Farm Yard Ales Microbrewery

Good Practice - Project

Farm Yard Ales Microbrewery

Support from the rural development programme for England enabled an entrepreneur to upgrade his ales brewing business.

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CAP Implementation

2016 - 2017 Programming period: 2014-2022 Other

CAP Implementation

2016 - 2017 Programming period: 2014-2022 Other

General information

RDP Priority

P6. Social inclusion and local development

RDP Focus Area

6B: Local development

RDP Measure

M06: Farm & business development

Summary

Steven Holmes has a keen passion for brewing ales. He lacked the adequate brewing facilities to brew his own ales on a large scale, wanting to use the water found on the family farm to create craft ales. The project activities included the construction of a purpose built brewery, installation of a brew plant and the purchase of casks in which to store and distribute the product.

Results

A wide range of ales are currently produced and as a result of the project, the business is aiming to;
Create 5 full-time jobs over the next 3 years;
Use the farms own malting barley crop for brewing;
Use spent grain and hops as farmyard feed;
Trade effluent to a local anaerobic digester to produce green energy.