The award-winning Crafty Brewing Company has acquired Little Beer Corporation (LBC), the Guildford-based craft brewer, for undisclosed terms.
The deal will see LBC, which was founded a decade ago by Jim Taylor, double its brewing capacity to 40,000 litres of beer per month.
Crafty Brewing Co has taken over LBC’s lease, acquired its assets, and will continue employment for all LBC employees.
The group also plans to redevelop its original brewhouse at Thatched House Farm near Dunsfold, in order to create a new 4,000 sq ft brewery with a capacity of 100,000 litres per month.
Formed in 2014, the Crafty Brewing Co has grown organically from a single 100-litre brewing vessel, making small-batch craft beers for village fetes and a few local pubs, to serving more than 260 bars, hotels, restaurants and theatres across Surrey, East and West Sussex, Hampshire, and London’s West End.