Up and coming beer brewer Simple Things Fermentations is looking to put its own stamp on the alcoholic beverage.He decided to divert from his path in the music industry, to follow his passion of brewing after a move north of the border.Phil told Glasgow Live: "I lived in London for quite a while, I was managing recording studios in Shoreditch and I was homebrewing at the time.
The former studio manager said: "It was alright from my point of view. There were no sales to pubs that had disappeared as I had just got started. Sign up to Glasgow Live's newsletter Get all the latest Glasgow news and headlines sent straight to your inbox twice a day by signing up to our free newsletter.The morning newsletter arrives every day before 9am and the evening newsletter, manually curated by the team, is sent between 4pm and 5pm, giving you a round up of the most important stories we've covered that day.
"When I was homebrewing I wanted to explore different styles that weren't so easy to get a hold of and that is the philosophy we built the business off of. "The water we use is straight out the tap and it's fantastic, beautiful water to drink and therefore perfectly good water to brew with." However, what may be a good natured move to make Scots greener could actually be detrimental to many businesses like the South Side brewery."But the way the deposit return scheme effects people like us is pretty grim. The cost is proportionally much higher for us than it would be for Tennents or Brewdog.
"The range for the consumer is going to be reduced. It comes at a time when Scottish brewing is on fire, it couldn't come at a worse time."