Quantum Brewing Company started brewing in early summer 2011 following the purchase of the 5BBL plant from Shaws Brewery. The brewery closed in 2016. Quantum was setup and owned by Jay Krause – an excellent brewer and local Stockport beer celebrity who moved on to bigger and better things as a brewer at Cloudwater in Manchester. Quantum was founded at a time when the popularity for micro-breweries was on the rise, and quickly turned into producing some of the most well loved small-scale drops both locally and nationally.