XT Brewing Co has hired Craig Bennett as its new head brewer.

Bennett has joined the Long Crendon brewery to replace Vinny Rosario, who is starting his own operation in Edinburgh.

Bennett has more than twenty years experience in brewing, having worked at a number of breweries both big and small from around the country. He is a brewing graduate from Herriot Watt and qualified with the Brewing Institute Master Brewer Programme. 

He will be brewing the full range of XT and Animal beers and heading up the brewing team at Long Crendon while adding a few speciality brews of his own to the already extensive beer line up. 

Bennett is passionate about cask beers and will be a great addition to the team at XT working to promote and develop the diverse range of beers in the XT portfolio.

Rosario’s new brewery will be called Origin Brewing and he has teamed up with another former XT brewer, Fin Heslop, to develop a range of new beers which they expect to start flowing from their taproom in summer.