The Essex Brewery Company was formed in September 2015 by Ian Chisholm,on his retirement from the Poultry Industry. The idea was to have a less stressful life and do something that would be enjoyable after many years of very hard work.While having a brewery is still quite hard physically and demanding the rewards are knowing that you can design and brew a beer that is enjoyable for many. Artisan crafted beers & ales Our aim is to produce small batches of crafted beers and ales that are sometimes different and unusual, while brewing regular beers like IPA's and bitters. We have a wide range of wheat beers which change with the seasons and regular wheat beers, like, Lemon wheat which is available all year round. In September this year we harvested crabapples from our own hedgerow and created a Crabapple Saison @ 8.5% ABV. This was achieved by a double fermentation with champagne yeast. We have a 3 barrel plant that was constructed by ourselves, and in addition to this we are adding two smaller plants allowing us to brew down to 80 litres for one off speciality beers. So you can see our aim is think small, brew small, but brew beers and ales that are big in flavour. Shortly all our beers can be bought on-line and we will be offering free delivery on orders for customers living within an 8 mile radius of the brewery. We also have a shop at the brewery.