A village has high “hops” for plans to open a brewery.

Toppesfield already has a community owned pub and shop, and is now looking to run a brewery from part of the barns in the grounds of The Green Man pub, in Church Lane.

The brewery, which will be named Pumphouse Community Brewery Limited, is one of the first community owned and run breweries in the UK.

It hopes to start production towards the end of February, with the first pints of the new beer due to be pulled in May.