Ignition Brewery

The more beer we sell. The more jobs we create.

Ignition Brewery employs and trains people with learning disabilities to brew and serve delicious beer. We believe that everyone has the right to a full and active life and that being a paid a fair wage for a fair shift can do wonders for our self-worth. Having a job helps us to be more independent, it builds our self-confidence and develops skills which we find useful in all aspects of life.

Astonishingly, only 1 out of every 20 adults with a learning disability in the UK is in paid employment. We don’t think that’s right and so all of our bar staff and assistant brewers are neurodiverse and/or have a learning disability. It’s what we’ve always done, ever since our first brew in 2015 (Jump Start if you were wondering) and what we’ll keep on doing with every beer that we serve. Because things need to change.

With crowdfunding support from our community, our Taproom in the heart of Sydenham has been changing lives since 2017. And with every beer you buy, you’re showing that you believe things need to change too. And we couldn’t be more grateful. As a social enterprise, every penny you spend goes straight back into helping us offer more employment so we’ll keep on trying to change the world one beer at a time. After all, the more beer we sell, the more jobs we create.