Microbrewery - Insights (1 day) - Saturday 13th September 2014

Peak Ales was literally 'born in a barn'.  Rob & Debra Evans founded the Peak District brewery in 2006 on the Chatsworth estate and have not looked back since.  You will start the day at Hartingtons School of Food for a brief meeting and breakfast with your fellow brewers. Did we mention bacon sandwiches?  You will then be taken onto the fabulous Chatsworth Estate to Peak Ales Barn Brewery and to meet Rob Evans the owner of this quintessentially Peak District Brewery. Rob will take you on a tour of the brewery answering questions on the way it works and beer production on site.  You will return to Hartingtons for hearty Derbyshire lunch followed by a brief presentation by Rob on his top 10 pitfall and tips for setting up and running your own microbrewery. This will be followed by a short Q & A session.  Having talked through the production of the beer we have a brief presentation by Adrian Corke owner of Staffordshire Brewing Supplies and one of the UK's leading suppliers of brewing equipment & contract bottlers for the microbrewery industry.  The day ends with a fascinating insight into pricing and costing your beer.  Find out through a group exercise facilitated by Chris Holden the former head of the isights team at one of the worlds biggest brewers Molson Coors.

Course times 10 - 5.00

Lunch and all refreshments to be included.

All equipment & course notes to be provided by Hartingtons.