The Who star Roger Daltrey has proved he’s a wizz with fizz and his fledgling beer brand is worth £1million. The My Generation and Pinball Wizard legend is toasting yet another triumph – making a tasty profit from his beer.
Mod legend Sir Roger runs the Lakedown Brewing Company and the firm’s annual accounts make happy reading for the Mod icon.
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The outfit has cash in its coffers of more than £330,000 and it is worth close to £1m with other assets after two years of trading.
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The brewery is based at the star’s Lakedown trout fishery in East Sussex.
The family-run, independent brewery was founded by the singer, his son Jamie and two sons-in-law, Christopher Rule and Des Murphy.
The beer varieties that the brewery makes are all vegan with the Pilsner, English Pale, Pale Ale, and Best Bitter also gluten-free.
“They have turned me into a beer drinking convert because their beers are so easy-drinking,” said Roger Daltrey. “Lakedown has been a passion of mine since I designed it in the 1980s, as a rural sanctuary away from the mania of touring.”
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The ales come in can, bottle, keg and cask.
Meanwhile, the Daily Star reported Brits will soon be able to buy pints of still and sparkling wine with a new 568ml bottle set to appear on supermarket shelves as well as in hospitality venues.
The standard size for a bottle of wine in a supermarket or off licence is 750ml. Pubs are legally required to offer wine in 125ml, 175ml or 250ml glasses (small, medium and large).
Older drinkers might recall that pint bottles of champagne were sold in the UK up until 1973. Production ceased when we joined the European Common Market as they did not comply with EU weights and measures rules. Read the full story here.
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