Aston Manor Brewery
The UK’s third largest cider producer, Aston Manor Brewery takes third place on the Hot 100 list of food and drink firms, with sales growth of 35% during the past four years.
The UK's number one independently owned cider producer produced brands such as: Kingston Press, Crumpton Oaks, Malvern Gold and Frosty Jack’s. It brewed 1.4M hectolitres of cider last year.
The Birmingham-based brewer's turnover has reached £106.7M, up from £79.3M the previous year.
The company operates from three sites, the brewery and head office in Birmingham, extensive orchards and pressing facility in the Malvern Hills and a fermenting and bottling plant in Devon.
The brewer currently export cider to a number of countries worldwide including the USA, Russia, Thailand, France, Ireland, Dubai, Barbados and Australia.