The owner of a microbrewery in Harold Wood is hoping to open up an on-site taproom to provide locals somewhere new to meet and grab a drink.
Rashpinder Singh Mahal, 46, opened The East Side Brewery last May after the pandemic delayed its unveiling by over a year.
Having been a keen brewer for some time, Rash told this paper that while being a lawyer is his profession, microbrewing is his "passion”.
Rash has since submitted a change of use application to Havering Council to ask for additional use of the space as a taproom.
It is stated in the application that the taproom will “serve as an important front of house facility to the microbrewery”.
Rash said he was inspired to incorporate a taproom after customers told him “we need something permanent where we can sit down and have a chat”.
He added many of the punters who come into the microbrewery are now friends, and over time, a “community built up”.
After a slow start, Rash said the microbrewery’s name is “spreading really well”, a trend he hopes a taproom would only accelerate.
View the application using P0356.22.
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