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Sean Ayling

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Some News We Didn’t Want to Write

As you all are no doubt aware, this is not a good time for the hospitality industry. With pubs closing at the rate of about six a day, the market is contracting rapidly; it is affecting breweries across the country and, sadly, we’re not immune to it either. Unfortunately we’ve Read more…

By Sean Ayling, 3 weeks10th November 2023 ago
News

Elusive Tap Takeover This Weekend

You lucky, lucky people. Not only do we have FIVE, count ‘em, five Elusive Brewing beers for you, but we have one of the most sought-after releases of the year. Because Andy is a very good friend, and because I got in quickly, we have Destination IPA, a collab with Read more…

By Sean Ayling, 5 months18th July 2023 ago
Editorial

Electric Worry

Please forgive the pun in the blog title (It’s a song by the band Clutch, if you didn’t know) but it perfectly sums up the last couple of days. You’ll have seen by now my last blog on the numbers we’re expecting to face next year in terms of malt Read more…

By Sean Ayling, 1 year12th October 2022 ago
Editorial

Some Thoughts and Numbers on the Cost of Beer

I got a call from a journalist yesterday asking me if a recent claim that a pint could cost £20 (in London, by next year) was accurate. It prompted me to check our figures both in the bar and the brewery. Keeping abreast of rising costs is simultaneously one of Read more…

By Sean Ayling, 1 year7th September 2022 ago
News

Guess Who’s Joining The Fruity Bevolution?

We’ve got two pretty massive bits of news to tell you today. Both are aimed at trade customers rather than visitors to the taproom and both have been in the business plan pretty much since day one. Thing is, it turns out business very rarely goes to plan, particularly in Read more…

By Sean Ayling, 1 year1st August 2022 ago
Editorial

Now We Are Four

Four years ago today Jacqui and I were signing paperwork in Redwillow in Macclesfield to buy what is now Tom’s Tap and Brewhouse from Michelle. I’m not sure any of us could have predicted what would happen next but here we are four years later still trading. We thought that Read more…

By Sean Ayling, 1 year13th June 2022 ago
General

Cider Festival – Cider List

By Sean Ayling, 2 years21st May 2022 ago
News

Chad To The Future – Imperial Sour Launch

Back in what seems the mists of time when I was working at Pig and Porter we produced a series of cocktail inspired beers starting with the Mango Daiquiri IPA. We knew this was a good beer and start of a series so we decided on a nationwide launch for Read more…

By Sean Ayling, 2 years15th May 2022 ago
News

At Last: Our Cider Festival Comes To Crewe

It’s been postponed twice but this year, Tom’s Tap and Brewhouse’s famous cider festival will finally go ahead this year. You could be forgiven for not being aware of our cider festival given the things we’ve gone through in the last couple of years. We held the first one in Read more…

By Sean Ayling, 2 years29th April 2022 ago
Feature

Introducing The Crewe Beer Crawl

Beer drinkers in South Cheshire have started to realise that Crewe has a lot to offer in terms of independent craft beer. Those of you on social media might have seen references made to the Crewe Beer Crawl and wondered what it is and how it came about. The Crewe Read more…

By Sean Ayling, 2 years13th April 2022 ago

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