The Brewery was founded by Mike Brown in July of 1980. He had spent the early part of his career as a solicitor and opened the brewery because of his passion for real ale and his desire to run his own business. He ran the brewery single handed for 6 months during which time he created the recipes for Ballards Best Bitter and Wassail which are still two of the best selling beers in the range.
The Brewery Managing Director is Carola Brown Mike’s wife. When the brewery opened in 1980 Carola was in charge of telesales until the move to the Ballards Pub when she became manager of the pub side of the business. When the pub was sold Mike went back to practising law. Carola then became Managing Director and has been running the company as one of Britain’s few female brewers (Brewster’s) ever since.
Francis was 18 when he started at the Brewery in January of 1981 he has been working for the brewery full time ever since. He is now the Head Brewer in charge of production and the day to day running of the brewery. He holds a Certificate of Brewing Competence.
The brewery deliveries are managed by Keith Vidler who has been with the brewery since 1990.
Ben Brown, Carola and Mike’s son is a new addition to the team he has recently joined the brewery as the development manager dealing with web sales and new customer relations.
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Ballards Brewery
