Rick Keene
Founded The Cotswold Brewing Company with Emma Keene in 2005, long before any of this. Now master brewer for the whole Hawkstone range, and the reason the first batch was thrown away.
- Founded
- Cotswold Brewing Company, 2005
- Role
- Master brewer
- Notable
- Threw away the first commercia
What they actually do.
Founded The Cotswold Brewing Company with Emma Keene in 2005, long before any of this. Now master brewer for the whole Hawkstone range, and the reason the first batch was thrown away.
- Founded: Cotswold Brewing Company, 2005
- Role: Master brewer
- Notable: Threw away the first commercial batch of lager
Role
Master brewer
On the estate
One of twelve.
On screen
In the chapters.
Reach
Considerable, in several cases.
The rest of them.
Jeremy Clarkson
Bought roughly a thousand acres of the former Sarsden estate in 2008 and had it contract-f…
Lisa Bentinck
Runs the Diddly Squat Farm Shop, develops its product lines, and in 2026 co-founded Only F…
Kaleb Cooper
The farm manager, and the person who actually knows what he is doing. Toured a one-man sho…
Charlie Ireland
Cheerful Charlie. The agronomist and land agent, and the person who has to explain plannin…
Gerald Cooper
Head of security, and the dry-stone waller. Diagnosed with prostate cancer during Series T…
Harriet Cowan
A Derbyshire nurse and farmer who covered for Kaleb during his tour in Series Four. Her Ti…
Alan Townsend
Alan the builder, who built most of what has been built here, always slightly over budget …
Wolfe Bentinck
Co-founder and technical lead of Only Farmers, appointed a director in May 2026. Hires for…
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