In 2020, Roger Daltrey and his family started Lakedown Brewing; three years later, the business opened its own brewery on his 600-acre Sussex farm, where he had created trout lakes decades earlier

• A quiet corner of the East Sussex countryside, created decades ago by rock icon Roger Daltrey, has become a busy centre for craft beer production.
• Lakedown Brewing Co., founded in 2020 by The Who’s frontman with his family and entrepreneur Chris Rule, grew its business by opening a dedicated brewing facility on Daltrey’s 400-acre farm in Burwash.
• The musician bought the site in the 1970s as a peaceful place to escape from international concert tours.