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BeerX UK preview What to expect from SIBA’s flagship event in 2022
SIBA is delighted to be set to return to Liverpool Exhibition Centre next March for BeerX UK 2022
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. Add to that an expanding schedule of fringe events and after-parties around Liverpool and BeerX UK 2022 is already shaping up to be a must-attend for anyone in the UK beer and brewing industry. One things for certain, mark the 16-17th March in your calendar as BeerX UK 2022 is not to be missed!
Free tickets for BeerX UK providing you pre-register
BeerX UK next March will be free for all SIBA Members, and we won't be putting any limit on the number of tickets your team can apply for by pre-registration - This goes for Supplier Associate and Not Yet Brewing Members too. SIBA want BeerX UK to be our biggest and best ever and given how tough times have been for brewers we don’t think it’s right to charge for tickets, or limit how many members of staff from your team can come along. We will still be charging on the door, so make sure if you are intending on attending you apply for tickets for whoever would like to attend once registration goes live. We'll be announcing further details including seminar titles, speakers and fringe events in the run up to the event but for now keep an eye out for pre-registration going live.
More tasting sessions than ever before lined up BeerX UK 2022
The full BeerX seminar schedule is still being confirmed, but as part of our commitment to increase the number of interactive tasting sessions a number of sessions have already been confirmed. You can look forward to:
The Beer sommelier's table: Beer & cheese matching
American Craft Beer Tasting with the Brewers Association
Advanced 'off-flavour' training with the Beer & Cider Academy
Where does the line between lambic, graft and real cider become blurred?
British Craft Beer Report to return in 2022 in association with Croxsons
The SIBA British Craft Beer Report is to return next year – having been postponed in 2021 due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic – and due to be launched at BeerX UK in March 2022.
Somewhat fittingly it was at BeerX UK in March 2020 when the report was last published, the week before the country went into National lockdown. The SIBA British Craft Beer Report 2022 is being published in association with Croxsons, who have come on board as the first ever Official Industry Partner.
The report will once again pull together the latest data on the independent craft beer market, including academic analysis of the SIBA Members’ Survey, newly commissioned consumer research, and a broad range of industry data and reporting, edited by former The Publican Editor and current Independent Brewer Editor Caroline Nodder.
“The SIBA British Craft Beer Report is the most comprehensive report of its kind published in the UK and provides incredibly valuable insight into the independent craft beer market in the UK, including expert analysis and commentary from some of the industries foremost writers. I am delighted to see the return of the report in 2022 and look forward to seeing what emerging trends and insight it throws up.
I would also like to say a huge thankyou to Croxsons, who have come on board as the first ever industry partner for the report and with whom we have been able to continue offering industryleading research, analysis and commentary.” James Calder, SIBA Chief Executive.
Croxsons, who specialise in beer containers, closures and design, have extended their support to the report, coming on board as Official Industry Partner for 2022. COO Tim Croxson commented,
“We very much look forward to being involved with the report and to be in a position to make a meaningful contribution. Given the pace of change, only by analysing the market and understanding trends can we fully understand the way it is moving and how, in particular, brewers and retailers can reimagine the opportunities presented to them. ”
The SIBA British Craft Beer Report 2022 will be published on Wednesday 16th March at the Society of Independent Brewers’ (SIBA) flagship event, BeerX UK in Liverpool, the UK’s biggest beer and brewing trade event.
The most comprehensive report of its kind published in the UK it provides incredibly valuable insight into the independent craft beer market in the UK.
North Brewing Co named Brewery Business of the Year 2020.
SIBA Business Awards 2022
The winners of the SIBA Business Awards 2022 will be announced live at BeerX UK in March next year. The 2022 award categories have been updated in response to 'shifting consumer buying habits' with new categories for Online Beer Retailers, Brewery Webshops and Community Engagement
The SIBA Business Awards 2022 will include three new categories, making them the biggest set of awards ever dished out to the industry by the craft brewing trade body.
The 2022 awards, which are now open for entries, will include categories for the “UK’s Best Independent Craft Beer Retailer – Online”, “UK’s Best Independent Craft Brewery Webshop” and “Community Engagement”, the latter award aimed at breweries which have cemented themselves as assets of their local communities in recent years.
The SIBA Business Awards are organised by SIBA and 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. The hotly contested award for the “UK’s Best Independent Craft Brewery Taproom” will also return for 2022, following huge interest since its launch in 2020.
The SIBA Business Awards 2022 will be presented by YouTube beer vloggers Jonny Garrett and Brad Evans of the Craft Beer Channel at a live Awards Show in Liverpool, as part of the UK’s biggest beer and brewing trade event BeerX UK 2022.
“The SIBA Business Awards 2022 will see a triumphant return to our home at the Liverpool Exhibition Centre and are set to be our biggest and best awards ever. The new categories which recognise the huge growth in online beer retail, as well as the new Community Engagement award which highlights breweries who engage with and benefit their surrounding communities, make these awards more important than ever. Judged by a panel of industry experts and presented in front of the largest gathering of beer and brewing professionals in the UK, the SIBA Business Awards 2022 really are a unique opportunity to get your beer or brewing business the recognition it deserves.” Neil Walker, Chair of Judges, SIBA Business Awards.
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SIBA Business Awards 2022 categories:
• Marketing Implementation • Sustainable Business
• Community Engagement • Best Individual Design • Best Concept Design • Business Innovation
• Commercial Achievement
• UK's Best Independent Craft Brewery
Taproom • UK's Best Independent Craft Brewery
Webshop • UK's Best Independent Craft Beer Retailer -
Multiple • UK's Best Independent Craft Beer Retailer -
Single • UK's Best Independent Craft Beer Retailer –
Online
• UK’s Best Independent Craft Beer Bar or Pub – City • UK’s Best Independent Craft Beer Bar or Pub – Rural
• UK's Best Independent Craft Beer Restaurant • UK's Best Independent Craft Beer Promotion • Supplier Associate of the year (Brewer nominated) • Brewery Business of the Year (Judging panel awarded)
To view the full category criteria or find out more visit
