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Sunnyside Drinks

Case Study 15 October 2025

Christian was inspired to start the business after seeing how successful alcoholic ginger beers were in Australia and wanted to bring them to the UK market

Region/Nation West Midlands
Sector Hospitality, Accommodation and Food Service Activities
Programme Start Up Loans
Partner

Sunnyside is the UK’s first all-natural alcoholic ginger beer brand that uses fresh organic ginger and lemons and is fully gluten-free. With the £25,000 funding that Christian received from the Start Up Loans programme with support from Virgin StartUp, one of the programme’s Business Support Partners, he has been able to set up its manufacturing production line and develop two drink flavours.

Sunny Side Drinks products on display

After living in Australia for 12 years, Christian had seen how popular alcoholic, gluten-free ginger beers were in the market. When he returned to the UK, he was frustrated by the lack of product available and was inspired to start Sunnyside Drinks to fill that gap. Now, Sunnyside Drinks is the UK’s first alcoholic ginger beer brand using all natural ingredients.

With the support of Start Up Loans, we've made incredible progress, enabling us to develop two flavours and complete our first larger production runs. Our goal is to continue to expand our presence in pubs and bars across the country, making our on-tap ginger beer a staple in every venue. We believe we're setting a new standard for what a real drink can be in the UK market. - Christian Heath Sunnyside Drinks

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