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#225 | Catherine Webber, Attic Brew Co
A move from the corporate world to craft beer is path trodden by many of this sector’s brewers, business owners and beer professionals. And since
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#223 | Alternatives in Alcohol
It’s looking like some more excellent weather for much of the UK this weekend. And with higher temperatures and blissful sunshine, there is also an
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#222 | Palindrome Brew Co
It’s official. Beer festival season is in full swing. We’re seeing new beers and new collaborations at every turn. What’s even better is that we’re
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#221 | 13 years of Beautiful Beer
Starting this June we’re opening entries for the 2026 Brewers Choice Awards So what better time to revisit our visit to the 2024 winners of
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When AI and a brewery compete for the same electricity, who wins?
When AI and a brewery compete for the same electricity, who wins? Dr Phil Wu, the founder and director of Absolar Solutions, a commercial solar
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#220 | A Focus on Hop Compounds
Did you catch our excellent recent article? Titled Beyond Aroma: Hop enzymatic activity, diastatic power, and fermentation control, Francesco Lo Bue and Philip Wietstock, Professor
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#219 | Elusive Brewing turns 10
The UK beer landscape looks a lot different today than it did ten years ago. We’ve seen breweries and trends come and go. But certain
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#218 | A Summer of Lager
Welcome to The Summer of Lager. As we race through 2026, the longer, warmer months are fast-approaching. And with that, so does the consumer appetite
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#217 | The Price of Premiumisation
Meet Pete Brown. Pete, as many of you will know, is a British author, journalist, broadcaster and consultant specialising in food and drink. In his
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#216 | A Love of Local
Meet Red Kellie. Red is joint owner and Head Brewer of the First & Last Brewery. They are a family run brewery, taproom and event space situated
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#215 | Defining West Coast Pils
Since being founded by Adam Henderson in 2020, Azvex Brewing Company has gone on to become of the UK’s most respected producers of hop-forward pale
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#214 | Andrew Barnett, Barney’s Beer
Meet Andrew Barnett. Andrew is the founder of Edinburgh’s Barney’s Beer. He started his career in brewing aged 16 as a lab assistant at the
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#213 | Tim Bloomer, Fell Brewery
Met Tim Bloomer. Tim is the co-founder and sustainability director at Fell Brewery, an independent brewery based in Cumbria. He holds an MSc in Brewing
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#212 | Tom Bott, Signature Brew
2026 marks 15 years since Tom Bott and Sam McGregor started London’s Signature Brew. The duo combined their backgrounds in the music industry and professional
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#211 | Tackling a Coeliac Diagnosis
Next week our first Brewers Lectures of 2026 takes place at the fantastic Full Circle Brew Co in Newcastle on the 25th February. We’ve got
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#210 | Atlantic Archipelago
The role provenance plays in beer is something we rightfully celebrate. It can give the beer an identity and a sense of place. And today’s
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#209 | Full Circle Brew Co
Fresh from celebrating the brewery’s latest birthday at the end of 2025, the team at Full Circle are gearing up for another year of growth
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#208 | Red Kellie, First & Last Brewery
When it comes to brewing, what excites you? The beautiful thing about beer is that we all come at it from different directions, with different
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#207 | Thornbridge, Bakewell
Fresh from celebrating their triumphant 20th anniversary in 2025, Thornbridge can reflect on another year of growth and evolution. And in 2026, beer fans can
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#206 | Tamar Banner, To Øl
Meet Tamar Banner, a veteran of the craft beer industry, having started brewing professionally in the US in 2001. In more than 24 years of brewing, she has worked in the brewhouse, cellar, packaging, quality, and
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#205 | Mikkeller Brewpub, London
From Café Kick to Coin Laundry, and from Moro to Mikkeller, Exmouth Market in London is a favourite spot for many in the capital. For
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#204 | A Year to Remember – Two Flints
It’s been another fantastic year for Windsor’s Two Flints… Following on from the recent release of their celebrated collab Double IPA with Ghost Whale’s Ray
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#203 | New Beginnings – Fourman Brewery
Being part of the teams at two of the UK’s most regarded breweries is good going by anyone’s standards. But for Robin Head-Fourman, the opportunity
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#202 | Beer Competitions – How to Enter, Win & Judge
Showcasing and celebrating the finest beers and breweries from around the globe is one of the most rewarding parts of the brewing industry. And at
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#200 | Bianca Road Brew Co
If you’re looking for a way to demonstrate how the UK craft beer scene has changed and evolved in the last decade, then the Bermondsey
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#199 | Francesca Nikita Corradin & Sam Paget-Steavenson, Botivo
While we primarily focus on the wonderful world of beer and brewing, it’s occasionally important to take time to look at the excellent innovation taking
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#198 | Pete Brown on Premiumisation
Pete Brown is a British author, journalist, broadcaster and consultant specialising in food and drink. His latest book ‘Tasting Notes: The Art and Science of
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Damm doubles brewing capacity with £70m investment
Spanish brewing business Damm has more than doubled its brewing capacity to 1.8 million hectolitres per annum and investing more than £70m in its new
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#197 | Hop Compounds
Francesco Lo Bue is an agronomist with a degree in food technology, specialised in hops aromatic compounds. He’s also a brewer with 10 years of
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Safety and the brewing process
Gas safety is an issue that is attracting growing focus, not least with the increased use of new and more environmentally sustainable practices and materials.
