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Wild by Nature & Lucky Seven Brewery

Matters of Taste: Charcuterie & Beer Tasting

Hay Festival 2025, 

In this temptatious tasting event, two fantastic businesses local to Hay-on-Wye guide us through choice charcuterie and different styles of beer, while explaining how these delicious products are made with regenerative farming techniques.

Wild by Nature practises regenerative farming in the Black Mountains. The idea for the business was born when Jake Townley and his brother-in-law Ed Dickson left their jobs in the city and moved back to where they had grown up in the Welsh borders, with a shared desire to be closer to nature and to grow, cook and share the food from their farm.

Lucky Seven Brewery is an independent family brewery based in Hay-on-Wye, started in 2014 by Luke and Kelly Manifold. Brewing the beers that they love to drink, and exploring the flavours of different styles, they produce beers that highlight the quality of the ingredients.