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Fallen Brewing doubles its capacity and launches range in cans

Fallen Brewing doubles its capacity and launches range in cans

 

Fallen Brewing, one of Scotland’s leading craft breweries, becomes one of the first breweries in Scotland to install a canning line and move its entire beer range into cans.

 

Established in 2014, Fallen Brewing is situated in the old Kippen Railway Station with views towards The Trossachs and The South West Highlands. The range is made using only pure, soft Scottish mountain water and the best hops and malts from around the world.“We’ve always wanted to produce the best quality beers for customers to enjoy. We decided to invest in our own canning line as we believe that having control of the entire production process gives us the best chance of producing great beers.” says Paul Fallen, Managing Director of Fallen Brewing. 

Fallen invested in an ABE canning line called the ‘Craft Can 15’ (supplied by Vigo Ltd.) which has an output rate of 900 cans per hour whilst also constructing a new building and installing new tanks to double capacity.

 

“It’s a massive step change in the way we work. We’ve been expanding rapidly since we started production in 2014 but we had reached a critical mass due to our laborious work processes. 50 per cent of our revenue was through bottle sales but the production was a highly labour intensive and time consuming process. We really needed to automate our small pack production to continue to grow. We believe that a good proportion of growth is going to come from small pack cans. Keg and cask is growing too but not at the same rate. So, we weighed up the benefits of can versus bottle, it was a big decision and a huge investment.” Says Fallen.

 

“In the end the decision to move production to cans was straightforward. There will always be a place for bottles in the marketplace but for us the practicalities of cans as vessels for holding and transporting beer made them the obvious choice. They keep the beer fresher for longer, they’re light, efficient to stack, easy to recycle and more robust than glass bottles. All of which means we can store more, ship more and reduce our carbon footprint when doing so, and at the end of the supply chain, the drinker gets a fresher, better quality product to enjoy.”

 

Fallen Beers include;

·         New World Odyssey 4.1% ABV, Blonde

·         Local Motive 3.9% ABV, Session IPA

·         Dragonfly  4.6% ABV, American Amber

·         Blackhouse 5% ABV, Smoked Porter

·         Grapevine  5.4% ABV,

·         New World Pale Ale

·         Chew Chew 6% ABV,

·         Salted Caramel Milk Stout

·         Platform C 6.3% ABV, India Pale Ale

 

Fallen beers are stocked RRP from £2.10 for 330ml from independent shops including The Woodhouse Farm Shop, Cork and Cask, Cornelius and Beer Hive in Edinburgh and Hippo Beers, Good Spirit Company and Valhalla’s Goat in Glasgow.
 

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January 2017

Notes to Editors

 

Fallen is pronounced “Phalin”

Labels were produced by Thirst, a Glasgow based marketing design company.

 

Brewery Contact:

Paul Fallen

paul@fallenbrewing.co.uk

07507 862167

 

Press Contact:

For more information, images or samples (limited available)

AJ Sharp of Sharp Relations

aj@sharprelations.com

07973387216