BEERY NEWS FROM NEIGHBOURING TOWNS BILLERICAY & BRENTWOOD

Journalists invariably enjoy a mixed working day, out and about interviewing, but in my case, mostly at my office desk. Last week was different in that I received an invitation from Press Officer, Wendy Pike take some of my local history books for signing to the Billericay Brewing Company headed by Trevor Jeffery.   It was great that Trevor and his friend Roland Kannor MD at Brentwood Brewing Company, joined forces to showcase their latest styles of beer. Trevor's brand new brew is Workhouse IPA and it is a fabulous variety from his long list of varied beer styles You may wonder why he chose this unusual name for his new creation and the reason is that workhouses were both prevalent in Billericay and Brentwood from the mid-Victorian century.  I feel it is great that two local famous firms have joined forces in this way. Roland said: "We've always enjoyed a friendly relationship with Billericay Brewing Company and we plan to build on this neighbourly relationship, to our mutual benefit. We will continue to operate as separate companies yet we aim to find ways we can work in co-operation with each other."  Roland Kannor, Managing Director of Brentwood Brewing Company said: “It makes perfect sense for breweries like us to work together to utilise spare capacity in brewing, deliveries and staff to cut costs and to reduce our carbon footprints. Billericay Brewing will make use of the extra production capacity that Brentwood Brewery has to offer." Trevor Jeffery, Director of Billericay Brewing Company said: “It will be a great move for us to brew our best-selling beers at the larger Brentwood Brewery. Shifting this production will also give us more space at Billericay and so we will be able to serve even more people at our popular micro-pub and brewery every weekend.” Cheers.