WELCOME TO INDIE BEER
Independent beer is handmade by real people who truly care about the quality and flavour of the beer they are producing.
Choose independent beer for a great tasting pint and much more choice of styles and flavours than you get with global mass-produced beers. Importantly, you’ll be supporting local business, protecting local pubs, and making a more sustainable choice too.
Support independent breweries by buying beers that carry the INDIE BEER mark on their pump clips, labels, or bottle caps and look for INDIE BEER posters and window stickers in pubs and brewery taprooms that are proud to serve it.
Click here to win FREE BEER, get exclusive access to events and festivals and stay up to date with the INDIE BEER campaign.
BREWERY CHECKER
Not sure if the beer you’re buying is from an independent brewery or owned by a Global company like Heineken or Budweiser? Use the Brewery Checker below to get an answer in seconds.
ABOUT INDIE BEER
Independent beer is handmade by real people who truly care about the quality and flavour of the beer they are producing. By choosing independent beer you're not only getting a great tasting pint, but supporting local business, protecting pubs, and making a more sustainable choice.
The INDIE BEER campaign aims to make the INDIE BEER mark the recognisable standard for high quality craft and cask beer, brewed across the UK, by truly independent breweries.
The campaign was launched by the Society of Independent Brewers and Associates with the support of other beer organisations including the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), the British Institute of Innkeepers (Bii), and Independent Family Brewers of Britain (IFBB). It has also gained the support of beer media outlets such as Pellicle Magazine. If you're interested in supporting the campaign click here.
To see how an 'independent brewery' is defined by this campaign click here.
INDIE BEER EVENTS
As more events get added you'll be able to use our event finder to search for beer festivals, tap takeovers, beer launches and other events featuring beer from independent breweries across the UK.
If you would like to have your independent beer event listed please submit using this form.
INDEPENDENT BREWERY DEFINITION
What makes a brewery independent? This website uses the definition of an independent brewery as defined by SIBA, the Society of Independent Brewers and Associates, who say an independent brewery must;
a) Be a manufacturer of beer and have their own Brewing Equipment, or be an independent beer brand brewed and packaged at a qualifying brewery. Beer produced for commercial sale up to a maximum permitted production volume of 1% of the British Beer market (as defined by industry statistics in respect of the previous calendar year);
b) Be a UK based sole trader. partnership, limited liability partnership or limited company that is permanently based in the UK and carries out a minimum of 75% of its total beer production in the UK. For these purposes the UK shall include the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man;
c) Not be under the control of or connected with any other entity operating within the UK brewing industry (as defined by the Corporation Tax Act 2010) except where as a result of such control or connection the combined entity does not contravene a) above.
INDIE BREWERY FINDER
There are independent breweries all across the UK and you can use the search function below to find a brewery near you, either by searching the brewery name or entering your postcode.
Only independent breweries enrolled in the INDIE BEER campaign will come up in this search, if you’re wanting to lookup a brewery that doesn’t appear here or check if it is independent use our Brewery Checker tool.
SUPPORT INDIE BEER
If you're a beer fan looking to support the campaign, or a venue or brewery interested in getting involved, you can use the below form and we'll get in touch. You will also be entered into our FREE prize draw!
SUPPORTERS
Thank you to the following organisations who have pledged support for Indie Beer campaign:
