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Summary: International Women's Day Beverage Festival   Further details: For IWD 2026, we've organized a showcase of women makers in Scotland. We have 15 breweries and distilleries and counting participating in a showcase of beer, NA beer, spirits, and soft drinks at a festival named for the divine hag of Scottish Folklore, the Cailleach. We also have local artists exhibiting works themed around IWD as well as several musicians playing live at the festival. Most of the brewers

The deadline to submit content for this month's mailout is Tuesday 27th January. Each month, the Guild distributes a newsletter to members, industry partner representatives and the public which contains information and links to our members' latest work. Whether it is a book, an article, a broadcast or an event, this is a great way to share. To submit your work, please fill in the form found here . Guild members and industry partner representatives will automatically receive t

The BBPA have kindly supplied a limited number of their 2025 Statistical Handbook for Guild members. If you would like to recieve a copy, please email your postal address to secretary@beerguild.co.uk

Guild members receive a 15% discount on NCTJ courses. Please log into the Membership Area for the code. As we start 2026 you may be thinking about ways to develop your team this year. The NCTJ offers bespoke group training sessions that we create together with you to meet your organisation's needs. We can run sessions in-person at your offices or online, at times to suit you. Popular topics include media law refreshers, media training, financial journalism and podcasting.   I

The Guild has teamed up with drinks industry charity The Drinks Trust to offer 10 full members a free spot on its Wellbeing Champion course in 2026. Worth £250, the training is delivered online over two half-day sessions and aims to equip people to not only build their personal resilience to stress and anxiety but also to help them support colleagues who are struggling. Session One Introduction to Wellbeing The Four Pillars Understanding Stress Self-awareness Mental Health Aw

The BBPA have kindly supplied a limited number of their 2025 Statistical Handbook for Guild members. If you would like to recieve a copy, please email your postal address to secretary@beerguild.co.uk

Now that our annual awards and dinner is over for another year, we're starting to plan the 2026 awards, and we need your help! Whether you came along to the event this year or not, we'd like to hear from you. Please spare a couple of minutes to complete the feedback form (the deadline is 31st December 2025). Thanks! Feedback Form

Now that our annual awards and dinner is over for another year, we're starting to plan the 2026 awards, and we need your help! Whether you came along to the event this year or not, we'd like to hear from you. Please spare a couple of minutes to complete the feedback form (the deadline is 31st December 2025). Thanks! Feedback Form

The Guild has teamed up with drinks industry charity The Drinks Trust to offer 10 full members a free spot on its Wellbeing Champion course in 2026. Worth £250, the training is delivered online over two half-day sessions and aims to equip people to not only build their personal resilience to stress and anxiety but also to help them support colleagues who are struggling. Session One Introduction to Wellbeing The Four Pillars Understanding Stress Self-awareness Mental Health Aw

The deadline to submit content for this month's mailout is Tuesday 16th December. Each month, the Guild distributes a newsletter to members, industry partner representatives and the public which contains information and links to our members' latest work. Whether it is a book, an article, a broadcast or an event, this is a great way to share. To submit your work, please fill in the form found here . Guild members and industry partner representatives will automatically receive

A recording of our training The Essentials of Writing and Issuing a Press Release kindly run by ShielPorter is now available to watch on demand free of charge. The video is accompanied with a link to the presentation and suggested further reading. To view, login to the website and visit the Membership Area . If you have not yet registered for the new Guild website, please email secretary@beerguild.co.uk for the link.

Are you writing Dry January round ups this year?  Are you looking for some incredible, award-winning non-alcoholic beers to include?  If so, I'd like to put forward Goram IPA Zero and Tall Tales Pale Ale Zero from Butcombe Brewing Co. Get in touch if you'd like samples.  Below is some background information  Also, let me know if you’re looking at regular beers, IPAs or Pale Ales.  I can send samples of those too. https://butcombebrewery.co.uk Thanks, Neil Neil Whitehead -...

The deadline to submit content for this month's mailout is Tuesday 16th December. Each month, the Guild distributes a newsletter to members, industry partner representatives and the public which contains information and links to our members' latest work. Whether it is a book, an article, a broadcast or an event, this is a great way to share. To submit your work, please fill in the form found here . Guild members and industry partner representatives will automatically receive

Now that our annual awards and dinner is over for another year, we're starting to plan the 2026 awards, and we need your help! Whether you came along to the event this year or not, we'd like to hear from you. Please spare a couple of minutes to complete the feedback form (the deadline is 31st December 2025). Thanks! Feedback Form

The deadline to submit content for this month's mailout is Tuesday 16th December. Each month, the Guild distributes a newsletter to members, industry partner representatives and the public which contains information and links to our members' latest work. Whether it is a book, an article, a broadcast or an event, this is a great way to share. To submit your work, please fill in the form found here . Guild members and industry partner representatives will automatically receive

Photos taken during the British Guild of Beer Writers Awards 2025 can be viewed by clicking the link below. Thanks to Cath Harries for being our photographer on the night. British Guild of Beer Writers Awards 2025 Photos

Winners at the 2025’s edition of the British Guild of Beer Writers Awards - Credit Cath Harries Taking place last night at Big Penny Social in London, The British Guild of Beer Writers celebrated the best work from beer, pub and cider journalists, bloggers, broadcasters and all-around communicators. Work was entered into 14 separate categories for a chance to win an esteemed award and prize money, with judges reviewing 214 pieces of work. All entries were judged by the Guild’

John Porter & Ros Shiel will deliver this hour long PR Masterclass Monday 1st December, 7pm, Zoom Obtaining media coverage for your own organisation if you work in-house, or on behalf of clients, is core to successful PR. However, getting the right information in front of the right journalist at the right time can be a daunting prospect. Ros Shiel and John Porter have extensive experience of working both sides of the street in PR terms: Ros as a PR consultant both in-house an

Guild Members, a 15% discount code is available in the member's area of the website. We are heading towards the end of 2025, it’s great to have a well-earned break on the horizon! Before we get there, I’m pleased to share the dates for the final NCTJ masterclasses series of the year and the sessions coming up in early 2026. They are aimed at people from a wide range of industries with varying skillsets. We hope there is something in here that may be of interest to help develo

John Porter & Ros Shiel will deliver this hour long PR Masterclass Monday 1st December, 7pm, Zoom Obtaining media coverage for your own organisation if you work in-house, or on behalf of clients, is core to successful PR. However, getting the right information in front of the right journalist at the right time can be a daunting prospect. Ros Shiel and John Porter have extensive experience of working both sides of the street in PR terms: Ros as a PR consultant both in-house an