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#196 | Marian Reed, Sudden Death Brewing
What is the secret behind running a successful brewery? For today’s guest, the ability to make strategic production choices and prioritize markets is key. Marian
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#195 | Matthew Curtis – Reflections on Authenticity
In today’s brewing world an entire brand from concept to completion can be developed for you in seconds at the touch of a button, or outsourced
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#193 | Anspach & Hobday
Our 2025 Brewers Choice Awards take place on the 30th September and Anspach & Hobday are nominated for both ‘Brewery of The Year’ and ‘Beer
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#192 | Simon Webster, Thornbridge
There are little more than three weeks to go until The 2025 Brewers Congress and Brewers Choice Awards. One company nominated in this year’s awards
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#190 | Russian River Brewing Company
The 2025 release of Pliny The Younger, the ever-popular annual iteration of Russian River Brewing Company’s Triple IPA, was unsurprisingly a hit. So what better
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#189 | Toby Heasman, Hall and Woodhouse
If you’ve not had a beer from Hall and Woodhouse, you’re sure to know someone that has. Blandford Fly, Fursty Ferret Amber Ale and Tangle
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#188 | Julie O’ Grady, Neptune Brewery
A business and a relationship forged in Liverpool, Neptune Brewery has just celebrated its 10th birthday. But what is the secret to their success? Julie
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#187 | Diacetyl: Creation and Mitigation
We are all aware of diacetlyl in beer but how does it originate and importantly, how do we reduce it? Then allow us to introduce
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#186 | Kate Hyde, Hand Brew Co
How do you help get the beers you brew into the hands of more people? For Kate Hyde and the team at Brighton’s Hand Brew
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#185 | Jack Walker, Azvex Brewing Company
Since being founded by Adam Henderson in 2020, Azvex Brewing Company has gone on to become of the UK’s most respected producers of hop-forward pale
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#184 | Lara Lopes, Round Corner Brewing
Quality assurance helps ensure all aspects of the brewing process are in place to create a product that both meets and exceeds consumer expectation. And
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#183 | Jim Rangeley, Abbeydale Brewery
Jim Rangeley is the lead brewer of the mixed fermentation Funk Dungeon project at Sheffield’s revered Abbeydale Brewery. He is also a co-owner of the
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#181 | Alex Millhouse-Smith, Barth Haas
If you ever paid a visit to North Bar, the seminal Leeds-based craft beer bar, sometime between 2013 or 2017 there’s a good chance you
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#180 | Chris Hall, Kirkstall Brewery
In the UK and elsewhere in Europe, there is no shortage of fantastic beer festivals and events to keep the industry busy. And last month
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#179 | Turning 10: Mondo Brewing Company on its next chapter
A full-scale brand refresh is an important landmark in any brewery’s journey. Even more so when it helps mark the company’s 10th anniversary and the
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#178 | Alex Troncoso, Lost and Grounded Brewers
Staying true to yourself, building a positive working culture, creating a business people admire and also producing beers that consumers and your peers enjoy are
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#177 | Laura Rangeley, Abbeydale Brewery
Across a 12 month period, Laura Rangeley has celebrated 10 years working at Abbeydale Brewery in Sheffield. And in October last year, alongside the rest
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#176 | A mutual appreciation
In the brewing and distilling industries there is a mutual appreciation of the craftsmanship, skill and process involved in creating these fantastic liquids. And today’s
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#175 | RedWillow: 15 years young
This year RedWillow Brewery is raising a glass to 15 years of brewing bold, balanced beers. They’re marking the milestone with a packed calendar of
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#172 | Building a Brewery
Earlier this month Lost Cause Brewing, the independent brewery, founded in 2024 by Vik and Colin Stronge, completed a crowdfunding campaign help to bring beer
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#171 | John Driebergen, Great Beyond Brewing Company
Opening your own brewery, at any point is time, comes with its own challenges and hurdles to overcome. Just ask the team at Great Beyond Brewing
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#170 | Tim Weaver, The Brand Weaver
