The brewery was originally set up by Adam Summerskill in his vineyard at Bigbury in1983 with a 2½ barrel brew plant. From there it moved to the White Lion, Stonehouse in 1984 then to its present location in 1985. This enabled the expansion to a 10 barrel brew length with equipment from the Penrhos Brewery that had closed in 1983, only for production at Summerskills to lapse in 1988. Fortunately for the ale drinkers of Plymouth, Carl Beeson and Rick Wilson purchased the brewery in 1990.
Rick took on the mantle of brewer, using as today malt from Tuckers at Newton Abbot and English hops from Charles Faram in Worcestershire.
The brewery has gone from strength to strength and won a number of awards. When Rick retired in 2005 Carl bought his interest in the business and employed his BLO (Brewery Liaison Officer) David Lewis aka Norman as the new brewer. His first task was to revive Indiana's Bones and a number of new beers have since been introduced with I.K.B 1859 and Devon Dew becoming seasonal and all year round brews respectively.
National distribution is via a carefully vetted network of wholesalers, ensuring nationwide coverage for the company's award winning ales.

Please see brewery website for list of current beers