Stig Andersen, owner of Stonehenge Ales, was so annoyed about high water prices he decided to find his own source
A brewery in Wiltshire that drilled its own well to reduce costs has begun bottling up its water and selling it.
Stig Andersen, owner of Stonehenge Ales in Netheravon, said he was so annoyed with high water prices, in 2012 he set about finding his own local supply.
Water from a borehole now not only supplies the brewery but is bottled up and sold to tourists at Stonehenge.
Mr Anderson said: "It's crazy but we make the products the public wants - beer or water, it doesn't matter."
The brewery decided to drill a 16m (52ft) borehole to tap into the underlying aquifer about three years ago.
Now the plant not only uses its own spring water in its ales and lager but, since April, has been supplying 1,200 bottles of water a week to the nearby Stonehenge visitor centre.
"We use a lot of water for the brewing process so I got in touch with a water drilling company and we found out it was feasible to do our own well," said Mr Anderson.
"We save about £2-3,000 a year and the visitor centre up at Stonehenge reckons when the weather gets hot in the summer they can double their order - so it's been a good investment."
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