Logan Plant is the owner and founder of Beavertown Brewery. His father, Robert, was lead singer with the rock group Led Zeppelin EyevineIt is a prospect that the more hardened craft beer fans may not relish, but Beavertown Brewery is in talks with Heineken over the sale of a minority stake. The north London brewery, founded six years ago by Logan Plant, son of Led Zeppelin’s Robert, had sought a new investor for several months to fund a move to a bigger production site next year. Beavertown plans to move production of its Gamma Ray and Neck Oil beers to Belgium temporarily, pending the development of a new brewery and “visitor experience”, dubbed Beaverworld, due to open next summer. According to Mergermarket, which broke the story, the deal under negotiation is similar to the Dutch brewer’s deal last year with Brixton Brewery, under which it took a…

Source: The Times May 25, 2018 23:02 UTC