How the beery vision of brewing a small fortune can fall flat

Tax relief, light regulation and crowdfunding has spawned nearly 2,000 craft beer firms in the UK with experts predicting the bubble to burst very soon Barley, hops, yeast and water: the basic formula for beer is staggeringly simple. Equally simple, it sometimes appears, is the formula for setting up your own brewery. Quit the day job, buy the requisite kit and brew up batches of foaming nut-brown ale. Continue reading...