SIBA South West meeting 28/09/2012
at the Dartmoor Lodge, Ashburton
Those present:
Guy Sheppard – Exe Valley
Stephen Heptinstall – Cotleigh
Jonathan Price – Exmoor
Richard Wheeler – Tuckers Maltings
Rosamund Davies – The Maritime Inn
Norman Lewis – Summerskills
Darren Batten – Palmers Brewery
Paul Arrowsmith – Gidley’s
Eline Walker – Hunter’s
Barrie Sutherland – Spa Soft
Nigel Hoppit – Spa Soft
John Gilbert – Hopback
Alison Freezer – Hop Back
David Kleham – Exzelerate Resources
Matthew Henney – Dartmoor Brewery
Rob Pattison – Topsham Ales
Mike George – Quercus Devon Ales
Pete Pike – North Curry
Terry Dicks – Your Round
Alan Collier – Exeter Brewery
P McCaig – Otter
Paul Edney – Blindmans
Lloyd Chamberlain – Blindmans
Hugh Parry – Jollyboat
Jane Yates Parry – Jollyboat
Graham Pratt – Bays
Paul Evans - ECasks
Paul Walker – Hunter’s
Paul Davey – RCH
Dorinda Davey – RCH
Mark Grandfield – CCC Pentasol
Adrian Wood – Wadworths
Debbie Large – SIBA
Bob Higgs – Topsham Ales
Will Southcott – Quercus Devon Ales
Pete Bennett – North Curry
Patrick Mills – Country Life
Beverley Dicks – Your Round
Apologies:
Mike Garner – Wizard Ales
Liz O'Hanlon – O'Hanlons Brewery
Cheryl & Rob Rainey – Quantock Brewery Jamie Ramshaw – Murphys
Dave McKillop – New Inn, Mayshill
Barry Jones – Rankin Brothers
Carl Beeson
Justin Hawke – Moor Beer
John Lawton – Teignworthy David Aucott & Janet Cheesman – East West Ales
Paul & Dave – Braydon Ales
Paul Dimond – Branscombe
Rod MacDonald – Salisbury
Martin Strawbridge – Downton
Alasdair – Keystone
Ian Packham – CAMRA RD
Brent Smith – Sunny Republic
Stig Andersen – Stonehenge
Andy – Devilfish Brewery
Paul – Clearwater Brewery
Rob Lowe – Rebel Brewing
Paul Nash – Glastonbury
Tim Webster – Barum Brewery
Mark Venn – 6 Trees Brewery
Paul Corbett – Charles Faram
Keith Hayles – Twisted Oak Brewery
Roger Catte – Moles Brewery
Eddie Lofthouse – Harbour Brewing Co
James Timoney – Plain Ales
Chris Garrett – Warminster Maltings
Mark Praeger – Ales of Scilly
Mark Harding – Bath Ales
Gary Brown – Classic Closures
John Parkes – Red Rock Brewery
Ray Wilson – Off Zero
Welcome and Final Goodbyes:
Guy Sheppard shared his sadness at the passing away of Simon Whitmore founder of
Butcombe Brewery, Annette Frampton, our minute secretary for about 13 years and
Phillip Roberts who was our first bar manager at The Maltings Beer Festival
Minutes of last Meeting
Agreed they were an accurate record.
Matters Arising:
Discussion about SIBA logo being used as a sign in farmers fields to promote the use
of local crops in local ale. Patrick from Otter has spoken to Warminster and Tucker’s
Maltings, both think it’s a good idea and have given some thought to possible
locations. The signs would need to be displayed where they are actually visible by
passing traffic etc. Signs would cost aprox £75. Patrick will continue to liaise with the
malsters and the committee. Moved to next meeting.
Nothing new to report on SW video will move to next meeting.
Brewers Grains Training: If your grains enter the food chain you must have FEMAS
Accreditation. Date for training course is 1st November at Palmers Brewery in
Bridport please phone Stephen @ Cotleigh 01984 624086 to book a place. Price is
maximum £250 depending on size of brewery.
SW Brewers Book : No one has offered to go ahead with gathering info so this idea
has been put on hold.
Brewing Technical Support:
Crop reports from Tuckers, Warminster & Charles Faram are attached
Membership Applications:
Reminder that all new members must attend a meeting in the first year. Following
breweries are still overdue to attend : Blue Anchor and Holsworthy Ales
Paul from RCH also mentioned that new members who haven't yet attended a
meeting, MUST ATTEND the AGM in January or they won't be eligible to enter
Tucker’s Malting’s Festival & competition
IT & Communications :
PR is on the agenda for SIBA Central. Steve and Guy have fed back that it should be
part of the SIBA business plan.
