BREACH FARM KEG FRIENDS

New brewery Breach Farm Brewing has launched its ‘Keg Friend’ scheme to help the completion of their tasting room at their new premises, 4 miles west of Andover near Amport. This week’s funds will help fit the tasting room’s tap system.

The brewery, run and owned by Tim Hartigan was ‘founded out of a love for craft beer’ with the beers having a distinct American influence as befits Tim’s roots. A small barn on Hay Down Farm in Wiremead Lane is to open this Spring with its new nano-brewery and tasting room.

For £100 a ‘Keg Friend’ bundle includes a £115 tasting room credit, a first tasting room beer on the brewery, and a Friends of Breach Farm Brewing sticker. Your name will also go on the keg.

The ‘Friend-Funding’ concept includes a number of ‘Bundles’ that allow funds to be raised to help the brewery open. These range from the Pay-it-Forward-Pint to the Angel Friend which includes a whole range of benefits.

Full details are here:
www.breachfarmbrewing.co.uk

These are exciting times.

WEYHILL FAIR CLOSES

Some of the worst news possible has come from the Weyhill Fair which holds such a special place within the real ale scene, but worst of all, given the current economic situation, this is not a shock.

The pub closed its doors on Sunday 8th January 2023 at 5.00pm

The Weyhill Fair became a beacon for real ales when under earlier publicans Dave and Jan Rayner who turned it into the go-to free house in the area, serving up a wide range of real ales. It became known for its superb beer festivals, and providing a special customer experience and was a regular entry in national beer guides and a winner of several awards. 

When Dave and Jan retired the Weyhill Fair moved under Fullers and has enjoyed a number of publicans and who kept many of the long established qualities present and developed their own successful modus operandii.


But times have changed.
Fullers sold out to Asahi of Japan and the pub was no longer able to provide that special experience you get with a free house as pressures on them increased to fill the pockets of the accountants and corporate shareholder pockets. 

Covid saw a great many pubs struggle and the current whammies of the energy crisis, production cost increases, excessive inflation, and little or no support from the government has led to a disastrous situation for many in the pub trade.

Present publican Claire Revius had built a lovely community atmosphere with a friendly welcome to all and providing good beers and an excellent menu, as well as running charity events and quizzes for local good causes.

So it is a very sad time as Claire who has done so much to provide a high quality service and welcome to all has decided enough is enough. We wish her all the very best with utmost thanks for all the enjoyment she and her team have provided for so many.

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Here at Happy Pint we wish everyone affected well.