[1][2][3] Chapel Down had started producing lagers in 2010, importing beer and ales from the Leicester-based brewery Everards, but wanted to open a local production unit.

[6] The premises were planned to be fully open in April 2019 with a production capacity of two million litres (440,000 imp gal), with an accompanying restaurant and visitors centre.

[1][7][8] The people who donated to the crowdfunding scheme, which raised £1.16 million of the funds, receive a discount on products, with those contributing over £25,000 having their names engraved on one of the fermentation tanks.

Wild Beer Co had previously revealed their planned closure due to waning finances and challenges connected with rising costs.

[12] The premises is on a brownfield site that previously housed the Beaver Road School, which was demolished by a bomb during World War II on 24 March 1943.

The brewhouse is named "Miss Adams", in honour of the school's head teacher who managed to evacuate all children immediately before the blast.