Something Mysterious is coming to The Nag’s Head, via the Scottish Highlands

Next week, a new brewery celebrates with a busy weekend – in Reading on Friday, Crowthorne on Saturday, and Bracknell’s Ale & Cider festival on Sunday.

JAMES HASTINGS finds out more

SOME say the mystery involves climbing spruce trees in the Scottish Highlands while others claim it lies in a secret recipe from King Arthur.

But perhaps the real mystery of the Mysterious Brewing Company is how a decorator and a media expert have managed to create some of the most widely anticipated beers in the country.

The secret may, or may not, be revealed on Friday, May 25, when the company holds its official launch at the town’s popular Nag’s Head pub in Russell Street.

That’s when beer connoisseurs in Reading and across the south east, will get to taste the first three beers – Plan B, Avalon and Red My Mind.

The men behind Mysterious Brewing, Ken Barker from Yateley and Adam Sculthorp from

Burghfield, hope their pint-sized business will soon roll out the barrel.

“The Reading and Berkshire beer scene is such a friendly and vibrant community and we’re beyond thrilled to be joining it,” said Ken, whose day job is painting and decorating.

“We love brewing, sharing beers and enjoy exceptional hopforward beers and that’s what we hope to bring to the community in cask, keg and can.”

“The idea for Mysterious Brewing followed on from a recipe that I created for Burghfield’s Burghfest festival last year, it was scaled up to commercial volumes by Andy Parker at Elusive Brewing