A home-gown microbrewery and distillery run by a chemist father and son is to expand. Zoo Brewery will move to a new, larger building beside its current unit at Capel Hendre Industrial Estate, near Ammanford, Carmarthenshire.
It will have 30 parking spaces and house a cafe, shop and office space, as well as the microbrewery and distillery. Carmarthenshire Council's planning department has just approved the new building, subject to conditions.
Robert Prigmore, who is a director along with his son Alex, said the new building would have around ten times as much space as the current facility and could cost in the region of £1 million to complete, including new equipment. Zoo Brewery, which has three-and-a-half full-time equivalent staff, brews three beers - Towy Tiger, Amman Eagle and Merlin's Own - and makes gin, rum and vodka. You can get more Carmarthenshire news and other story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
