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Welcome to this special episode of Sightlines, part of Good Beer Hunting\\u2019s continued coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic. I\\u2019m Jonny Garrett.

The U.K. is now several weeks into near-total lockdown, with everyone told to stay indoors barring medical emergencies, food shopping, and one bit of exercise a day. While internet and TV services are thriving, the high street and hospitality industry have been devastated.

Over the last month, I have been writing Sightlines pieces that try to describe and analyze that devastation. In this episode, I\\u2019ll be giving you first-hand insight into the kind of conversations I\\u2019ve been having day in, day out with people in the beer industry. We\\u2019ll hear from three very different businesses on the frontline, and I\\u2019ll ask how each one has been affected by shutdowns\\u2014and what their futures might look like on the other side of this crisis.

I talk to the owner of London bottle shop mini-chain We Brought Beer, who decided he had to close despite seeing record sales. You\\u2019ll also hear the surreal story of the night all the U.K.\\u2019s pubs closed for the first time in history from the perspective of a London publican.

We\\u2019ll start further up the supply chain, though. DEYA Brewing Company in Cheltenham only recently went through a major funding and expansion phase, and is supposed to be paying off its bills through brewing unprecedented volume and serving at its new taproom. Instead, it\\u2019s barely brewing once a week and has thousands of pounds worth of stock going slowly out of date. Founder Theo Freyne has had to tear up his business plan for the next decade, but despite the uncertainty is upbeat about his brewery\\u2019s prospects.

This is the Sightlines podcast. Listen in.