I'm Mark Hazell and with my wife Alison I
started Jaw Brew nearly four years ago
We want to push ourselves as the
sustainable brewery and we feel we're in
the right environment to do it, with
Scotland being so far ahead of everybody
in pushing forward the whole circular
economy. Aulds the Bakers contacted us
following a circular economy summit that
was hosted by Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
Hardtack is a beer we make, made still
with malted barley like most beer, but
also using a good bit of morning rolls
in the mash which we get from Aulds
Bakers. So it seems a sort of win-win for
us and them, us finding a cool way to
make a pretty different style of beer
and then finding a use for food that would
otherwise go to waste
Hardtack itself is more profitable than
other beers largely because we pay less
duty on it being lower alcohol and
because we get a lot of the ingredients
for nothing. All our beers are named
after a nautical theme and Hardtack was
the ship's bread so it seemed appropriate.
Respect of the environment does pervade in the company, it's a big part of what we do
When they announce Jaw Brew as a winner
at the VIBES award we were absolutely
over the moon. We display it prominently
and with great pride
