Merakai Brewing Co. Bringing collective equality to brewing
Merakai Brewing Co. are making beers with a little bit of a difference. With a focus just as much on what’s on the outside of the can as inside, Merakai built themselves from the ground up on the foundations of equality and taste — working alongside artists and local charities to really make a difference within the community. We had a chat with owner Emma O’Neill-Parsons and Olly Parsons to find out more about their collective. Tell me a little about why you started Merakai? (Emma) We started Merakai out of a need to create something with meaning and we wanted to put a bit of good out into the world. I had a dream 10 years ago that we’d do our own thing, I just didn’t know it would be owning a brewery and making beer. Olly’s progression from home brewer to professional brewer was really quick. He homebrewed for a few years, approached our local brewery asking for work, Arundel hired him for work experience and brought him on full time soon after. I saw what he could do and the reaction to his beers and then it clicked, and here we are. 9
