United Kingdom
Ownership: Alex Troncoso and Annie Clements (founders) — Bristol, UK, founded 2016
Known for: The best German-style lagers being made outside Germany. Decoction mashing, proper cold conditioning, zero shortcuts. Their Keller Pils has been seriously compared to Munich originals.
History: Alex Troncoso, former head brewer at Camden Town Brewery, and Annie Clements founded Lost and Grounded in Bristol with one specific ambition: to brew traditional Bavarian lager styles — Helles, Keller Pils, Hefeweizen — with full German method in a British independent brewery. No shortcuts, no cutting cold-conditioning time, no adjuncts. At a time when "craft lager" often means neither craft nor lager, Lost and Grounded is the real thing.