Money makers: brewing Dane on a Rick-roll

Mikkel Borg Bjergso is a beer-brewing Dane who is taking over the world with his range of ales. Chris Carter reports.

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Bjergso: the world's leading craft brewer

If you attended the opening party of the Mikkeller bar in trendy Shoreditch, east London, last week, you might have spied one of its partners, 1980s singer Rick Astley, among the revellers, says Toby Skinner in the Financial Times. You might have missed the possibly more important host Mikkel Borg Bjergso, a softly spoken, tattooed Dane. He is the world's most prolific craft brewer and a leading figure in a sector that has gone from a niche trend to something so mainstream that "IPA fatigue" is "now a thing".

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Chris Carter
Wealth Editor, MoneyWeek

Chris Carter spent three glorious years reading English literature on the beautiful Welsh coast at Aberystwyth University. Graduating in 2005, he left for the University of York to specialise in Renaissance literature for his MA, before returning to his native Twickenham, in southwest London. He joined a Richmond-based recruitment company, where he worked with several clients, including the Queen’s bank, Coutts, as well as the super luxury, Dorchester-owned Coworth Park country house hotel, near Ascot in Berkshire.

Then, in 2011, Chris joined MoneyWeek. Initially working as part of the website production team, Chris soon rose to the lofty heights of wealth editor, overseeing MoneyWeek’s Spending It lifestyle section. Chris travels the globe in pursuit of his work, soaking up the local culture and sampling the very finest in cuisine, hotels and resorts for the magazine’s discerning readership. He also enjoys writing his fortnightly page on collectables, delving into the fascinating world of auctions and art, classic cars, coins, watches, wine and whisky investing.

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