Real Ale Guide UK

The Company was originally established as a true family concern, way back in 1828, when John Jennings Snr, a local farmer whose father William Jennings was a malster by trade, started brewing in the pretty Lake District village of Lorton, between Keswick and Cockermouth. By 1874, the Company had moved to its present idyllic location, in the historic market town of Cockermouth, in the shadow of Cockermouth Castle, at the point where the rivers Cocker and Derwent merge.

At Shepherd Neame, heritage and traditional values go hand-in-hand with state-of-the-art technology and contemporary standards of customer service and care.

Shepherd Neame's traditions can be traced back to the foundation of our brewery in 1698 - with strong links to the town of Faversham and the local community many years before - and our commercial expertise is enhanced by 21st century production and distribution facilities. Shepherd Neame now has some 369 pubs across the South East.

The purchase of “The Rising Sun” with Kevin’s parents Roger and Pauline Stone was the beginning of things back in 1982. Over the years the pub developed and became a renowned haven for real ale drinkers, resulting in being awarded CAMRA PUB OF THE YEAR 1995 With the retirement of Roger and Pauline in 1999 the pub continued to evolve with the addition of a conservatory and an evening menu . January 2007 the” Great Western Brewing Company Ltd” was established In April 2007 Kevin and Sandra purchased “The Old Bakery” in the village of Hambrook, on the outskirts of Bristol.

The Brewery in Wales known as 'The North Wales Brewery' will be pushing out all the stops to provide the opportunity to stock up on their great drinks before Christmas. The Manchester farmers market will be attended for all of the weeks running up to the festivities. http://www.northwalesbrewery.net/

Wadworth and Company Limited,
Northgate Brewery, Devizes,
Wiltshire SN10 1JW
Tel. 01380 723361
Fax. 01380 724342
e-mail sales@wadworth.co.uk
website www.wadworth.co.uk

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After the announcement by Greenall Whitley that they were to close the Shrewsbury and Wem Brewery at Wem, the then Head Brewer (Jack Hanby) had a lot of thinking to do, several job offers were put to him which one by one were declined.A further option was to start from scratch and build a new brewery.

Atlantic Brewery’s home is an 18th century farmhouse situated just a few miles from the beautiful North Cornish coast near Newquay and the spectacular Atlantic ocean. THE BREWERY After many years of research and development we were officially established in January 2005 as a pilot brewery to refine the recipes and perfect our range of 3 organic ales. Early success led to starting full commercial production in November 2005 with a brewery specifically designed and installed for us by the amazing Dave Porter at PBC Ltd. Our beers are all hand made and produced completely on

Alcazar Brewery offer our customers an extensive range of regular beers featuring ALCAZAR ALE at 4.0% abv,NEW DAWN, 4.5%, FOXTALE ALE, 4.9%, VIXEN`S VICE, 5.2% and our traditional India Pale Ale WINDJAMMER IPA, 6.0%, brewed with North American hops. THESE SPLENDID ALES ARE AVAILABLE ALMOST ALWAYS ON DRAUGHT AT OUR BREWERY TAP, THE FOX & CROWN BREWPUB.

Founded in 1849, Joseph Holt's Derby Brewery has remained in the family for over four generations, and - whilst being far from backward looking - Holt's values its heritage. The early days of the brewery present a rags to riches story. Joseph Holt was born in 1813. The son of a weaver, he lived in Unsworth, a textile village north of Manchester. Between 1801 and 1851 the population of Manchester swelled from 70,000 to 303,000 as the cotton industry and its ancillary trades developed. Attracted by the big city, Joseph became a carter at Harrison's Strangeways Brewery.