Licensing is something that Alex and I will need to research in depth, as it consists of many different elements. For example, we will need to know exactly what legislations we need to work by when creating the website and how we will go about producing the beer to customers at the event we plan to hold in November time. Lucky for us, we are working with a product that has already been made at a local, licensed brewery and therefore won’t have to do half the amount of research that would be required, if say this was a product made in Alex’s back garden.
” In 2012 we converted the original farm buildings here into a modern micro brewery. The brewery’s name is derived from the cottage next to the brewery which original maps show was a Pheasantry used for breeding and rearing game birds.
Our beers are brewed using traditional methods, from malted barley, hops, water and yeast. This area of Nottinghamshire was an important hop growing region for around 150 years from the early 18th century, when nearby Tuxford had its own Hop Fair. The farm sale details from 1943 show that the field down from the restaurant was called the Hopyard, and there are hops growing wild in the hedges there today. High Brecks farm was owned from the late 17th century by the Kirke family who lived in the hall in East Markham. There was a brew house within the original buildings here which was used for John Kirke’s personal use.
Malting barley is grown on the farm today, and new hops have been planted for demonstration purposes, so that visitors can see the brewing process from beginning to end, and taste the finished product too!” – The Pheasantry (www.pheasantrybrewery.co.uk)
So far, we know that we will need to include some sort of ‘proof of age’ on the website, and as research for this we have browsed through some other beer sites, including ‘Fosters’ and ‘HobGoblin’. After the rest of our research has taken place, we will update the blog on the actions we need to take in order to make everything work simply and smoothly.
– Alice