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Ever been interested in how they make traditional beers or even what the difference is between a stout, a porter and an IPA? Then visit any of the Warwickshire breweries listed below that offer tours of their facilities.
Further down the page after the details of Beer Festivals in Warwickshire are contact details for all the breweries in the county. Most offer fantastic tours of their facilities - please contact them directly for details.
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Yearly Beer Festivals |
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See CAMRA.org.uk for full details of all Beer Festivals across the county.
Coventry Beer Festival
Date: Friday 11th April and Saturday 12th April 2008
Times: 12.00 noon-4.00 pm, 6.00 pm-11.00 pm,
Admission Afternoon £1.00 : Evening £2.00
Venue: COVENTRY RUGBY FOOTBALL GROUND
BUTTS PARK ARENA, BUTTS ROAD, SPON END
Contact: Coventry and North Warwickshire CAMRA
Long Itchington Festival
Date: Friday 2nd May to Monday 5th May 2008
Times: Friday/Saturday noon-11pm, Sunday noon-10.30pm, Monday noon-11pm
Venue: 6 pubs in Long Itchington; The Harvester, The Cuttle, The Buck & Bell, The Duck On The Pond, The Green Man, The Two Boats - see the website for further details.
Contact: www.longitchingtonbeerfestival.co.uk
Rugby Beer Festival
Date: Wednesday 14th May to Saturday 17th May 2008
Times: Wednesday from 7.00 - 10.00 p.m. for CAMRA members only. The festival will be open to the public on Thursday 5.30 to 11.00 p.m, Friday 5.30 - 11.00 p.m. and Saturday 12.00 noon - 11.00 p.m.
Venue: Thornfield Bowling Club, Bruce Williams Way, Rugby, CV22 5LL
Contact: www.rugbycamra.org.uk
Harbury Beer Festival
Date: August 2008 - details tbc
Times:
Venue:
Contact:
Please note you can also get the number 64 bus across to Harbury (please select 'Search for a Bus Timetable' and type in 64 for further details). Do not Drink and Drive!
Web: CAMRA Heart of Warwickshire Branch
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Church End Brewery
109 Ridge Lane
Ridge Lane
Nr. Nuneaton
CV10 0RD
www.churchendbrewery.co.uk | |
Church End Brewery near Nuneaton started life in an old coffin workshop behind the Griffin Inn, Shustoke. Its goal was to be a 'hands on' craft brewery making a wide range of cask conditioned beers . The Brewery's philosophy only allows the use of good quality raw materials, such as floor malted barley and whole hops; definitely no processed sugars!
They produces over two dozen different beers, about five of which are brewed each week. Church End has it’s own brewery tap serving a selection of their own brews.
For more details or to book a tour contact Stewart Elliott on 01827 713080 or email: stewart@churchendbrewery.co.uk
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Purity Brewing
The Brewery
Upper Spernall Farm
Off Spernal Lane
Gt Alne
B49 6JF
www.puritybrewing.com | |
Purity Brewing are pleased to offer tours of their state of the art 20 barrel brew plant and visitor's centre.
The tours consist of a guided tour of the brew plant and environmentally-friendly water treatment system (weather-permitting in Spring and Summer).
Visitors will also be served a freshly farm-cooked meal in a purpose-built visitors centre and finally (this is the best bit) get to enjoy a sample of their beers.
For details contact the brewery on 01789 488007 or email: sales@puritybrewing.com
News April 2008! - **Purity Gold the award winning beer**
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Tunnel Brewery
Lord Nelson Inn
Ansly
Nuneaton
CV10 9PQ
www.tunnelbrewery.co.uk | |
Tunnel Brewery is Warwickshire’s newest micro-brewery. They are behind the ‘Good Beer Guide’ listed Lord Nelson Inn, situated in the rural village of Ansley amid the rolling countryside of the county’s north-west region.
They will be reviving the traditional craft of hand-brewing local beers, on-site at the pub, after an absence of over 100 years! Tunnel Brewery is dedicated to using the finest local raw materials, such as Maris Otter malts and First Gold hops. These will be matched alongside traditional English brewing methods.
Along with house beers they will offer a portfolio of seasonal and celebration ales as well as a fine range of imported artisanal beers alongside their own fine range of bottle conditioned ales.
For details and booking a tour by appointment contact Bob Yates or Mike Walsh, tel: 024 7639 6450 or email: info@tunnelbrewery.co.uk
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Slaughter House
The Slaughterhouse Brewery Ltd
Bridge Street
Warwick
CV34 5PD
www.slaughterhousebrewery.com
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The Slaughterhouse Brewery is a small 4 barrel micro brewery located in the heart of historic Warwick. Dedicated to the creation of high quality hand crafted traditional beers and ales, the brewery both has its feet firmly in the great brewing traditions of the past, while looking forward to the present and future needs of an everchanging market place.
For details and booking a tour by appointment contact Steve Ridgway or Peter Knell, tel 01926 490986, enquiries@slaughterhousebrewer
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Warwickshire Beer Company
Cubbington Brewery
Queen Street
Cubbington
Leamington Spa
CV32 7NA
www.warwickshirebeer.co.uk
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For details and booking a tour by appointment contact Jerry Lewitt, tel
01926 450747, info@warwickshirebeer.co.uk
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Don't forget, there are also many other smaller breweries that sell an exciting array of locally produced beer but do not do brewery tours. Many sell regularly at Farmers' Markets around warwickshire, or you can contact them directly. These include:- |
| North Cotswold Brewery |
| Ditchford Farm
Moreton in Marsh
Gloucestershire
GL56 9RD | | Telephone:
Email:
Website: | 01608663947
mail@northcotswoldbrewery.co.uk
www.northcotswoldbrewery.co.uk |
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