Derek Orford started brewing at home at age 16 and qualified as a Master Brewer in 1991, winning the James Hough award for outstanding performance. Since his early days making traditional cask-conditioned ales in the middle of the Kentish hop gardens in South-East England, his brewing career has taken him around the world, in breweries in the Americas, Europe, and Australasia.
He has worked for world-renowned brewing companies: Whitbread, Heineken, and Lion. In more recent years he joined the craft beer revolution, brewing his own versions of famous beer styles on a small scale, and selling them at farmers’ markets and country fairs back in England. He has supported a number of start-up breweries, from design of the brewing plant and recipe development, through to commissioning and trouble-shooting. He is both a technical and hands-on brewer, and qualified beer sommelier. He is now bringing his passion for beer and brewing to India.