The afternoon was spent in the beautiful surroundings of
St Peter's Brewery,
a converted historical building and purpose-built brewery producing the
instantly recognisable St Peter's bottled beers.
Noticing that we were probably already aware of how beer is brewed, our tour guide focused instead on the business itself, its labour relations, its marketing strategies in a corporate world . . .
Telling us about the marketing of a corporate culture - a change
in speed, and very much in the style of a brewery which cares about its
surroundings enough to change the planned location of a carpark after
discovering a Victorian knot garden.
Big fermenting vats
Shiny coppers
King Prawn holding court at St Peter's Brewery