Craft brewer bubbles over with plans to double capacity

Craft Brewer Great Newsome Brewery is planning on doubling capacity with the launch of major investment plans at its East Yorkshire site.

Great Newsome is planning on converting a 5,381 sq ft former farm building into a brewery including a brew house, cold store and raw material storage.

It operates from a fourth-generation family farm at South Frodingham in Holderness.

It said that the extension will allow an additional 14,500 pints of beer per week, or 200 casks of beer, to be made, and the potential to add value to an additional 57 tonnes of home grown malting barley per year, which is turned into malt at Muntons, Flamborough.

The brewery has applied to the East Riding Council for change of use for the buildings, and is expecting to hear back soon.

Director Matthew Hodgson said: “Our beer is very drinkable and made using malt from barley grown on our farm. People will come back to them time and time again. We are 100% committed to quality, sustainability and longevity.

“By remaining true to our roots and acknowledging our strengths, we have retained and grown our share in an increasingly crowded market, which is now become dominated by brands taking inspiration from alternative culture.”

The brewery has growing business with the major retailers including Asda, Waitrose and Morrisons and with garage forecourt shops.

Great Newsome was a diversification project helped with a rural development grant from Defra. “It was a family decision and we bought a brewery as big as the budget would allow,” said Hodgson.

“Our first beer was Sleck Dust followed closely by Pricky Back Otchan. They remain favourites today and we still supply our original customers.”

Great Newsome has sold more than 60 different beers and is this year brewing the official Hull 2017 cask and bottled beers under the Brewculture label.