BeerX UK preview Get ready for SIBA’s flagship event this month

Highlights not to be missed

BeerX UK is the UK's biggest beer and brewing trade event and 2022 is set to be our best ever, with a huge industry trade show, regional beer bars and trade-only beer festival, the SIBA AGM and Members' Conference, the independent beer and business awards presentations, plus a packed schedule of seminars, talks and panel debates from the beer industry's leading voices, as well as a great schedule of fringe events and after-parties around Liverpool. Here’s what to expect over the two day event:

Beer Garden - 11:00 - 12:00 Advanced 'off-flavour' training with the Beer & Cider Academy

Cellar - 11:00 - 12:00 Panel: How do we create positive work environments in the craft brewing industry?

Beer Garden - 12:45 - 13:30 Optimising your webshop and user experience to maximise sales

The Cellar - 13:00 - 13:45 Nitro charge your beers: Understanding and harnessing this unique gas

Beer Garden - 13:45 - 14:30 A simple plan for social media: Creation & implementation

The Cellar - 14:00 - 14:45 SIBA Independent Beer Awards: How to win

Beer Garden - 14:45 - 15:45 The Beer Sommelier's Table: Beer & cheese matching

The Cellar - 15:00 - 15:45 Scottish Origins: Storytelling through microflora & barrel-aging with Fyne Ales

Beer Garden - 16:00 - 16:45 How UK hops can help breweries reduce their carbon footprint

The Cellar - 16:00 - 16:45 Beautiful beer design: Why getting your design right matters

Beer Garden - 17:00 - 17:45 Unlocking historic flavours: Brewing with heritage malts

The Cellar - 17:00 - 18:00 Panel: Does the new alcohol duty system create a more level playing field for drink makers?

Wednesday 16th March 2022

Beer Garden Sponsor The Cellar Sponsor Independent Beer Awards Judging Sponsors

Chairman's Reception:

Lifetime Achievement - Presented by Chairman 18:30 - 18:45

The SIBA Lifetime Achievement Award celebrates an individual who has, over the course of a number of years, made an outstanding contribution to SIBA, at either national or regional level, or to the UK brewing industry in general.

SIBA Business Awards 2022 -

Main Stage 18:45 - 19:30 Hosted by Pete Brown

The SIBA Business Awards seek to congratulate excellence in the brewing industry across a variety of categories, from pump clip, can and bottle design, to efforts taken by brewers to make their business more sustainable, innovative or successful, as well as naming the UK’s best bars, restaurants and retailers of craft beer from independent breweries.

Judging

SIBA Independent Beer Awards - National Final

Taproom 11.00-18.00

The National Final Judging of the SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2022 will take place in the Taproom on Wednesday 16th March and is this year sponsored by Charles Faram. Covering cask, keg, bottle and can, the SIBA Independent Beer Awards finals are the culmination of 12 months of regional competitions and are judged by the UK’s most experienced beer judges, master brewers, and beer sommeliers.

Thursday 17th March 2022

Beer Garden Sponsor The Cellar Sponsor Taproom Sponsor

The Cellar - 11:00 - 12:00 AGM, British Craft Beer Report 2022 & Keynote Speaker

Beer Garden - 13:00 - 14:00 Where does the line between beer and cider become blurred?

The Cellar - 13:00 - 14:00 Panel: Brewery Taprooms - Community asset or nuisance?

Tap Room - 13:00 - 14:00 Panel: What makes an award winner? In discussion with the Business Awards Judges

Beer Garden - 14:15 - 15:00 Brewing great tasting lower-strength beer

The Cellar - 14:15 - 15:00 What's your carbon footprint? A practical guide to sustainability

Tap Room - 14:15 - 15:00 Charles Faram International Hop Awards 2022

Tap Room - 15:15 - 16:00 Brewery marketing: How to get your beer business ahead of the crowd

The Cellar - 15:15 - 16:00 SBR at 20 – what’s it achieved and where’s it going?

Beer Garden - 15:15 - 16:15 American Craft Beer Tasting with the Brewers Association

The Cellar - 16:00 - 17:00 Panel: Is cask beer worth saving?

Tap Room - 16:15 - 17:00 Get your brewery ready for the Deposit Return schemes

SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2022 -

Main Stage 18:30 - 19:30 Hosted by Pete Brown

The SIBA National Independent Beer Awards 2022 represent the culmination of twelve months of SIBA competitions, with overall winners being crowned the best independent craft beers in the UK. With winners announced across cask, keg, bottle & can in a variety of styles these are the biggest beer awards of the year and the one that every brewer wants to win!

Trade Show & Exhibition

As well as a packed schedule of seminars, tastings and industry panels, BeerX UK also contains the Nation's biggest beer and brewing trade show, with supplier businesses of all shapes and sizes represented. From hop merchants and maltsters, to beer branding and brewery builders, everything you need to plan, build, run and grow a successful brewing business is on show at BeerX UK.

So whether you’re shopping for a new FV or looking to start putting your beer into bottles or cans, the BeerX UK Trade Show has got you covered.

Trade-Only Beer Showcase

We know that BeerX is the place the industry comes together to share a beer, network, or catch up with colleagues from across the industry. Which is why our trade-only beer showcase is such an important and central (literally) part of the event. Featuring award-winning cask, keg, bottled and canned beers from across the UK on our Regional Bars, the beer showcase is open throughout the event for you to sample some great-tasting beers whilst catching up with fellow brewers, suppliers, buyers or industry professionals. It’s the biggest collection of independent cask and keg beers at any UK trade event and we think what makes BeerX UK so unique. So grab a glass and an Event Guide and we’ll see you at the bar!

Venue & Travel Advice

SIBA are delighted to return to Liverpool Exhibition Centre for BeerX UK 2022. This excellent venue is close to the Albert Dock and Baltic Triangle, as well as a short walk direct into the city centre.

With excellent travel links it is also a breeze to get to

BEERX UK Exhibition Centre Liverpool Kings Dock Liverpool Waterfront, L3 4FP

Approximately 20 minutes walk from Liverpool Lime Street station, or under ten minutes in a taxi. Or by Car: From North

Leave the M6 at junction 26 and follow signs for M58 Liverpool. At the end of the M58 follow signs for A59 Liverpool. Continue to follow Liverpool City Centre until picking up signs for the Waterfront. The Liverpool Waterfront Car Park is signposted “Waterfront” on the “available spaces” signage found throughout the city.

From South

Leave the M6 at junction 21A after Thelwall Viaduct and take the M62 to Liverpool. At the end of the M62 follow signs for Liverpool City Centre along Edge Lane, picking up and following signs for Waterfront. The Liverpool Waterfront Car Park is signposted “Waterfront” on the “available spaces” signs that are found across the city.

Satellite Navigation:

Use the postcode L3 4BX, with the following co-ordinates - LAT: 53.396007 LONG: -2.99118.

BeerX UK 2022 has gone cashless!

Following a successful trial of a contactless payment system as our ‘preferred’ method of payment at BeerX UK 2020 we are this year going entirely cash-free. So if you are looking to purchase beer tokens or Delegate tickets in the venue then you will need a contactless payment card, or Apple / Google pay etc on your mobile device.