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RCH Brewery
Located in Weston Super Mare
North Somerset
RCH Brewery started in the early 1980's at the Royal Clarence Hotel. The Brewery was purchased by the Davey Family in 1984. In 1993 Graham Dunbavan was employed as a brewer and new beers were developed
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Rebellion Beer Company
Located in
Marlow Bottom, Buckinghamshire
The first commercial beers were brewed and tasted in April 1993 producing 25 barrels per week They now produce 125 barrels Also known as the Marlow Beer Company
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Red Rose Brewery
Located in Great Harwood
Lancashire
Dave Porter began brewing beer in 2002
The brewery has won a few awards
A dark copper ale called Caretaker of History is popular
The Brewery was bought out by Hopstar Brewey
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Ringwood Brewery
Located in Ringwood, Hampshire
Peter Austin, widely regarded as a founding father of the British micro-brewing industry found the brewery in 1978.
Taken over in July 2007 by Marstons's .

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Frederic Robinson Ltd, Unicorn Brewery
Located in
Stockport, Cheshire
When William Robinson bought the Unicorn Inn, Lower Hillgate, Stockport on 29 September 1838 he was establishing a company that was to become one of Britain's largest regional brewers
Beers include Hartley XB and Cumbria Way, Wards Best, Dizzy Blond and Old Tom Strong Ale.
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Salopian Brewery
Located at Shrewsbury Shropshire
Salopian Brewery was established at an Old Dairy on the outskirts of the mediaeval town of Shrewsbury in 1995, the plant having been moved from Snowdonia brewery in North Wales. It was then reckoned to have the second smallest brew length in the country for a brewery not attached to a Pub.
The brewery was rebuilt in 1999 with the brewlength quadrupling in size and the plant modernized. The sales continue to increase
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Samuel Smith Old Brewery
Located at Tadcaster, North Yorkshire
Founded in 1758 and is Yorkshire's oldest brewery. Samuel Smith is one of the few remaining independent breweries in England, and further is the last to utilize the classic Yorkshire Square system of fermentation solely in stone squares.
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Scattor Rock Brewery
Located at
Exeter, Devon
Founded in 1998 a micro brewery on Dartmoor Located within the boundaries of The Dartmoor National Park
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Scottish & Newcastle UK
Located at
Newcastle
S&N UK can trace its roots back to 1777, when its first brewery was founded in Edinburgh by William Younger. Since then it has grown from being a regional brewer in Scotland and the North of England to become the UK's largest brewer with around 28% market share.
Their brands include
Foster's, the second biggest lager in the UK, which now accounts for 32.6% of draught standard lager sold in the country.
Strongbow, the world's favourite cider, is also the clear No 1 in the UK where the brand accounts for more than 3 in every 5 pints of cider sold. Other brands include John Smith's, Kronenbourg,
Heineken and San Miguel
They own Scottish Courage Brewery
Heineken & Carlsberg took over the company in 2007.
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Sharp's Brewery .
Located in Rock
Cornwall
The brewery was founded in 1994
The Brewery's unique position on Cornwall's Atlantic coast is a major influence. Their main brand Doom Bar is named after an infamous sandbank at the mouth of the Camel Estuary.

They also brew Chalk's
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Shepherd Neame Limited
Located in
Faversham
Kent
The brewery was founded in 1698.
Today they own over 360 Pubs across England. They brew 85 % of all their beers in Faversham
he brewery's portfolio includes traditional Kentish ales like Spitfire and Bishops Finger and internationally renowned lagers brewed under licence, such as Asahi (Japan), Holsten Export (Germany), Kingfisher (India), Oranjeboom Pilsener (Holland), Sun Lik (Hong Kong) and Hurlimann Sternbrau (Switzerland)
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Shoes Brewery
Located in
Norton Canon, Hereford
Frank Goodwin began his commercial brewery in 1994 at the Three Horses Inn
Popular brews are
Peploe's Tipple and
Farriers Beer
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Six Bells Brewery
Located in
Bishop's Castle, Shropshire
The brewery was reopened in 1997. Cloud Nine and Marathon Ale are their most popular brews
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Skinners Fine Cornish Ales,
Located in
Truro
Cornwall
Situated in the beautiful cathedral city of Truro, the brewery opened in 1997.The owners
Steve & Sarah Skinner
They have won numerous awards
ncluding twice Supreme champion of the South West and SIBA UK National Best Bitter Champion of Great Britain.
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Snowdonia Pub
Located in Waunfawr, Gwynedd
Located on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park.
The pub is listed with CAMRA and delicious Real Ales are brewed on the premises from the finest malts and hops, and clear Snowdonia water. The pub produces a special ale named after the railway (Welsh Highland Bitter).
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Spinning Dog Brewery
Located in
Hereford, Midlands
Located in the Victory Pub owned by
Jim Kenyon. Popular beers are
Celtic Gold
Mutley's Pitstop
and
Mutley's Revenge
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Springhead Fine Ales Ltd
Located in
Sutton-On-Trent,
Newark,
Notts
The brewery began its early life in 1990. It started life as the smallest micro brewery (2.5 barrels) in England in a tiny outbuilding adjoining the original brewer's house in the village of Sutton On Trent in North Nottinghamshire, by the bend in the river Trent known as Springhead, and soon began producing nationally acclaimed ales.
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St Austell Brewery
Located in
St Austell
Cornwall
The St Austell Brewery Company Limited was founded in 1851 by Walter Hicks, who mortgaged his farm for £1,500 to set up his business in St Austell.
St Austell Brewery Visitor Centre is a fascinating insight into traditional brewing methods and the history of Cornish ale.

