Over the past year a small Cumbrian craft brewery located near to Frizington in West Cumbria has been taking shape and brewing commenced recently.

The project for 2025 is described on the Swig Brewery website as : 'Three lads on an adventure building a small craft brewery and turning all this water into beer'.

The owners are hoping to see their beers on the bar in some West Cumbria pubs before long, including in The Bitter End in Cockermouth.

Each brew produces about 72 gallons of beer, which is a '2 barrel' brew (a brewery barrel of beer = 36 gallons).

Each brew will fill eight 9 gallon 'firkins' of beer a size commonly used in pubs these days.

The initial two ales being produced are The Golden Flarch and The Shady Lush.

The Golden Flarch is a 4.3% IPA style beer

The Shady Lush, weighing in at 4.8% is a full flavoured robust dark bitter beer, pictured below

Sales enquiries : phone 07444 166835 or 07803 248733