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BEER-LOVER IN PANDEMIC WHO LOST HIS JOB REALISES DREAM OF OPENING HIS OWN TAPROOM

- JENNA CAMPBELL

WHEN Dan Wright lost his job during the Coronavirus pandemic, he could have never imagined that just three years later he would be putting the final touches on his very own taproom.

After being made redundant in 2020, he and his wife Natalie decided to turn their love of craft beer into a business and converted their garage into a mini brewery. Just six months later, they were granted a licence from Salford council to sell alcohol online from their home in Worsley - and Hideaway Brewing Co was born.

Fast forward to today and Dan is standing inside a warehouse on Kansas Avenue in Salford just a short walk from MediaCity and fellow brewers Marble Beers and Seven Bro7hers, adding a final lick of paint before punters step through the doors of his brand new brewery and taproom next weekend.

"It was always part of the plan as most breweries need a taproom to show off what they're doing but if we think back to 2020 the idea was very much more of a proof of concept," he said.