Red Cat Brewing

General information

Andy & Iain set up Red Cat Brewing over the winter of 2013/14 as a 11 barrel plant with vessels from Malrex of Burton-on-Trent.

Craft ale has come a long way in the past 50 years, but it’s still a rare treat to find that perfect pint.
While we’re not daft enough to set ourselves up for a fall, we’re not going to be happy until you folks think that Red Cat beers are up there with the best. That’s the message.
Plus the fact that we don’t do boring.

Mr M
Mr M the red cat is a figment of Lindsay Lombard’s wonderful artistic imagination. Cheeky and mischievous, work-wise he’s usually found curled up in a warm corner of the brewery. After the brewery is closed for the night he can usually be found in one of Winchester’s real ale establishments chatting up the barmaids.
He drinks: Tea – milk with a splash of tea no sugar.
Favourite saying: Is it opening time yet?
Regional accent: East London

Andy
Having been steeped in Winchester’s licensed trade since his birth, Andy is well equipped for a career on the supply side of the pub trade. Although it might just be a cunning plan to get closer to larger quantities of beer. Apart from being landlord of The Fulflood Arms for five years, Andy was involved in the set-up two pub micro-breweries in Winchester at The Fulflood Arms and its sister pub The Queen. In his time off he likes to play with full size traction engines and can be found at the Great Dorset Steam Fair threshing barley the way it was done over 100 years ago.
He drinks: Tea – splash of milk no sugar.
Favourite saying: Why are pirates called pirates – ‘cause they Arrrr!
Regional accent: ‘Ampshire.

Iain
Rather than plan early retirement he’s hauled on his brewing wellies on one more time and cranked the creaking old body back into action. Unfinished business I guess. After five years running The Flowerpots Brewery there are still lots of beery ideas rattling round inside the otherwise empty noggin. Techniques still to try, ingredients not yet used, and lots of recipe ideas to be set free. Hopefully this won’t all turn out to be the result of premature senility. Talking of which, there is a hidden and subversive agenda – to get everyone in the UK drinking smoked beers like those holy grail brews from Spezial and Schlenkerla.
He drinks: Tea – strong & black.
Favourite saying: Don’t let your brain write cheque's that your mouth can’t cash
(Bo Diddley).
Regional accent: Och aye the noo Jimmy.