Jiddler's Tipple
• • • Best Nomadic Brewer • • •
Robyn Gilmour
Saturday 18 October 2025
This article is from
Beer Awards 2025
issue 123
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We first worked with Jiddler’s Tipple as part of our Nomadic Breweries issue, which ran earlier this year. It celebrated brewers who don’t work in a brick-and-mortar brewery of their own, but rent the space, time and equipment needed to brew from another brewery. There are countless ways in which a ‘contract’, or ‘nomadic’ brewery can operate, and as many reasons why brands decide to work this way; it’s better for the environment, allows them to reach new markets with less risk, and can get beer on shelves while a brand sets up a brewery of its own.
What’s unique about Jiddler’s Tipple’s approach to contract brewing is that it’s not a means to an end, but the setup it plans to use indefinitely. When we last spoke, Jacob said, “if I want to go swimming, I won't build a swimming pool in my yard. I’ll use a local pool. That’s an extreme example but it makes the point”. We think that makes him a bit of a legend, and contract brewing a modus operandi worth celebrating.
Jiddler’s Tipple is hardly a newcomer to craft beer, but you could be forgiven for thinking that. Founder Jacob Liddle is the first to say the brand, founded in 2019, has taken a slow, risk-averse approach to growth, a decision that’s paying dividends now that Jiddler’s Tipple is flourishing on strong foundations. The brand is coming into its own, and the beer has spoken for itself, winning Best Session IPA at this year’s World Beer Awards.
The beer in question, Swifty Session IPA also won two Gold Stars in the Great Taste Awards, a victory that arrived hot on the heels of a launch in 200 Tesco stores nationwide. “We also hired our third employee, who is our first full time sales person. From October 2019 to February 2022 it was just me, myself and I. Our Ops Manager then joined me, to help grow the business, so we've been a two person team up until January this year. We’re hoping to expand the team in January to accommodate new expansion. We're currently looking to get delicious sessionable beer onto more taps across London and further afield.”
When asked what change or development Jacob would like to see in the beer industry, this coming year, he says “I'd love people to drink more cask! It is the original ‘craft beer’ in the UK. It's such a special drink and really is unique to the UK. I obviously love a tropical and fruity, hoppy IPA or Pale ale. But they're not really British in the same way as a Golden Ale, Best Bitter or Dark Mild. I really hope the work to recognise the UK's cask ale tradition by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage succeeds. Great work from The Craft Beer Channel on this front!"
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