HonestBrew

HonestBrew
Founded 2014 (2014)
Key people Andrew Reeve (Co-Founder, CEO)
Annabel Causer (Co-Founder)
Tim Armstrong (Co-Founder)
Craig Willmott (Co-Founder)
Industry Food distribution
Products Subscription boxes
Employees 10
Website honestbrew.co.uk
Alexa rank 581,911[1]
Current status Active

HonestBrew is a United Kingdom-based Craft Beer Club company which delivers craft beer subscription boxes.[2] The company distributes thousands of craft beer boxes from over 100 breweries from around the world, per week across the UK.[3]

History

HonestBrew was launched in 2014 by four friends (3 from New Zealand and 1 from Australia) in Andrew Reeve’s cramped London apartment, with bubbling hops creating an unruly mess in his kitchen.[3] The company began delivering craft beer across the United Kingdom in early 2014.[4]

The business, which bootstrapped using £30,000 of the founders own money and also received an initial cash injection from the government’s Start Up Loans initiative,[3] has also raised £250,000 from leading food Industry experts [5] and over £400,000 on the crowd funding platform Crowdcube.[6][7]

In 2016, Startups.co.uk named HonestBrew number 49 on their annual list of the UK's leading Startups.[8] HonestBrew also won the Startups Retail Business of the Year Award in 2015.[9]

How it works

HonestBrew is on a mission to make great tasting craft beer more accessible, by providing a unique experience that matches beer to people’s tastes and delivers to their door. Every mixed case is curated by the expert team at HonestBrew and tailored to match each user’s individual profile. The flexible service is about discovery; users choose what box size and delivery frequency suits them and receive a different selection of beers every time.[10][11]

HonestBrew works with over 50 breweries across the globe including Wild Beer Co, Yeastie Boys and SKA Brewing. With 95 per cent of the beers sold by Honest Brew not available in supermarkets, this personalised and curated service offers users something unique.

See also

References

  1. ↑ HonestBrew global rank at Alexa website, 20 June 2016
  2. ↑ "Startup of the year 2014: Honest Brew". The Guardian. February 2, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Kitty Dann (March 2, 2015). "Pop-up honesty bars boost sales for craft beer business". The Guardian. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  4. ↑ Daniel Palmer (April 24, 2014). "Online Beer Platform Honest Brew Will Mail Ale for Bitcoin". CoinDesk. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  5. ↑ Henry Williams (March 31, 2015). "Honest brew secures £250,000 from food industry angel investors". Startups.co.uk. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  6. ↑ "HonestBrew raising £300,000 investment on Crowdcube". Crowdcube. October 31, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  7. ↑ Craig Guthrie (October 19, 2015). "Honest Brew's Andrew Reeve on craft beer and crowdfunding". Craft Beer World. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  8. ↑ Henry Williams (May 16, 2016). "49. HonestBrew". Startups.co.uk. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  9. ↑ Henry Williams (October 12, 2015). "People's Champion Finalist: HonestBrew". Startups.co.uk. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  10. ↑ Business Matters (October 20, 2015). "HonestBrew crowdfunding campaign raises over £400k". Business Matter magazine. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  11. ↑ Samantha Hurst (October 19, 2015). "Honest Brew's Andrew Reeve on Recent Crowdcube Campaign: This Crowdfunding Round Will Help Us to Scale Our Business". Crowdfund Insider. Retrieved June 20, 2016.

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