FOLLOWING the success of the Tiny Rebel pop-up brewery in Newport, which closed its doors last month, the owners have reinstated their ambition for making it a permanent fixture on the city scene.

The brewery, which was launched in 2012 by brothers-in-law Bradley Cummings and Gareth Williams, is celebrating the success of its latest temporary venture which was a hit in the city.

“We have shut it down now, but it went really well for us and we are looking into possibilities of opening up in Newport as a permanent venue,” Mr Cummings said.

“The next step is to explore a bit more and there are a few things we need to look into with regard to layout and everything else.”

The business has grown from producing 80,000 litres of beer in its first year to more than 480,000 litres in 2015.

It exports its products to nine different countries, including Italy and Japan.

This success in tough economic times has not gone unnoticed and Tiny Rebel has won the prestigious Champion Beer of Wales awards two years in a row for its Fubar and Dirty Stop Out beers.

Based at the Maesglas industrial estate, the brewery’s turnover has increased from £140,000 to £1.2 million since setting up.

“We are really, really pleased,” Mr Cummings added.

“We don’t think it could have done any better the place can hold 150 people and on weekends it was really really busy.

“It was open for five weeks in total and was amazing – it was bit of fun.”