
theSouthDownsbetween
arepleasedtoreportanincreased
PetworthandMidhurst.
interestinourgreatales
bothinPortsmouthand
nowinBrighton,with
theIndigopubCo,and
alsowearepleasedto
beinvolvedwiththe
MeadowlandsFestival
(June1stto3rd),at
GlyndePlace,Ringmer.
Thisyear’sFestivalwill
seeover80bands,four
stages,sixclubnights,
spokenwordand
comedy,acharitycasino,
woodlandareapluskids’
entertainmentand
TwickenhamFineAles’searchforsuitablenew
workshops…..and
TheLanghamteamafterwinningthe‘double’lastyearatYapton premiseshasledthemtoanewsite(picturedabove)
LanghamAlesonthe
Fromleft: SteveMansley(Partner),PeteLuff(SWSussexCAMRABLO), whichmeetsallofthecriteriaforsize,costand-
LesleyFoulkes(Partner),JamesBerrow(Partner)withAlfie(thedog),and bar!! importantly-location.
Formoreinformation
SauloParreira(brew-meister!!)
visit
We’venowbeensellingourcraftbeers www.meadowlandsfestival.com John Sergeant
foroversevenyearsandLanghamhas
Onthatweekendwewillalsosponsor
becomeoneoftheleadingbreweriesin
theHaslemereFringeFestival-acelebra-
waltzes in!
thelocality-outletsincludeTheHollist
tionofalternativeartsandmusiconLion
Arms,Lodsworth;DukeofCumberland,
Green,Haslemere,June2ndand3rd.
Henley;WilkesHead,Eastergate;Angel,
(Visitwww.lionfest.co.uk/) NigelWelshofFlackManor
Petworth;Sportsman,Amberley;Merry
Otheramazingeventstobeenjoyed BreweryentertainsTVpersonality
Harriers,Hambledon;Bat&Ball,
togetherwithapintofLanghamsarethe JohnSergeant,whovisitedthe
Rowledge;PrinceofWales,Farnborough;
4thHaslemereClassicCarshowandtour
microbrewerwhilefilming
andWokingRailwayClubtonamebuta
onSunday27thMay,thebrilliantBlues
few!Mostofthoseareaward-winning ‘Britain’sFirstPhotoAlbum’which
ontheFarm,laterinJunefromthe22nd
pubsorclubs. wasbroadcastonBBCTVinMarch.
to24th,andJulybringsthePetworth
Lastyearwasarecordbreaker,notonly
Festival,wherewearepleasedtosponsor
forusbutalsoinSWSussexCAMRA’s
theJazzintheStables……plustheusual
22-yearhistory!
beerfestsaroundandabout!!Reading,
Wewonthedoubleforthesecondtime
Kingston,Alton…andaRATadventure!
in4years,bothBreweryoftheFestival
Soabusyfewmonths….
Andinthemeantime,visitorsarealways
welcome.Weekendsareoftenbusywith
tours….andstagdos!!We’reveryproud
ofourbreweryandlovetoshowitoff!
Onatour(toursbyarrangement)youcan
meetourindividuallynamedfermenters
andbrewplantandsamplethebrew!
STOPPRESS!!!!!7thOctober2012.The
Theseriestracestheextraordinary
5thLanghamConkerChampionship.
achievementofthepioneeringVictorian
Seniorandjuniorcompetition.Forconker
photographerFrancisFrithandhisteam.
andsteamandale-aholicseverywhere.
Frithembarkeduponacolossalproject
Adayoffiercecompetition,music,food,
tophotographasmuchofGreatBritain
stallsandale!
aspossibleduringthesecondhalfofthe
19thcentury.Inthisseries,John
SergeantsetsouttofollowinFrancis
Frith’sfootstepstofindoutmoreabout
‘Britain’sFirstPhotoAlbum’and
celebrateoursharedpast.
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