It’s the first day of the rest of their lives, or in real terms, it’s the first day of Pig & Porter’s fourth year in business. The Tunbridge Wells-based brewery, like many of its contemporaries, has come a long way in a relatively short time, and the team, which comprises Sean Ayling and Robin Wright, have grand plans for their business.

“We would struggle for space, and despite taking another unit, it just wouldn’t work. But this setup will allow us to work for another several years before we have to think about moving,” explains Wright, who is one half of the team Pig & Porter.

Wright and his co-founder, Ayling, have just taken over a second unit in the industrial estate that is home to Kent-based brewery. But that aside, the duo are already looking to the future. “We would like to be an position where we have in-house bottling but until we move from here, that just won’t happen. For some breweries, bottling is the most profitable way to get their beer out but for us, it’s the least.”

So until bottling does come in-house, the brewery looks upon its small-pack sales as a way to increase brand awareness, and to enable its beer to get to places that it wouldn’t be in otherwise.