Apprentice Brewer

Join Battle Brewery as an Apprentice Brewer! Based in a beautiful rural setting, this hands-on Level 4 role covers the full brewing process, from mashing and fermentation to packaging and hygiene, with a supportive team.

What you'll do

• Move sacks of grain, shift casks, and handle heavy brewing equipment
• Execute thorough cleaning, sanitising, and hygiene routines across all facility equipment and work areas
• Assist with fermentation monitoring, yeast management, and cellar operations
• Carry out repetitive packaging runs across multiple formats (casking, kegging, or bottling)
• Perform regular stock control, ingredient prep, and basic record-keeping
• Work alongside the brewing team to ensure day-to-day operations run safely and smoothly

After the apprenticeship

Upon successful completion of the Level 4 Brewer apprenticeship, the candidate can progress into a full-time, permanent role as a qualified Brewer or Technical Brewer.

With experience in a commercial craft brewery setting, future progression routes include:

Senior Brewer / Lead Brewer: Taking overall responsibility for recipe execution, daily brewhouse management, and quality control.

Head Brewer / Brewery Operations Manager: Managing full-scale production schedules, supply chain, team supervision, and site operations.

Specialist Roles: Opportunities to specialise in areas like cellar management, quality assurance, lab testing, continuous improvement, or brand development and recipe creation.

Skills

• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Physical fitness
• Active and Practical Worker
• Eager to Learn
• Hands-on Precision

Things to consider

This role requires comfortable handling of heavy physical tasks, continuous manual labour (including lifting grain sacks and moving casks), and prolonged cleaning and sanitising duties within a brewery setting.

Benefits

Staff discount on beer and merch.

About the employer

Battle Brewery is a forward-thinking craft and traditional real ale brewery based in the historic town of Battle. Its beers are expertly brewed using original recipes that celebrate the area's rich heritage while embracing modern brewing techniques. The range includes characterful ales inspired by local lore alongside crisp, contemporary craft brews. The Brewery itself is located just outside of the main town of Battle in a picturesque woodland setting. Battle Brewery also has a Tap Room and Bottle shop located in the High Street of Battle that caters to a strong local following as well as those visiting Battle and the historic sites of the area such as the famed Battle Abbey.

We pride ourselves on our commitment to our company values which include Passion; Accountability; Integrity; and, Respect. We operate with a relatively small team that embraces a “roll up your Sleeves” attitude where everyone willingly helps each other to ensure success in what we do – We operate in an all inclusive environment.

Beer lovers can enjoy Battle Brewery's popular beers – Core range including Arrowhead, Battleaxe, Crossfire, Royal Rumble, Knight Rider and 1066 Lager – at the High Street Battle Tap Room, where visitors are guaranteed a warm local welcome. Battle Brewery beers are also available at numerous Trade locations (Pubs and Clubs) as well as retail outlets (Supermarkets and Garden Centres) across mainly the Southern UK region and into London, but we do cater to a number of Wholesale partners based in the North UK.

Apprenticeship details

• Course: Brewer (level 4), Engineering and manufacturing
• Apprenticeship level: Higher (level 4)
• Training provider: THE OPPORTUNITY PROVIDER LTD
• Expected duration: 1 Year 6 Months
• Hours: 37.5 hours a week. Working week: 30–40 hours per week. A varied role with different processes going on every day, including brewing, cleaning, lifting, and packaging runs.
• Start date: 7 November 2026
• Positions available: 1
• Wage: £15,600 a year