Tucked away in a small Nottinghamshire village stands a brewery that opens just a handful of times every year - but its open days are always welcomed by huge queues. Inside Brook House in Collingham, near Newark, Cat Asylum has built up a reputation for itself by brewing 'historically accurate' beer.
The micro brewery has operated from the site, which was a successful plough workshop from the 1790s until it ceased trading in the 1930s, since 2017. The building is full of history, with parts of ploughs still at the site and the former workshop now a bar for the brewery.
When asked why he created the business, owner, Henry Bealby, explained: "I retired as a teacher and I wanted something to do as a kind of post retirement job really, and I owned the premises so it was asking for someone to take over.
