From the https://www.kentlive.news By Lyndsey Young, 9 July, 2022.

Deal's only brewery opens its doors to the public with taproom-style open days.

Visitors will get a chance to find out more about the brewery, sample beers, and meet the team.

The team at Time and Tide Brewing in Deal (Image: Kent Live).

A Deal brewery is opening its doors to the public by hosting taproom-style open days that will give visitors the chance to look behind the scenes, meet the team, and taste some exciting new beers. Time and Tide Brewing was first launched in 2013, by friends Paul, Sam and Kerry, and is located just outside of Deal.

They are opening their doors to the public on weekends in a bid to engage more with their customers and share their passion for beer. Kerry said: "It gives us a chance to get some face-to-face interaction with our customers, and also gives people the chance to ask us any questions that they have about our beers.

"We've installed eight keg taps, with one cask tap and fridges full of our beers, and the occasional guest beer, too. We will also have a food offering from Tayberry Foods.

"We are just seeing how things go at the moment, hopefully we will get some feedback off people who come to visit. It gives us a chance to find out what people want and what else we could offer."

The beers produced by Time and Tide Brewing are "juicy, hoppy IPAs" and are all brewed and packaged on site. They have a regular line-up of beers, but are also happy to experiment with regular new releases.

Kerry said: "We'll be launching new special releases at the taproom brewed on our pilot kit, with the aim of keeping it fresh and exciting and enabling people to try something new in a friendly and relaxed environment."

The team have also been working on a collaboration beer, that they have brewed with Cloudwater Brew Co in Manchester, who produce some of the highest rated beers in the country.

Kerry said: "We were invited to join Cloudwater to brew a beer as part of their Together Again series, a project which is a celebration of friendship, camaraderie and connection. We decided to brew a big, juicy Triple IPA with Cloudwater – a beer style which saw much popularity as a result of the pandemic.

"It's not a style we've brewed before, and we wanted to make something special and unique whilst learning something new along the way. The beer will be 10% Vol, and is heavily dry hopped showcasing dank Idaho 7, pineapple juice El Dorado and soft, citrussy New Zealand Cascade hops.

"At around £12 per pint, it will be one to sip and enjoy, but we hope it will bring people together, get them talking and enjoying a beer together."

(Ouch, £12 a pint! Personally speaking that's way over-priced for something that's too gassy and too cold for my liking. Paul Skelton.)