In England we added 214 new breweries in 2017 to the Ratebeer database https://www.ratebeer.com/breweries/england/0/240/ - warning: link takes a while to load. Click “Est.” twice to sort by year most recent, then scroll down and count how many you have a blue checkmark next to.
England: 2
Scotland: 1 (but really 0, as it’d started before 2017)
Wales: 1
NI: 0
Ireland: 0
Yeah that’s… really disappointing. I blame the fact that I’m still playing catch up to all you guys and trying to get through the core ranges of decent UK breweries, and trying all the new stuff from breweries I’ve come to really like. I think my aim for 2018 will be to get out and try more new ones. I suspect most of you will have much more pleasing numbers than I do.
Nice stats. Any that particularly stood out as being ones to watch over the next couple of years?
Yeah that one surprised me. I did check Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man when posting but didn’t see any new ones except for that one you just mentioned which started up in 2016.
It’s actually on the island of Sark strangely enough. Home to just 600 people. Kinda cool they have their own brewery there now, so far the only rater isn’t even British!
I added some of these, inc one just 2 weeks ago! Surprised to see some such as Unity & Whiplash started last year. Always try to hunt out new breweries, not for stats but to satisfy my curiosity about new brewers & generally to be aware of whats out there. If this stat returns next year i like to think ill improve on it
that said, Brussels isn’t exactly a mecca for beers from the Atlantic Archipelago.
