Pilot Beer UK

Pilot was born when Matt Johnson and Patrick Jones met while studying for masters degrees in Brewing & Distilling at Heriot-Watt University in 2012. A shared view that there was something different to be done in brewing – not traditional real ales, but not just another U.S. craft beer clone either – led to home-brewing together, which eventually led to buying a second-hand brewhouse and moving to the heart of cosmopolitan Leith, commencing brewing right at the end of 2013 from a humble 1600 square foot unit. In 2018, having completely outgrown their original unit and desperate for more space, Pilot finally moved to bigger premises just down the road. Now with a fantastic small team of staff, and with their own canning line on site, Pilot are proud that they do everything in-house from the brewing and packaging, to the brand design, marketing and social media.