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Global BusinessThe Great Beer UpheavalBrewing up a storm

There are now thought to be 1500 breweries in the UK, more than at any time since the First World War.

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Evin O’Riordan decided to start the company during a visit to New York.

He noticed how many small breweries had sprung up there.

  • The Kernel Brewery in Bermondsey
  • Evin O’Riordan decided to start the company during a visit to New York.
  • Canopy Beer Company
  • Brewing is flexible and family friendly. “You can brew in the middle of the night if you need to”.
  • St Austell Brewery in Cornwall is one of the oldest in the country – founded 164 years ago by Walter Hicks.
  • “The taste is the base of it all but the romance is the connection with where the beer comes from. It is what turns people on.”
  • The Meantime Brewing Company was founded 15 years ago in Greenwich, London.

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