One Sunday back in 2018 Roger and Steve met on a football pitch in Lewes. Steve was getting on 40, Roger a few years ahead. Steve was up front that day, Roger running hard to keep up in defence.

After a big night, both were a bit worse for wear - their best balling days behind them, heads full of dust, lungs bursting, and all on the back of a 4am wake up call from the kids.

'What do you do when you're not playing?' wheezed Rog when the ball went out for a corner. 'I'm a brewer,' said Steve. 'You?' 'I drink too much,' Rog replied.

Skip forward to 2020, and the new brewery arrives. Built during lockdown, the guys have created a different craft beer outfit.

Sustainably created, packaged and delivered, Only With Love produces a range of award-winning drinks for better minds, bodies and spirits.

We are the wellbeing brewery.

We do good things with our beer and soda, giving better choices to people who love their brews.

Today we brew zero to 5% ABV: an award-winning range of fun, premium AF (alcohol free) beers, kombuchas, hop sodas and regular beers that are perfectly in step with today’s mindful drinker - from breakfast to closing time.

The post-match napkin sketches of 2018 have been updated a little, but some things will always remain.

We care for better nights out and better nights in; better sleep and better days; better energy and better time with family, friends and colleagues... more joy, health and happiness.

Meanwhile, Steve and Roger drink a lot better than they used to - and Fridays and Sundays they still play the beautiful game.

We work closely with like-minded brands and social enterprises, helping them to thrive via direct revenue-generating programs, youth menoring, product development, hospitality management services, joint venture venues, and fantastic collaborative events that bring people together for good social times.

Currently, we're super proud to support Lewes Football Club (aka 'Equality FC') - the first football team in the world to pay their mens' and womens' teams the same amount of money, and The Big Issue - via a collboration to help young entrepreneurial types get skilled up in the drinks and hospitality trade. We've also launched the the Lewes Brewcafe (our first major venue) in association with Lewes County Council.

We'll be adding more partners to the list soon. Meantime, please do get in touch if you're a brand or a social enterprise that needs help with activating its community venues or hospitality strategy.