The first equipment needed to bring brewing back to Jennings in Cockermouth has arrived on site.
The kit, from a brewery in South Cumbria, will be used to realise a much-anticipated return to brewing announced earlier this year.
As work on site gears up, Jennings have announced a membership deal offering VIP access to brewer-exclusive special editions and releases.
Since the news of the reopening was announced in February interest has been significant withalmost daily enquiries from people keen to purchase Cocker Hoop, Snecklifter and the rest.
The acquisition of the brewery for an undisclosed sum saw Kurt Canfield, CEO of specialist engineering business Delkia, and partner Rebecca Canfield, owner of wine and spirits company Wine and the Wood, take ownership of the brewery site.
Snecklifter, Cumberland, Cocker Hoop and the newly renamed Castle Bitter will be the first four brews to be produced, it’s hoped, this summer.
Buster, the head brewer, told Business Crack: “It’s a very exciting time for Jennings, now that all the brew kit has been delivered. Now it’s the hard job of putting the jigsaw together!”
