This Week in Craft Beer

Tom grew up helping out his father in the family cidery, before launching his first brewery Mill Green in 2008, focused on producing cask ale with American hops.

In 2016, driven by a love of sour beers, he pivoted to launch Little Earth Project, a named inspired by a quote from Jester King founder Jeffrey Stuffings.

The result is arguable the most hyper-local brewery in the UK, utilising wild and organically farmed ingredients from the local landscape.

https://www.edwardstonewhitehorse.co.uk/

Tom wholeheartedly recommends Hopsters in Ipswich and Chelmsford

https://myhopsters.com/

Vault City was launched in 2018 by Founders Steve and Johnnie in Edinburgh, who started out homebrewing on the kitchen stove, before evolving to produce 400l batches in the basement. In 2019 an opportunity came up to rent a corner of 71 Brewing's warehouse in Dundee, as well as to brew on the 71 kit. Production stepped up 10x to 4000l batches.

From Jan 2021, Vault City will be coming home to Portobello Beach in Edinburgh, moving into their own Brewery and Taproom.

https://vaultcity.co.uk/

Andy wholeheartedly recommends https://www.instagram.com/brauhaus_edinburgh/

Pillars Founders Gavin and Omar started out homebrewing in a garden shed, before launching Pillars Brewery in Walthamstow in 2016, as London's first specialist Craft Lager Brewery.

https://www.pillarsbrewery.com/

Gavin and Alex wholeheartedly recommend Ye Olde Rose & Crown in Walthamstow

https://www.yeolderoseandcrowntheatrepub.co.uk/

Phil started out homebrewing in the basement of his hairdressing salon in Leeds, before launching Play Brew in 2017, initially as a Contract Brewer. A successful crowdfunding campaign in Oct 2018 enabled Play to open Middlesbrough's first Craft brewery and taproom in 2019.

https://www.playbrewco.com/

Phil wholeheartedly recommends Rita's Pantry Micropub in Redcar

http://tinyurl.com/ritascans

Daftaboutcraft is a monthly (soon to be 3-weekly) exploration of the wonderful and creative world of craft beer. Hosted by two guys called Dave, who love to talk all things craft beer! There will be news, views, features and live tastings each month as we take an in-depth look at the UK craft beer scene.

Heist was launched by Dan and Adam in 2017, initially as cuckoo brewers, before opening their own facility in the mining village of Clowne in Derbyshire in 2018. In early 2020 the brewery relocated to the Neepsend district of Sheffield, moving into a 8,000 sq ft industrial building that will ultimately include a 30-tap bar!

https://www.heistbrewco.com/

Dan wholeheartedly recommends:

https://cutleryworks.co.uk/cutlery-works-menu/#boozehound

Having honed his craft at Gipsy Hill, Fourpure and Arundel Brewery, Brenden launched Little Monster in Jan 2018 initially as a gypsy brewery.

https://littlemonsterbrew.com/

Brenden wholeheartedly recommends The Escapist Taproom in Chichester

https://www.facebook.com/theescapistchichester/

Please check them out!

The Beak was launched in 2014 initially as a nomadic project by award winning food and drink journalist Danny Tapper. Danny perfected recipes on his one-barrel kit in the Yorkshire Dales, before cuckoo brewing at the likes of North, Burning Sky and Northern Monk. Having built a strong UK following, this summer The Beak opened their brewery and taproom, which includes a mixed fermentation project, in Lewes, Sussex.

https://beakbrewery.com/

Danny wholeheartedly recommends:

https://www.flocbrewing.com/

https://www.facebook.com/TheBrewersArmsLewes/

https://www.thepatchbeercafe.com/

https://www.bunandbean.com/

Carnival Brewing was formed in 2018 by Dom Hope-Smith and Ade Burke inspired by a chance introduction at a local charity Carnival. Sharing their passions for music, family and beer, ideas grew and the beers started flowing. After brewing for a while in Ade's garage, in December 2019 Carnival moved into their new premises in Liverpool's historic waterfront district.

https://www.carnivalbrewing.me/

Dom and Ade wholeheartedly recommend:

Haul Bottle Shop and Taproom https://haul.beer/

Black Lodge Brewing https://www.blacklodgebrewing.co.uk/

Established in 2013, Weird Beard don't believe in being stereotyped. They love upfront, in your face, hop-focused craft beers, along with classic styles.

Their varied range of core beers are supplemented with a large number of specials and one-offs that allow them to push their creative boundaries. No gimmicks, no crap and never knowingly under hopped means you get great hand-crafted craft beer brewed in West London.

https://www.weirdbeardbrewco.com/

Rob wholeheartedly endorses The Dodo Micropub in Hanwell https://www.thedodomicropub.com/