Jeremy Clarkson has been overwhelmed with reward from followers after his brewery was named the fastest-growing non-public firm within the South West. Hawkstone – the beer and cider model he launched in 2021 utilizing barley grown on his Diddly Squat Farm – took to Instagram with an emotional tribute to the farmers, pub homeowners and drinkers who helped make the milestone attainable. In a heartfelt put up, the model wrote: “We’re listed in The Sunday Instances 100 quickest rising corporations at this time – and because the quickest rising brewer.
“And so we increase a glass to the efforts of the British farmers that develop our spring barley, wheat and apples – and to the now over 2,000 pubs that select to inventory us. None of this might be attainable with out their arduous work – and to our many drinkers thanks for #backingbritishfarming.” The message sparked an outpouring of assist on-line. One fan wrote: “Congratulations. Effectively deserved. British Farmers.”
One other added: “Congratulations j c and all of the workforce. In the event you might now flip your hand to politics and run for prime minister. Your nation wants you. I salute you sir.”
A 3rd chimed in: “Stupendous effort from all, and super achievement. This might be your legacy, JClarkson. Effectively achieved everybody!!”
Based mostly in Gloucestershire, Hawkstone was ranked twenty third general within the Sunday Instances 100 listing, which recognises the UK’s high entrepreneurial corporations.
The enterprise, led by managing director Owen Jenkins, 44, has exploded in reputation, with its drinks now stocked in additional than 1,500 pubs throughout the UK and offered in Waitrose.
Clarkson, who stays the brewery’s largest shareholder, isn’t shy about his ambitions.
Chatting with The Instances, the previous High Gear host stated: “Promote tons of beer and put Peroni out of enterprise. I would like the Peroni board saying, ‘What the hell has gone mistaken? We’re promoting nothing within the UK.’
I would like complete domination of the British lager market.” He did, nonetheless, word that Carling might survive – a nod to Hawkstone’s premium value level, which has led some pubs to delist it.
Regardless of that, Hawkstone’s success is plain. Gross sales practically tripled from £7.8 million in 2024 to £21.3 million within the yr ending March 2025, with common annual development of 134 per cent over the past three years. The corporate now employs 35 individuals.
Its drinks are brewed and distilled with a community of companions throughout the UK, together with Wellpark in Glasgow for lager, the Weston household in Herefordshire for cider, and Oxfordshire’s Wooden Brothers for spirits.
The ciders are even backed by Clarkson’s Farm sidekick Kaleb Cooper.
Jon Yeomans, enterprise editor of The Sunday Instances, stated: “The Sunday Instances 100 is the definitive annual rating of Britain’s fastest-growing non-public corporations and demonstrates the outstanding entrepreneurial spirit thriving throughout Britain.”
