{"id":1897,"date":"2015-09-11T06:57:10","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T04:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bierversuche.ch\/blog\/?p=1897"},"modified":"2021-01-31T14:31:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T13:31:34","slug":"interview-with-tom-hutchings-of-brew-by-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bierversuche.ch\/blog\/en\/2015\/09\/interview-with-tom-hutchings-of-brew-by-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Tom Hutchings of Brew By Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

London truly is buzzing when it comes to beer. Just a few years ago you were more likely to find Budweiser in a traditional pub, then a good craft beer from a keg. But things have changed and in the wake of The Kernel and Camden Town came many more breweries, like Partizan<\/a>, Beavertown<\/a> or Brew By Numbers<\/a>. Founded by Dave Seymour & Tom Hutchings they brew unpretentious and delicious beer just as they are unpretentious people. Go visit them in the Bermondsey beer mile every Saturday and have a chat. Here the chat we had with Tom at the LCBF<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve met about a year ago, had a long and interesting chat in the brewery, but unfortunately the recording file was corrupted and the interview was lost. So first of all, thank you for still talking to us. But second, this gives me an easy question: What has happened with BBNo since we last met?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re taking on a new railway arch, which is about 50% bigger than the first one. We\u2019re using it as a warehouse but also do barrel aging there.
In the UK there\u2019s beer duty relief where you have to pay 50% less tax if you\u2019re producing bellow 5000HL per year; With the expansion we hope to get up to around that level. We\u2019re having much higher expenses now, and in order for that to work and the business to get to a level where we sell enough beer, we need the business to run smoothly.
Since we last spoke, we\u2019ve made some money but there was always something else we needed to buy. Whatever goes into the account, goes out again. But I suppose that\u2019s just part of growth.
We\u2019ve added some staff and there are ten of us now. I\u2019ve not ben an employer before, so it\u2019s nice to do that and treat people how I wish to have been treated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n