We’ve always loved beer. Before establishing The Urchin Pub in Hove, Nick worked for Little Creatures Brewery in Australia and business partner, Austen worked in Belgium, pouring some of the best, original craft beers. When we started The Urchin in 2015, we maintained well over 100 bottles from all over the World. A year later, when the pub became fully independent, we began brewing our own beer.

We called the brewery Larrikin, which is an Australian name for a cheeky kid or street urchin. Since then we’ve grown a little bit each year but we remain very small, producing only around 500 litres / week. That’s just enough to maintain 4-5 taps in the pub and a bit more to put into cans. The great thing about producing at this level is that our beer is always super fresh. We generally package on a Wednesday morning and start delivering in the afternoon, which means you can have beer in your glass that started the day in the fermenter. It also means that we can experiment with new beers every week.

We’re passionate about our local area, doing what we can to help make this a great place to live and offering something that you won’t find anywhere else. We’re excited about serving and working with people who have a similar vision. Hope you enjoy!