It’s a partnership between Lucy and Alex and we run super fun and engaging beer events. We’re hugely enthusiastic about beer, so much so we’ve passed exams in it! We’re really a couple of beer geeks who want to share our passion with you. We can take you through beer and its ingredients, why you are tasting what you do in beer, matching delicious beers with tasty food, help you learn about the myr
iad of beer styles and delve into beer history. See, we told you we were geeky! We put on events at venues across Nottingham and the East Midlands - check our socials for what’s coming up. We can also run tailored events for you and your friends, like a work outing or special celebration. We look forward to seeing you at one of our events soon
Lucy Simons has co-run The Abdication micropub in Nottingham since Aug 2014 and completed the Certified Cicerone programme (like a Beer Sommelier) in August 2022. Along with Nottingham Craft Beer Week, she organises Hop Idol, the Nottingham Home Brew competition and is a co-founder of Place to Brew home brew club (although weirdly doesn’t brew herself very often!). She didn’t really expect to work in beer, but now she’s here, she wouldn’t have it any other way. Alex Downham was the Beer Tutor at NottsDerby Wine School and ran their beer tastings. He completed his Certified Cicerone in January 2022 but before discovering his real passion in beer he was more of a wine guy and completed his WSET Level 2 qualification in 2018.
