One of Reading’s foremost breweries will be hosting a lot more events in its taproom as its bid for a new licence has been successful.

The Double-Barrelled Brewery is run by husband and wife team Mike and Luci Clayton-Jones, who’ve built built a business which dispatches beers across the country and has a vibrant taproom since its foundation in 2015.

The company has grown since then, taking over a sizeable industrial unit located at the Stadium Way Industrial Estate in Tilehurst, and opening a taproom in December 2018.

Recently, the brewery won permission to play music, sell alcohol and stay open later.

It means the couple can now hold regular events such as quizzes for longer, and invite more musicians and DJs to the brewery to entertain guests.

Mrs Clayton-Jones, 34, from Caversham, said: “So for us it’s really exciting, it’ll help us through a challenging trading period.

“We’re looking to expand and capitalise on these extended hours from mid November onwards.”

The Double-Barrelled team has a package of events that they will kick off from Thursday, November 17.

Prior to that, Double-Barelled will be holding a pumpkin carving session on Saturday, October 29.

People are encouraged to bring their pumpkins with a prize reserved for the winner.

The grant of a new licence has come at a great time, as the couple gear up to celebrate Double-Barrelled’s fourth birthday.

Celebrations will take place on Saturday, November 12 in two slots.

The first, from 1pm-5pm, will be family friendly, with the second, from 7pm-11pm, will be for those 18+ only.

Mrs Clayton-Jones said: “There’ll be Djs, special beers and a party atmosphere!”

After that, the taproom will start to close regularly at 10pm.

Mrs Clayton-Jones added: “We’re hiring a new taproom manager to increase the amount of events, so that’s why there will be more happening in November.”

Quizes are already held on a monthly basis at the taproom, which could increase now the hours extension has been granted.

The team also hopes to host football world cup game viewings when the competition begins on Sunday, November 20.

But ultimately, the taproom is anciliary to brewing.

Mrs Clayton-Jones explained: “The main focus of the business is producing beer, we work around that more than anything.

“The licence allows us to do more events throughout the year.”

In full,  Double-Barrelled has won permission to host live music indoors from 12pm-11pm Wednesday to Sunday, play recorded music indoors and outdoors, and sell alcohol on and off the premises, from 8am to midnight Monday to Sunday.

Previously, the company only had permission to stay open until 9pm, meaning they would typically close at 8.30pm, and have to get everyone off site to close at 9pm during the quiz nights.