#45 Beak Brewery | Moving up the pecking order

It’s nearly a year since Boris Johnson, the UK Prime Minister, took to the airwaves informing viewers that life, as we knew it, was about to change.

From that point on, you could only shop for basic necessities. Exercise was limited to one form a day, travel was restricted for essential work only and ultimately, people of the UK were told to stay at home.

The perfect time, then, to be opening your own brewery. But that’s exactly the situation that Danny Tapper, owner of Lewes-based Beak Brewery, found himself in.

In this podcast, we speak to Danny and Beak’s head brewer Robin Head-Fourman, about building a brewery during lockdown, their approach to the beers they produce, engaging with the community and the invaluable role bottleshops have played in Beaks’s journey during the last 12 months.