A new brewery company has been given the green light to sell beers and host events at a farm in Berkshire.
Big Fella Brewing first surfaced on Instagram in March this year as a new drinks venture.
The brainchild of Greg Mizon and Alex Rowley, the company will specialise in pale ales and other brews.
Mr Mizon was born in Paris and grew up in New England, so customers can expect East Coast-style IPAs once Big Fella Brewing is ready to trade.
The Instagram page documents their aims, brewing kit acquisition and search for a location, settling on Lockey Farm in Arborfield Cross.
In a boon for the company, Wokingham Borough Council has approved its licensing application to sell alcohol and host live and recorded music at the farm from 10am to 10.30pm Monday to Saturday, and 12pm to 7.30pm on Sundays.
This will enable them to host events at their spot at Lockey Farm once the brewery is up and running.
Mr Mizon said: “We’re absolutely buzzing to have the licence granted. It’s a huge milestone for us, and after months of planning, paperwork and building, it feels like Big Fella is properly becoming real now.
“There’s still a fair bit to get done before we throw the doors open, but every day the place is looking more and more like the brewery and taproom we’ve had in our heads for so long.
“The support we’ve had already has been amazing, especially locally, and we seriously can’t wait to get the first beers pouring and have people in enjoying the place rather than us just constantly talking about what it’s going to be!”
New brewery and taproom with live events set to come to farm in Berkshire
It is understood that the licensing application was approved on Monday, August 24.
Big Fella Brewing has a website with an about section, Q&As with Mr Mizon and Mr Rowley, an events section and a shop.
The sole product that customers can buy at the moment is a branded corduroy rope hat.
This will change once brewing production begins.
Mr Rowley, the co-founder, also owns The Hive craft beer and coffee shop at Duke's Ride in Crowthorne.
The duo recently featured in The Times, where they were interviewed about what it takes to open a brewery in the current economic climate.
It comes as the British craft brewing market is starting to stabilise after a boom in the early 2010s and a contraction since the coronavirus pandemic.
Examples of local breweries that no longer exist are Wild Weather Ales and Phantom Brewing Company.
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