Whatever Happened To Rick Astley

Rick Astley displayed his entrepreneurial side when he teamed up with famed craft brewery Mikkeller in 2019 to open a brew pub in London's Shoreditch area."London is a fantastic city with a great brewing scene and many new, young breweries, and we are really looking forward to becoming a part of it," said Mikkeller founder/owner

Rick Astley displayed his entrepreneurial side when he teamed up with famed craft brewery Mikkeller in 2019 to open a brew pub in London's Shoreditch area. "London is a fantastic city with a great brewing scene and many new, young breweries, and we are really looking forward to becoming a part of it," said Mikkeller founder/owner Mikkel Borg Bjergsø in a statement. According to Bjergsø, he and Astley had known each other for a few years at that point, having become friends after collaborating on creating the singer's branded beer, Astley's Northern Hop Lager. 

"Mikkel and his crew only do things the right way, and I love being a small part of that and working on fantastic beers and the London bars together," added Astley. "I believe people want quality, and that's what you get from Mikkeller."

As Astley told The Guardian, it was his music that provided the catalyst for he and Bjergsø to join forces and forge a friendship. Bjergsø, he recalled, had been a longtime fan, and once he became successful in the craft beer field, he typically sent samples to Astley, who grew to become a fan of the beer. However, he pointed out, there were limits. "Some of them too weird to drink," he explained. "He and his team call themselves beer geeks, because that's what they are really, to be frank."

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