Point was raised that Cask Ale weeks had been poorly advertised. Guy said that
although SIBA supports Cask Ale Week it is not involved in it’s organisation.
Roz from Maritime Inn who is a SIBA Locals pub associate member raised the point
that she does not know why she is in SIBA. Something like Cask Ale Week was only
promoted by Camra, she asked the question ‘ What is SIBA doing for it’s pub
members?’
The discussion moved on to agree that SIBA needs to become more consumer facing.
Finance Report:
Breakdown of Tuckers Malting financial report was distributed. Total profit for this
year £4559.83 which is up from last year. Toatl in Cheque account £30624.10 and
Savings account £11932.87.
Adrian made the point that there needs to be aprox £22000 available before the
Malting’s beer Festival goes ahead to pay for all the costs in advance.
£50 has been given to the chosen charity of Simon Whitmore after his funeral and the
meeting decided to give £50 to each of Annette Frampton's chosen charities and
£1000 to the Jim Laker Memorial Fund - Jim was a founding member of SIBA and
his fund helps disadvantaged people in the Wiviliscombe area. SIBA Central is also
adding £500 to the Jim Laker Fund.
Proposal made to honour Annette in some way at the Maltings Festival. Maltings
Committee to decide at next meeting.
Proposal made to have a contingency fund of up to £100 that the committee can spend
for this type of circumstance without it first having to be carried at a meeting.
Adrian to investigate The Maltings Festival making BACS payments he will report at
next meeting.
Political & Campaigns:
‘Save our Beer’ epetition has now reached 100,000 signatures. The next step is for us
all to write to our MP’s. Guy suggested SIBA Central draft a template letter. This will
be emailed to breweries for us to personalize and send to our MP’s
Roz requested a customer friendly version for use on the bar in pubs.
Marketing:
BeerX is still a work in progress more information at next meeting.
Make sure the dates are in your diaries – 13 – 15 March 2013 in Sheffield
Commercial :
Steve reported that the turnover for DDS was up by 5%.
Container Management:
Nick Stafford invites anyone with issues regarding NCRNET to contact him
personally at nick.stafford@siba.co.uk
Problems encountered
 Kegwatch does an uplift when there are orange stickes – local pubs should
phone the breweries to collect.
 Casks are showing as being at a depot even when they have been picked up.
Paul from RCH advised if anyone has a query with an invoice they should speak to
Kegwatch.
Cask misuse was discussed. There is a SIBA policy in the new members pack. Each
case is handled individually. Guy encouraged anyone with issues regarding this to
email them to Charlie at SIBA Central and cc in the committee.
ECask also encouraged everyone to help stop the misuse of Ecask or the price will be
affected.
Tucker’s Maltings Report:
Meeting for next years festival will be at 6.30pm The Ruishdon Inn nr Taunton.
Next years festival is on 18/19 & 20th of April 2013. This will be the 21st anniversary
so Paul welcomes some new ideas.
Any Other Business:
 Paul from Hunter’s suggested that ‘Breweries working together’ becomes a
more formal part of each meeting simple ideas such as joining forces for the
larger beer festivals. Guy reported that Gloucester and East Anglia already
have smaller working groups perhaps make contact and report back next
meeting.
 Centralized purchasing was raised. Guy mentioned Co-Save but did offer
caution with pitching raw materials suppliers against each other although some
felt competition was healthy.
 Cost of Murphy’s drums has increased to £5.50 but return deposit is only
£4.50
 IBD are meeting to offer the chance for more brewers to become qualified
with official courses. The proposal is for larger breweries to host weekend
sessions that cover manageable modules of a course maybe 3-4 times a year.
 Point was raised over a wholesaler that had possibly not paid or returned
casks, reminder to use the SIBA Forum for issues such as this.
 There has been a proposal to revise the SIBA regions boundaries, but the
South West is unlikely to be affected.
Dates and venues for Next Meetings:
South West Regional meeting and AGM : Saturday 19th January 2013
Hope be in Cornwall venue to be arranged – PLEASE CAN A CORNISH
MEMBER OFFER TO HOST THIS – Contact guy.sheppard@siba.co.uk ASAP
New Trustee is needed.