GOLDMARKGoldmark × Draft Pick · Our story
Three people.
Two dogs.
One unit in Arundel.
Goldmark × Draft Pick
Why we're
here.
Honestly? Make very good beer in Sussex and get it into the hands of people who'll notice. We're three people and two dogs in a unit on the edge of Arundel. We're not trying to be the biggest brewery in the county — Sussex has no shortage of good beer. We want to be one you always reach for.
Goldmark's been on the bar since 2013 — over a decade of cask brewing and publicans who already trust the name. We took that over in 2026, and built Draft Pick alongside it from nothing, aiming for that same trust from a different part of the bar.
If we get it right, in a few years you'll be able to walk into a good pub anywhere on the south coast and find a Goldmark classic on the bar and a Draft Pick beside it. That's the whole plan. We'll let you know how it's going.
Head Brewer & Owner
Ethan Belfield
Ethan heads up brewing across both Goldmark and Draft Pick, having taken ownership of Goldmark after three years brewing for Brolly Brewing in Horsham. In 2026 he qualified as a brewer under the Chartered Institute of Brewers and Distillers. He's a scientist by instinct: nothing goes on the board because it sounds good, it goes on because it stands up to testing, and West Coast and hazy IPAs are his specialism. He brews every Goldmark and Draft Pick beer and signs off every technical claim you'll read on this site.
Managing Director & Owner
Dan 'Spence' Spencer
Dan 'Spence' Spencer is a veteran of fifteen years in the Royal Air Force, followed by twelve years in senior product leadership roles in corporate transformation. What carried across was a demand for quality, an appetite for doing things better, and a genuine focus on the person on the other end of the product — habits that translate straight into running two beer brands. He's doing this because he loves good beer and believes a small brewery can hold its own against anyone.
Customer Relations
Marta Spencer
Marta is the first point of contact for almost everyone who deals with Goldmark or Draft Pick — publicans, festival organisers, and customers with a question about an order. She's driven by a simple idea: people should get the service they were promised, not just told about it. Whatever you need sorting, she won't consider it done until you're actually happy with the answer.
Chief Morale Officers
Leonard & Benson
Leonard the French bulldog and Benson the Labrador are best friends and easily the busiest pair at the unit — despite never once being allowed where the actual brewing happens. Most days are spent playing and sleeping in an endless cycle. Leonard is Marta and Spence's; Benson is Ethan's. Together they hold the only job title in the brewery nobody applied for — Chief Morale Officer — and execute it with impeccable skill. Put their names together and you get Lenson, Draft Pick's first beer.
Team photography by Nord Creative Ltd