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A microbrewery and brewpub may be moving in soon, but they may not be far away as the new facility is just around the corner. For more than six years, Neon Raptor Brewing Co. has been welcoming craft beer lovers to its A-Avenue location. at Sneinton Market.
Since then, they have attracted an unwavering following for their base beers and the weirdest and most glorious beers to be had not only in Nottingham and the UK, but also in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Thailand, Japan and Singapore. filed to relocate the microbrewery and brewery if Nottingham City Council grants a venue licence for a new site on Gedling Street.
The assets are empty lately. It was owned by printing company Hayman Creative until its move and, more recently, was used as a workplace for the new student housing building.
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The new facility would have the brewery at the back and the brewery at the front, while the existing ones would be open to the public for more information on brewing.
Josh Mellor, who runs Neon Raptor with business partner Thomas Ainsley, said: “It would create a lot more space for us. We’d like to do it as soon as we get approval. The plan is to move what we’re doing now. ” to Sneinton there and convert the Sneinton Market site into a functional and events area, open to the public to come and see how the brewing process works.
“We would have a smaller kit to track the brewing procedure on a scale that is easy to visualize. The whole kit can be a little intimidating, trying to identify what does what. It’s never been something we could just do in what they are now because of our expansion and our need for space to do what we do.
“Hopefully, in the future we’ll be able to do both: a brewery that can produce a lot of smart beer and a brewery that can create a little bit of education and give other people a sense of how it all works. works. “
Neon Raptor brews five major beers. These are Naughty Baggage, a flagship New England IPA, Retro Racer is called a beer, Crushing Blows, a Session IPA, Clusters, which is peanut butter and chocolate, and Ford Lauderdale, a sweet and orange beer.
Amongst the seasonal favourites is Centaur Army, a 12% peanut butter, chocolate and caramel Imperial stout which sells out rapidly around Christmas time. Breakfast Club is a fruited hefeweizen, with strawberry and banana and in the Crimes Against Brewing series the carrot and walnut cake Imperial pastry stout somehow shouldn’t work but it does.
The brewery’s Monster series also goes down well. This month it is Velvet Banshee, a red velvet cake inspired beer. Next month beer fans can look forward to Lost Cyclops.
News of the proposed measure comes shortly after the closure of Navigation Brewery on Meadow Lane, due to higher overall prices and reduced sales of draft beer. Josh said: “We’ve been very lucky with the reaction we’ve gained from our visitor base and we’ve controlled to keep moving forward. We’ve taken a risk by going a little further with the outrageous beers we’ve released and it’s paid off, as we’ve just created a fan. base that’s waiting for those great crazy beers.
“In addition, we have our core diversity and other beers we produce that allow other consumers to come to Neon Raptor in a friendlier way. Because we looked at things from a holistic perspective, “We didn’t necessarily have to worry. “We have selected our niche and this niche has its markets all over the world. However, some of the beers we produce can be accepted by everyone, lagers and IPAs of consultation.
The license, the premises, asks for permission to sell alcohol from 10 a. m. to 8 p. m.