Tour: Robinson's Unicorn Brewery
Last week Jorgie sent me off on a bit of an impromptu brewery tour. So on the train I went to visit Stockport and its brewery which has been running for over 150 years. Founded in 1849 the Robinson's family running the Unicorn inn began producing their own beer. Situated on a main roadway between Manchester and London, the inn must have been doing well as they soon expanded their site and began selling to local pubs. A post shared by Impact Brands (@impactbrands) on Jan 29, 2018 at 6:28am PST Fast forward to today and the brewery is still family owned and ran. A member of the 7th generation of the family since it began brewing recently completed his work experience there. So there's definitely a family feel to the place. With over 300 pubs owned by the brewery and a range of new and old beers readily available, it's safe to say that the Unicorn is still relevant to this day. Being a midweek event, the tour group was just myself and two others. This gave m...