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SIBA Homebrewer Membership & Awards
SIBA Homebrewer Membership
Are you a homebrewer wanting to improve your brewing skills? Then join as a SIBA Homebrewer Member today.
SIBA Homebrewer Membership gives you access to brewing advice, information and a wide range of member benefits such as discounted brewing supplies, networking opportunities with fellow amateur and professional brewers, beer judging training, and free entry to the UK’s biggest beer and brewing event – BeerX UK.
Membership benefits include
• Quarterly brewing magazine with a dedicated home brew recipe section (see pages 22-23) • Entry into BeerX – the UK’s biggest brewing event • Regular online ‘Ask the Brewer’ sessions for technical Q&A and advice • Access to SIBA’s ‘Member Toolbox’ offering business and brewing tools and advice on going pro • Attend regional and national SIBA events, judge at SIBA beer competitions and come along to social gatherings • NEW! Opportunity to judge SIBA’s Bottle & Can Independent
Beer Awards remotely (via Zoom, December 2022) – judging professionally brewed beers from across the UK with other experienced beer judges. All beers (1 to 2 cases) posted out to
Homebrewer Members for judging free of charge. • NEW! Entry into SIBA’s National Homebrew Beer Awards taking place at BeerX (see details below)
SIBA launches Homebrew Beer Awards - set to take place at BeerX 2023
For the first time ever, homebrewers can compete in the SIBA National Homebrew Beer Awards and have the chance to see their beer professionally brewed at an award-winning brewery. Free to enter for SIBA Homebrewer Members, the competition opened for registration in November and will be judged by professional brewers at BeerX – the UK’s biggest beer and brewing trade event in March 2023. This year we have partnered exclusively with Yakima Chief Hops to provide Homebrewer Members with their new experimental hop HBC 586 which has been described as “a large medley of fruit flavours…mango, guava, lychee, citrus with herbal notes”. Entrants are challenged to brew the best single hop pale ale which showcases the full potential of this exciting new hop variety. “Giving homebrewers access to one of Yakima Chief’s latest experimental hop varieties gives them the opportunity to push the boundaries of hopforward brewing while being directly involved with Yakima Chief’s Elite Trials programme,” said Robbie Harrigan, Home Brew Sales Manager for Yakima Chief in Europe. “Professional brewers have only recently had access to this incredible new hop, and we can’t wait to see what homebrewers create with it.” The homebrewer who sees their beer named the Overall Champion in the SIBA Homebrew Beer Awards will have the opportunity to help scaleup their recipe for production at Quantock Brewery in the South West. This multi-award winning craft brewery is increasingly known for its hop forward beers such as its unique “Obsessed With” single hop range. Quantock Director Cheryl Ford said: “We started as every homebrewer did experimenting in our garage and now we’ve had the chance to develop and expand our own independent brewery making beers enjoyed around the country. It’s great to see that SIBA has expanded to include homebrewers who are the future of our industry and we can’t wait to invite the winner to join us here for a day of brewing.”
