Award Winning Micro Brewery In Delightful Essex Village For Sale

Business description

HISTORY

• Established in 2006 with refurbishment of existing farm buildings to suit brewing requirements
• Excellent reputation and branding quickly developed with casks and bottled conditioned beers offered
• Awards at various beer festivals including Champion Bottled Beer of East Anglia in 2008
• Business ethos to combine a wonderful lifestyle with appropriate business disciplines
• Acquired by vendor in 2009

REASON FOR SALE

• Vendor wishes to pursue alternative projects

PRODUCTS

• Extensive range of 9 individual bottled beers with consistent branding throughout the range
• Traditional and contemporary flavours and tastes catered for
• Various strengths offered ranging from 3.6% ABV through to 5.2% ABV
• 3 regular and alternating beers offered in casks again with consistent branding

CUSTOMERS

• 6 local pubs supplied on a regular basis
• Over 30 pubs supplied on an occasional basis
• Over 30 outlets for bottled beers including farm shops, hotels, delicatessens and wine shops
• Beers are on the shelves of 7 Waitrose stores in the locality
• Web based sales
• Private individuals purchasing both bottles and casks directly from the brewery for regular consumption or for parties

SUPPLIERS

• Consumables sourced from a select range of trade suppliers
• Emphasis on quality English ingredients
• Beers are bottled remotely by long standing arrangement

STRENGTHS

• Well established award winning micro brewery with excellent branding and artwork
• Excellent high quality equipment maintained to a high standard
• Customer base very loyal
• On the shelves of Waitrose
• Prominent position within the village
• Offers a truly excellent rural lifestyle on the Essex and Hertfordshire border
• Good consistent financial performance (vendor a Chartered Accountant by profession)
• Good website ensuring ongoing flow of enquiries
• No particular investment required by purchaser beyond consideration price








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Property information

Property:

Leasehold

Lease terms:

• Leasehold
• 7 years with 3.5 years remaining

Location:

• Trading from small industrial estate located on a working farm
• Delightful and quintessentially English village with church, green and thatched buildings
• Splendid village pub supplied by the brewery
• Village is within easy reach of the M11 and London whilst retaining its rural charm

Premises details:

• A former farm building converted at considerable cost for use as a brewery
• Ample car parking for owners and visitors
• Office
• Malt store
• Hot liquor tank (3,000 litres)
• Mash tun (3,000 litres)
• Copper
• Fermenting tanks (2,000 litres each)
• Individual chiller system
• Flat bed tank
• Cold liquor tank
• 1,600 litre storage tank
• Bottle store
• Cold room with chiller system
• WC
• Storage yard to rear
• 200 casks
• 14 pins
• Fork lift truck
• Delivery van

Business Operation

Expansion potential:

• Overall capacity is approximately 7,000 litres per week
• Export markets
• Investment in website could increase sales to both the personal market and trade
• Business development activity is relatively limited at present
• Brewery tours

Trading hours:

• As customer demands and the requirements of the brewing process dictate

Employees:

• Run by vendor as a one man operation ensuring overheads are contained