IN 2011, OUR FOUNDERS MATT JOHNSON AND PATRICK JONES MET WHILE STUDYING FOR THEIR MASTERS DEGREES IN BREWING AND DISTILLING AT HERIOT-WATT, AND SOON STARTED BREWING TOGETHER IN MATT’S GARAGE. THEY BOTH FELT THAT THERE WAS A GAP IN THE MARKET WHEN IT CAME TO BEER AT THE TIME – SOMETHING THAT WASN’T THE TRIED AND TESTED TRADITIONAL REAL ALES, NOR THE US-STYLE CRAFT CLONES THAT WERE STARTING TO SPRING UP. FROM STUDYING AND HOME-BREWING THEY QUICKLY PURCHASED A SECOND-HAND BREWHOUSE, MOVED IT TO AN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE IN LEITH, AND PILOT WAS BORN…