"All we ever wanted to be was a nice, community place to meet and have a drink," says Ryan Pickering.
Originally from Hampshire, Ryan, 47, ran pubs in his home county before moving to the North West. He was living in Deeside when he decided to set up The Beer Lab, found on Telegraph Road in Heswall.
He took over a unit that was lying empty and had previously been a bike shop. Spotting a gap in the market for craft beer in Wirral, he opened the micropub in July 2018.