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St. George Brewing Company
Located in Malvern, Worcestershire
St. George's is a micro brewery based in Callow End, Worcestershire
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St. Peter's Brewery
Located in
Bungay, Suffolk
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The brewery was built in 1996 by
John Murphy
and is housed in an attractive range of traditional former agricultural buildings adjacent to St. Peter's Hall.
They brew 'traditional' beers - bitters, mild etc. - as well as some more unusual beers such as honey porter and fruit beer.
G-Free™ is their Guten Free beer
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Stanway Brewery
Located in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
A small brewery located in tone of the most attractive manor houses in the Cotswolds
Stanway House.
The old brewery has been resurrected by brewer Alex Pennycook with consent from Lord Neidpath, the owner of Stanway House.
Three beers produced are Stanney Bitter,
Cotteswold Gold and
Lords - a - Leaping
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Stonehenge Ales Ltd
Located in Salisbury, Wiltshire
Located at
The Old Mill, in Netheravon
In 1984 Tony Bunce started the brewery at The Old Mill. Danish Master Brewer Stig Anker Andersenwho took up the challenge (very successfully) of brewing good English beer, took over the business in 1993
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Sulwath Brewers Ltd
Located in
Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire Scotland
The name "Sulwath" is the ancient name for the Solway Estuary . The company was founded in 1996,
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Summerskill Brewery
Located in Billacombe, Plymouth
Adam Summerskill first established a 2.5 Barrel brewery in his vineyard in St. Anne's Chapel, Bigbury in 1983. In 1984 he moved it to the White Lion in Stonehouse, Plymouth and again it was moved to 1985 to it's present premises.
In 1988 production ended but was bought by Rick Wilson and Carl Beeson in 1990 and brought it back to life.
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The Swan on the Green
Located in
Maidstone,
Kent
A country pub that brews its own beers
The Pub can trace its history back to 1856 the micro brewery started in 2000
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Timothy Taylor & Co.Ltd
Located in
Keighley West Yorkshire
Timothy Taylor began brewing beer in 1858.

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Teignworthy Brewery
Located in Newton Abbot, Devon,
John and Rachel Lawton established a victorian tower brewery at the famous Tucker's Maltings site in 1994. The site is in Newton Abbot on the banks of the River Teign.

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Teme Valley Brewery
Located in Knightwick, Worcestershire
The brewery was opened in
opened in 1997 to brew for The Talbot in Knightwick
by Annie and Wiz Clift.
Chris Gooch joined as brewer.

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T&R Theakston Ltd
Located in Masham, Ripon, North Yorkshire
Robert Theakston started the brewery back in the 1827 when he
leased the Black Bull Inn and brewhouse in Masham.
In 1875 his son, Thomas, built the famous brewery that stands on an area of Masham known as “Paradise Fields”.
Known for its award winning creamy ales and in particular – the legendary Old Peculier.
Owned today by
Scottish & Newcastle
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Three Bs Brewery
Located in
Feniscowles
Blackburn
Lancashire
Started by Robert Bell in 2001. Originally the brewery was started in his gargage.
At this point, Robert brewed every Saturday.
Bobbins Bitter his first beer. This beer was shortly followed by Stokers Slake, Tacklers Tipple and Shuttle Ale.Names that reflected the areas cotton mills
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2001 - The brewery was relocated to a larger unit and a ten bareel production was reached
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The Tree Tuns Brewery
Located in
Bishops Castle, Shropshire
A brewing licence at the site was first granted in 1642. Part of the existing brewery is of 17th Century origin, and this would be consistent with it having been the original brew house, which would make it the oldest working brewery in Britain .

