BIG expansion plans are brewing for a Richmond company which is moving into a second landmark building in the town.

Richmond Brewery, a six barrel microbrewery based in the town’s renovated Victorian Station, has secured the lease of the nearby Pump House to give the company more space and open a small bar.

Brewery manager Sarah Rice said: “The Pump House will soon be temperature controlled and be used for storage of everything from brewery equipment to bottled beers and casks. It will give us much more space in the brewery itself, which will allow us to open a small bar.

“With two of our ales always available at the Castle Tavern in the town, which we took over in September, more people will have access to try our beers."

Established in 2008, the microbrewery was taken over by Pete Loft and Chris Wallace in 2013.

Since then, Richmond Brewery has been working to raise its profile by rebranding their bottled ales, boosting online sales through a delivery service and gaining a foot hold in Richmond.

The new small brewery bar in the Pump House will offer customers the opportunity to taste beers at the end of on-site tours.

Miss Rice said the company’s ales are starting to get noticed elsewhere in the country.

“I noticed on Twitter that a pub in Birmingham, the Old Post Office, was selling our beer so well that it sold out," she said.

"I tweeted them and they gave positive feedback, which is great.

The company prides itself on using ingredients sourced exclusively from Yorkshire.

Richmond Brewery currently bottles three ales: Station, Stump Cross and Swale but also offers a seasonal range exclusively in cask.

For further information visit: richmondbrewing.co.uk or twitter @RichmondBrewing.