Micro-brewery opens

A new micro-brewery has opened on top of Offa's Dyke in Trefonen, Nr Oswestry, with the help of a £9,800 grant from the Redundant Building Grant scheme.

Trading as the ‘Offa's Dyke Brewery’ the new business aims to provide a varied range of brews and plans to bring back some traditional recipes.

The project will initially create four new jobs but as sales increase further employees will be required to bottle the ale on site.

Next-door to the micro-brewery is the Barley Mow public House. The pub and its customers will be the first to try the new varieties and will help inform the brewer as new recipes are developed.

The first brews will be produced in December and will be delivered to 50 pubs locally.

The conversion of the building, which was previously used for storage for the public house next door, is being made possible by the Redundant Building Grant Scheme, funded by the Rural Regeneration Zone and administered by Herefordshire Council. 

Redundant Building Grants are provided for the conversion or refurbishment of redundant buildings to bring them back into productive business use or to enhance their current business use.

Caroline Cattle, Redundant Building Grant programme Manager said: “The grant has enabled through the conversion of the redundant building a new business to start up and the creation of local employment.” 

For more information on the RBG scheme contact Dorothy Coleman, Programme Manager, on (01432) 260662 or e-mail rbgscheme@herefordshire.gov.uk