Back in 2001 I walked into Highgate brewery hoping for a delivery job, little did I know that 13 years later (2014) I would be running and owning my very own micro brewery. After the closure of Highgate and completing 8 years in the trade, successfully learning the vital skills needed I quickly found another job, this time in a micro brewery called Blue bear brewery.

As I was the only brewer onsite I was left responsible for the day to day brewing, cleaning and packaging of the brewery which I gained massive experience for later on in my career. I later left Blue bear to go and work with an old friend at the Worcestershire brewing company. Together myself and the head brewer worked on new recipes and new ideas and successfully built up a good reputation for our ales. This was the time when I came truly passionate about real traditional ales and made the first steps into building my own brewery.

Co Owner & Brewer: Andy Dukes