How can you help keep your brewery relevant for the next generation? Tim Weaver, founder of The Brand Weaver, is on hand to tell you
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#166 | Lessons in Licensing
Off the back of his most recent address at this week’s Brewers Lectures in Bristol, we revisit Piers Warne’s talk from February 2024 where we
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#165 | Bec Blake, Sellar
Meet Bec Blake. In the last 13 years she has worked in almost every corner of the craft beer industry. From working in her local
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#163 | Alex Kerr, Two Flints
“It takes two flints to make a fire” Where did the inspiration for your brewery name come from? For Alex Kerr, founder of Windsor, Berkshire-based
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#161 | Russ Clarke, Amity Brew Co
In starting Amity Brew Co back in 2020, the team wanted a business that stood for community, friendship and good beer. And more than four
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#159 | Evin O’Riordain, The Kernel Brewery
The London brewing scene has changed a great deal in the last decade. Styles have come into, then gone out of, fashion. People have learnt
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#158 | Vinnie Cilurzo, Russian River Brewing Company
In the world of beer, there are a number of real positives when it comes to working for, or running, a brewery. Creating something that
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#154 | 40 years young – Wye Valley Brewery
Reaching an important milestone in any business is a real achievement. It’s the culmination of hard work, commitment and the result of providing a quality
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#146 | The story of Closet Brewing
Welcome to Closet Brewing, an Edinburgh-based nano-brewery focused on producing unique seasonal beers. The founders Lucy and Lizzie Stevens, began as homebrewers (brewing quite literally out of
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Reaching new heights | The story of Left Handed Giant
Known and cherished for their excellent beers, and equally brilliant spaces to enjoy them in, Left Handed Giant are one of the UK’s most regarded
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#140 | Burning Sky – Treading their own path
From Arise, Aurora and Cuvée, to Plateau, Saison Anniversaire and Luppoleto Pils, many of us are abundantly familiar with the fantastic beers produced by Burning
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Building a Profitable Brewery | Part One
How do you build a profitable brewery? Being able to define a customer is a great place to start explains Julian Bourne the CEO of
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#130 | Rooster’s – 30 years young
Where were you a little over 30 years ago? As today’s guests recall… England had failed to qualify for the World Cup, 2 Unlimited were
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#121 | Hackney Brewery – Why our taproom is key
At a time when many breweries are celebrating their tenth anniversaries Hackney Brewery, now the ripe old age of 12, could be considered elder statesmen
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Comment | The C-Word
She knows, and she’s sorry, but Melissa Cole is going to talk about the C-word. However, if there was ever a year when the whole
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Breaking Barriers | The story of UnBarred Brewery of Brighton
A love of ingredients and flavour exploration led Jordan Mower to open a nano brewery back in 2014. And nearly 10 years on UnBarred Brewery
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#114 Find your creative truth
A love of ingredients and flavour exploration led Jordan Mower to open a nano brewery back in 2014. And nearly 10 years on UnBarred Brewery
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#107 Beautiful Beer | Wiper and True turns 10
Welcome to Wiper and True. The brewery, which is known for beers such as its Kaleidoscope Pale Ale, Milkshake Milk Stout and a wealth of
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#101 Turning beer green
The brewing industry has become a testing ground for the energy transition. Many drinkers want to drink responsibly: not just to protect their own health,
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#100 Moonwake
Welcome to Moonwake. Moonwake, or “the moon’s reflection on a body of water” speaks to the Scottish brewery’s Leith Shore location, the importance of water
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#97 Brian Dickson | Northern Monk
10 years is a pretty significant chunk of time, in any walk of life. So you can’t blame Brian Dickson, who helped start one of
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#96 Miranda Hudson | Duration Brewing
Miranda Hudson is the co-founder of Duration Brewing, a progressive farmhouse brewery that makes beers that belong in Norfolk. Starting out as a nomadic brewery
