The full Behind The Brewer deep dive into Love Lane Brewery, Home Bargains beer, and Higsons. From collapse to comeback, plus a Part Two answering real viewer questions straight from the brewery.

Behind The Brewer has exploded after the Love Lane Brewery episode and loads of you have asked if there would be more. This post reveals every brewery confirmed for future episodes, what’s filming right now, and why 2026 is shaping up to be massive for the series.

Right, the Budget’s landed, and I’ve been chewing it over with a pint and a raised eyebrow. I’m no economist, I’m just a bloke who drinks far too much craft beer and talks about it on the internet, but I know enough to see when small brewers are about to get kicked in the hops again.

Every so often, a brewery comes along that reminds you exactly why craft beer matters. Not hype. Not marketing waffle. Not wild accusations about AI recipe robots or some bloke in a shed typing “IPA” into ChatGPT. Just real people, real graft, proper brewing, and a community that stands behind it. Four Priests Brewery in Middlewich Cheshire, as featured on Channel 5 recently, are a proper British brewery with a back to basics brewing attitude.

I used to be firmly in the “if it isn’t alcoholic, it isn’t beer” camp, until I had to seriously cut down my alcohol intake. That shift led to the creation of Alcohol Free Friday on my YouTube channel, and it opened the door to some genuinely impressive non alcoholic beers.

If you’ve ever had a pint that made you grin like a daft Labrador, there’s a fair chance it came from Dog’s Window Brewery. Based in Bridgend, South Wales, this small independent brewery has been quietly knocking out some of the most characterful, creative, and downright delicious beers in the country — and if you haven’t tried them yet, it’s time to fix that.

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What does Alcohol Free mean, and what are the Top 15 AF Beers in the UK?

No preaching. No pretending.Just honest, entertaining reviews from someone who normally drinks 8% DIPAs for breakfast and finishes the night on 15% barrel-aged imperial stouts for dessert. I’ll be trying Alcohol Free beers from across the UK to see if any of them can actually impress. And I won’t hold back.

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Hooch, the iconic 90s alcopop, is making a big splash in UK pubs with the launch of its new draught format!

The Price of a Pint Hits £5 – And It’s Only Going Up! Well, folks, it’s official – the average pint in the UK now costs over £5.

When it comes to craft beer, the debate between bitter and sweet flavours is as old as brewing itself.

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