Believe it or not, it all started over a pint – the Otley boys propping up the bar after another long shift. We’d been “involved” in beer for as long as we could remember, and during a mid session moment of clarity it dawned on us that we should be brewing our own. So the stage was set, and a few weeks later three men fuelled with enthusiasm acquired an industrial unit – and with an ageing Toyota pick-up and a couple of bags of hops and malt founded their own little brewery. The rest is brewing history.

Sharp’s Brewery was founded in 1994 at Rock, Cornwall. The success and growth of our young Brewery has been phenomenal with Sharp’s now the largest brewer of cask conditioned beer in the South West ( Industry sources) and Sharp’s leading brand Doom Bar is one of the UK’s fastest growing beer brands. The Sharp’s brewing process incorporates all the best practices from Britain’s rich brewing heritage with modern high spec brewing equipment, food standard hygiene and industry leading environmental practices to produce the very highest quality beer. The Brewery’s unique position on Cornwall’s Atlantic coast is a major influence. Our main brand Doom Bar is named after an infamous sandbank…

The Dark Star Brewing Company was born in 1994 in the cellar of The Evening Star Pub, in Brighton. With a brew plant only marginally bigger than an enthusiastic home-brew kit the characteristic style of hoppy beers was developed and tried out on the willing guinea pigs at the bar. Within a few hard working years it was obvious that the brewery could not keep up with the growing thirst of the Evening Star’s drinkers, yet alone the demand for its beers from other local pubs and beer festivals. In 2001, the team emptied their piggy banks, cashed in any ISA’s, sold TV’s and dug around behind the sofa for…