News - Castle Eden Brewery

Powder Monkey Group were delighted to welcome Nic Hamilton and his BTCC car at their Castle Eden Brewery for an informal visit prior to the next round of BTCC at Croft this weekend. Nic and team were met by Andy Burdon, Group CEO, along with several of the Powder Monkey Group team, customers, friends and family, as well as Local MP Grahame Morris. It was a great opportunity for everyone to engage with Nic and be around the car at close quarters. Nic is an inspirational figure and disability champion who is the world’s only disabled professional racing driver;

The latest acquisition adds significant brewing capacity to the group’s existing sites. Castle Eden Brewery has concentrated on contract brewing to date. Powder Monkey Group intends to maintain those relationships and add brewing for their existing product lines. Importantly, they will resurrect the Castle Eden Brewing brand name throughout the area through increased focus on the beers that made CEB an important piece of local beer history. The original brewery in Castle Eden was founded in 1826, so the brand celebrates its 200th birthday next year. Founded by John Nimmo, the brewery was leased to Nemo by Rowland Burdon, the owner