Ant Ryan and David Maloney with some of their creations. Picture by Craig Manning
TWO scientists who left long, stable careers in the pharmaceutical industry and set up an underground distillery in New Brighton hope to make a ‘big bang’ as brewers.
Ant Ryan first founded Column Craft's 'Gravity Gin' from home in March 2019 and after a meteoric rise to success, his friend and work colleague, David Maloney joined in 2020 as an equal shareholder.
They took redundancy and turned their talents to operating a brewery from Ant’s house and the new 'Peninsula Distillery' underneath Rockpoint Records, in Victoria Road, New Brighton.