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#94 Vault City – Let’s make sour beers accessible for all
At some point, we’ve all had to turn a spare room into a custom and excise warehouse at some point, haven’t we? And in doing
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#93 Introducing Great Beyond Brewing Company
Opening your own brewery, at any point is time, comes with its own challenges and hurdles to overcome. Just ask the countless outfits that had
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#91 New Beginnings
Earlier this month, the team at Neptune Brewery moved into their new home. It’s a step that will allow them to cater for increased demand
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#84 Beavertown – Two Years Young
Earlier this week Beavertown announced it was to be fully acquired by Heineken UK. And earlier this summer, the brewery celebrated its 10th birthday. Much
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#82 Something in The Water
When there’s some 1,300 breweries across the country, and nearly 300 in your province alone, it pays to be different. So what happens then when
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#78 Moving on up
Next weekend marks the inaugural These Hills, an intimate, carefully curated two day beer festival taking place in the town of Lewes in the South
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Signature Brew launch two new beers
Signature Brew has unveiled two new beers; a West Coast DIPA and a lemon sour. Crowdsurfer: This 8% ABV West Coast DIPA (£5 per 440ml
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#75 Beers of America
Earlier this week, figures from across the brewing industry descended upon Minneapolis for the latest iteration of the Craft Brewers Conference and the 2022 World
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#74 Sureshot Brewery
Founded in 2020 but a long time in the making, Sureshot was born out of lockdown. The Manchester-based business, headed up by a brewer that
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#70 Growth is more than just volume | Aaron McClure
Most breweries will, hopefully, experience a growth curve during their business lives. But when you’re on that particular journey, it’s key to recognise that there’s
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LURGAN TO GET NEW BREWERY, AND FIRST DISTILLERY IN NEARLY 200 YEARS
Lurgan is set to get its own brewery and distillery as part of a significant investment by a group of local people who want to
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UK brewery numbers increase 7.5%, surpassing 3,000
The number of breweries in the UK grew by another 216 in 2020, up 7.5% from 2019, according to new research. The data, from national
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Rooster’s completes brewery and taproom investment
Rooster’s Brewing Co has completed a £850,000 investment into a new, state-of-the-art brewery and taproom, three times the size of its previous premises, as it
Rebranding your brewery
So you want to rebrand your brewery? Great. But there’s a lot to it, and you need to give careful consideration to every step, says
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Northern Powerhouse | The story of Wylam Brewery
Everyone hopefully knows someone like Dave Stone. He’s the uncle that would slip you a crisp £20 note in your birthday card when you’re a
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Building | Specifying a brewery floor
Recent figures show that the number of breweries in the UK has risen 64% in just five years to over 2,000. It’s a statistic based
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Fourpure acquired by Australian business Lion
Fourpure has been sold to Australian-headquartered food and drink business, owned by Kirin Holdings Company, for an undisclosed sum. Commenting on the sale, brothers Dan
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On a Mission | White Rock Brewery Co
The actor Oliver Reed was known as much for his star turns in films such as Women in Love, The Devils, and Oliver! as he
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Staying Power | The story of Wimbledon Brewery
You made good time!” says Derek Prentice. “Oh, but you brought your own coffee, I see,” he adds with a wry smile. “Well, not to
Work hard, then play hard | The story of Garrison Brewing
The Brewers Association Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo was a different animal in 1998 compared to the annual giant it is now. Held in Atlanta,
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Kew Brewery | Give UK ingredients the attention they deserve
A stones throw, well around one and a half miles, separate Kew Brewery and the famous Kew Gardens. One of these establishments has just celebrated its second birthday
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Meet the Brewer: Logan Plant, Beavertown
Days before our visit to Beavertown, Logan Plant and his team were busy brewing with Oklahoma’s venerable Prairie Ales, producing a golden oak-fermented beer with