The Beer Bores are Mark Hempleman-Adams and Paul Dabson who, after several years of sitting around pint in hand bemoaning the fact that they miss brewing, decided to stop boring everyone around them to death and actually do something about it. So, in January 2015, they rolled up their sleeves and got stuck in converting an old stable block, many thanks to Jeff and his crew, then sourcing and installing the brewing equipment. By June everything was up and running and with help and advice from Alison at Brewlab, apart from the odd hiccup, brewed their first batch of Toad Stabber. Previous to that, in 2004, Mark, the inimitable Marshall Ewart and Paul set up Box Steam Brewery after buying a 10 Barrel Brew Plant from Bath Ales. With the help of Brewlab and Bath Ales, big thanks to Craig at Bath Ales, they started producing beers such as Blind House, Rev Awdrey's Ale and award winning Tunnel Vision and were supplying over 40 pubs. The brewery was sold in 2007 and Marshall moved to Wales leaving Mark and Paul drinking and talking about beer until, in 2015, they actually got got their act together and started brewing. Mark is a qualified chemist and has a background in Industrial Chemistry, which has come in very handy, and is the MD of a successful resin manufacturing company. . Paul is a practicing artist, with a background in teaching and art & design, and let slip that he once worked in advertising, which has also come in very handy.