“Incredibly generous and brilliantly complex. It's a beer and wine lover's beer.”
JACK EVANS · HEAD SOMMELIER · THE PIG AT BROCKENHURST
It started at a family get-together.
In 2015, at a family get-together, Harry brought along some beer he'd brewed. Tom and Lawrence were impressed. Seriously impressed.
All three had studied engineering. Tom and Lawrence had gone into electronics manufacturing, Harry into safety equipment. Three engineers, one shared instinct for how things should be made. Tom and Lawrence started brewing together for fun, and within a year the fun had turned into a plan: how to make the passion their business.
So they asked Harry if he'd like to be involved. He quit his job and moved down two months later.
A shared love of making great beer.
In 2017, they began transforming on an old farm in the heart of the New Forest: converting a barn, buying their equipment, and developing their recipes. It wasn't until 2020 that they began brewing commercially.
PIG BEER was created, a beer range and taproom that's grown into a popular destination to enjoy a truly locally brewed pint in welcoming surroundings.
Innovative and not afriad of a challenge
Why couldn't a beer be shared like this?
After a turn of bottling some sparkling wine for a neighbouring vineyard, the family began to ask a simple question: why couldn't a beer be enjoyed and shared in the same way? They looked hard at beers already out there, saisons and lambics among them, and felt none of them truly bridged beer and wine.
Recipe development began in 2022, with several predecessor beers along the way. Brew after brew followed, at every scale: tasted, tested, adjusted, brewed again. After much careful, considered refinement, they were finally satisfied that they had created something truly extraordinary, and Chorus was born.
Sparkling, complex, with all the character of fine wine.
At 12%, this pioneering Fine English Sparkling Beer is bright, light, and made for sharing. Fresh orchard fruit, fine bubbles, a delicate biscuity finish. Best enjoyed chilled, in flutes.
Beer, reimagined. Raise a glass together and join the Chorus.
Tom, Lawrence and Harry Baynham. One family brewery in the New Forest.
Tom · Lawrence · Harry Baynham
CO-FOUNDERS · BAYNHAMS BREWERY · BROCKENHURST
From a family get-together to a new category of beer.
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2015
THE GET-TOGETHER
Harry brings some beer he'd brewed to a family get-together. Tom and Lawrence start brewing for fun, and within a year they're planning how to turn the passion into a business.
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2017
THE BREWERY
Baynhams Brewery is founded on an old farm in Brockenhurst. A barn is converted, equipment bought, and recipe development begins.
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2020
BREWING COMMERCIALLY
The first commercial brews. The PIG BEER range and taproom grow into a popular destination for a truly locally brewed pint.
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2022
THE IDEA TAKES SHAPE
Bottling sparkling wine for a neighbouring vineyard sparks the question: why couldn't a beer be shared like this? Chorus recipe development begins, with several predecessor beers along the way.
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2026
CHORUS
Chorus · Fine English Sparkling Beer is born. Award winning, at the International Brewing Awards, London Beer Competition and a Great Taste Award.
IN THEIR WORDS
What the judges and the press said.
A remarkable taste experience that could easily replace a sparkling wine whilst retaining its own generous and rewarding, intriguing character.
The flavour hits wonderfully somewhere between beer and champagne.
We've had an early sample, and it certainly lives up to its celebratory billing.
We think it's a great alternative to spumante and their ilk.
AS FEATURED IN
- The Daily Telegraph
- The Luxe Review
- British Guild of Beer Writers
- Wine Industry Advisor
- Guild of Fine Food
