The finalists of the SIBA Business Awards 2019 have been revealed, with winners being announced next week at the association’s BeerX show, in Liverpool.
Neil Walker, chair of the judges, said: “The SIBA Business Awards 2019 represent our biggest competition ever, with a 25% increase in entries on last year, which was in itself a record breaking year for the awards. What has been particularly impressive, though, was the standard and quality of entries, with judges having a really difficult task separating an over-achieving pack!”
The awards recognise excellence across the beer and brewing industry, from independent craft breweries making efforts to improve their green credentials or business efficiency, to bars, retailers and restaurants who have shown a talent for supplying the best beer in the UK.
The finalists
| Marketing implementation |
| Black Sheep |
| Wye Valley |
| Seven Brothers |
| Gipsy Hill |
| Titanic |
| Green business |
| Good Things Brewing Co |
| Reunion Ales |
| Bluestone Brewing Co |
| Bun Dubh |
| Business innovation |
| Big Drop Brewing Co |
| North Brewing Co |
| Ascot Brewing Co |
| Gipsy Hill |
| Commercial achievement |
| Boss Brewing Co |
| Stewart Brewing |
| Gipsy Hill |
| North Brewing Co |
| Beartown |
| Best individual design |
| Two Tribes – Blitz |
| Redcat – Mosaic |
| West Berkshire – Milk & Bone |
| Brass Castle – Hygge Figgy |
| Cheshire Brewhouse – Funny Bunny |
| Best concept design |
| Stewart Brewing |
| Good Things Brewing Co |
| Brick Brewery – Sour Range |
| Abbeydale Brewery – Collaboration Series |
| Gipsy Hill |
| Supplier associate of the year |
| Advanced Packaging Materials |
| Beer Box Shop |
| Charles Faram |
| Kemtile – Hygienic Flooring & Drainage |
| Musk Process Services |
| Peter Lynn Ltd |
| Premier Systems Ltd |
| UK’s best independent craft beer retailer – single |
| The Epicurean |
| Wee Beer Shop |
| Beer52 |
| Bottle & Jug Dept. |
| UK’s best independent craft beer retailer – multiple |
| Lincoln Green |
| Hop Burns & Black |
| Waitrose |
| Real Ale |
| UK’s best independent craft beer restaurant |
| Curry Leaf |
| Quilon |
| Zerodegrees |
| Hood Streatham |
| Nanban |
| Best independent craft beer promotion – on-trade |
| Beer Day Britain |
| Norwich City of Ale |
| Best independent craft beer promotion – off-trade |
| Waitrose |
| Beer Day Britain |
| UK’s best independent craft beer bar or pub (city) |
| The Copper Bar, Swansea |
| The Turkshead at Whitelocks, Leeds |
| The Box Social, Newcastle |
| Heaton Hops, Stockport |
| UK’s best independent craft beer bar or pub (rural) |
| Kirkstall Bridge Inn, Leeds |
| The Star Inn, Halesworth |
| Bowland Beer Hall, Clitheroe |
| The Harvester, Southam |