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Thwaites Brewery
Located in Blackburn,
Lancashire
Daniel Thwaites PLC is one of the oldest Lancashire firms, being founded in 1807 and incorporated in 1897. It remains an independent family-controlled business operating from its original town centre site in Blackburn.
A variety of cask ales , draught beers , lagers and ciders are produced in Blackburn or imported from Europe by Thwaites
Popular beers include
Thwaites Original,
Wainwright,
Lancaster Bomber,
Daniel's, and
Warsteiner
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Tigertops Brewery
Located in
Flanshaw, Wakefield
One of those small home breweries,
Originally the concept of Stewart and Lynda Johnson, now of the the Foxfield Brewery.
Barry Smith now operates the three barrel brewery .
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Titantic Brewery
Located in
Burslem,
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
From humble beginnings in 1985Titanic Brewery has grown beyond expectations to produce in excess of 1.7 million pints of fine ale every year. The Brewery is owned by Brothers Dave and Keith Bott

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Tring Brewery
Located in Tring, Hertfordshire
The Tring Brewery Company was founded in 1992
by Richard Shardlow
and after a ‘brewing drought' of over fifty years it once again brought the traditional art of brewing back to the picturesque West Hertfordshire market town of Tring.
The majority of the names for Tring Brewery's ales have been described as somewhat unusual. They are all themed around intriguing ghostly tales, myths and even saying from the rich history of the Hertfordshire and a few from local tales in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Beers include: Side Pocket of a Toad,Brock Bitter,
Legless Lal's Winter Ale,
Colley's Dog and Tea kettle Stout among many others such as Death and Glory.
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Triple FFF Brewing Company
Located in
Triple fff Brewing Company Ltd was founded in 1997 with the aim of brewing "Real ale that real ale drinkers drink"! The brewery started with a five barrel plant, and two brews to its name; these two beers, "Moondance" and "Comfortably Numb" remain to this day among the most popular Triple fff beers . They have now been joined by other brews including "Pressed rat and Warthog", "Dazed and Confused" and "Alton's Pride".
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Uley Brewery
Located in
Uley
Dursley, Gloucestershire
Uley Brewery was built by Samuel Price in 1833. It fall upon hard times and closed for a period of time before
Chas Wright reopened the brewery in 1984.
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Brewery
Located in
Brill, Buckinghamshire
Vale Brewery Co. was formed in January 1995 by
brothers Mark and Phil Stevens

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Wadworth & Company Ltd
Located in
Devizes
Wiltshire
Wadworth & Company have a widespread and well founded reputation for brewing exceptional beers. It began in 1875 when the old Northgate Brewery was purchased by Henry Alfred Wadworth.
They produce the Nationally renowned 6X cask ale,Horizon, Henry's IPA, JCB, Malt & Hops and Old Father Timer.
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Warcop
Located in
Wentlooge , South Wales
A small family run brewery opened in 1999
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Warwickshire Beer Company
Located in
Cubbington
Warwickshire
Production started in 1998 using a six-barrel plant. Bottling is still done by hand by using a five-bottled filler that is at least a hundred years old. No additives are added to any of our beers. They are brewed using natural ingredients being water, malted barley, hops and yeast.
Producers of Lady Godiva, Churchyard Bob, and Jolly Green Giant
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Weatheroak Ales
Located in
Alvechurch, North Worcestershire
A family run brewery that opened in 1998.

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Weetwood Company Ltd
Located in
Weetwood, Tarporley, Cheshire
A small brewery producing six Ales

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Welton's Brewery
Located in Dorking
Surrey
Established in 1995 by Roy Welton. The first beer brewed was North Downs Bitter followed by Old Cocky
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Wentworth Brewery
Located in
Wentworth Rotherham
A small independent brewery

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The West Berkshire Brewery
Located in
Yattendon, Thatcham
Berkshire
The West Berkshire Brewery was established in 1995 by Dave and Helen Maggs .
The original brew plant was a small 5-barrel. In 1997 they moved to a bigger facility. In 1998 they joined forceswith
Andrew and Karen Baum. They upgraded again in 2005 and explaned once again in 2006.
Beers include Old Father Thames,Mr Chubbs LunchTime bitter and Maggs's Magnificent Mind Mild
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White Brewing Co.
Located at
Bexhill-on-Sea,
East Sussex
First brewed in 1995 in a farm building in Bexhill-on-Sea.

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Whitewater Brewing Company
Located at
Kilkee,l
County Down
Established in 1996 Whitewater is Northern Ireland's largest microbrewery . The brewery is situated amidst the spectacular scenery of the Mountains of Mourne.
A very succesful brewery Their most popular beers are Belfast Ale and
Clotworthy Dobbin
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Wicked Hathern Brewery Limited
Located at East Leake Loughborough Leicestershire
A two-barrel microbrewery opened in 2000
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Wickwar Brewing Co
Located at
Wickwar,
Gloucestershire
The brewery was founded in 1990 when master brewer Ray Penny took the brave step of opening his own brewery on the site of and old ‘Coopers Shop' in Wickwar Gloucestershire. Today Wickwar is a 300 barrel success
 
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