This is a list of breweries in the English county of Berkshire. The list includes both operational and defunct breweries,[1] as well as microbreweries.[2]

Caveats

Some breweries, such as the Morland Brewery in Abingdon, were in Berkshire until border changes in the 1970s.[3] As such, these breweries are not included in this list. Similarly, some breweries (such as the Courage Brewery) have, at times, brewed beer in Berkshire. As these breweries were not based solely or primarily in the county, they are not included in this list.

List of breweries

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (September 2010)
Name Location Established Type Status Notes
Albion Brewery Newbury Unknown Unknown Unknown [4]
Aldermaston Brewery Aldermaston Wharf 1770 Commercial Acquired by Scrace's Brewery of Southampton in 1945 and ceased production. Acquired by Whitbread in 1950. [5][6]
Angel Brewery Reading Unknown Unknown Acquired by Morland Brewery in 1899 [7]
Atlas Brewery Newbury Unknown Unknown Unknown [8]
Bell Brewery Maidenhead 1854 Unknown Unknown [7]
Bickerton Sisters Bracknell Unknown Unknown Unknown [3]
Binghams Brewery Ruscombe 2010 Commercial Operational
Blatch's Theale Brewery Theale 1830 Commercial Acquired by Ind Coope in 1965 [9]
Bond Brews Wokingham 2015 Commercial Operational
Britannia Brewery Reading Unknown Unknown Acquired by Ind Coope in 1896 [7][10]
Burge & Company Windsor Unknown Unknown Closed in 1931 [3][11]
Butts Brewery Great Shefford 1994 Commercial Operational [1]
Castle Brewery Reading Unknown Unknown Unknown [12]
Crown Brewery Hungerford 1854 Commercial Acquired by Adnams Brewery in 1932 [7][13]
Delphic Brewing Company Thatcham 2019 Micro-Brewery Operational
Diamond Brewery Newbury Unknown Unknown Unknown [7]
Double-Barrelled Reading 2018 Commercial Operational
Eagle Brewery Newbury Unknown Unknown Unknown [7]
East Berkshire Brewery Maidenhead Unknown Unknown Unknown [7][14]
Elusive Brewery Wokingham Unknown Unknown Unknown
Flyer & Firkin Reading 1996 Brewpub Closed in 1999 along with parent company Firkin Brewery [1]
Fort & Firkin Windsor 1995 Brewpub Closed in 1999 along with parent company Firkin Brewery [1]
Greenwood's Brewery Wokingham 1994 Commercial Closed in 1997 [1]
Higgs Brewery Reading Unknown Commercial Unknown [15]
Langton Brewery Maidenhead Unknown Unknown Acquired by Nicholson and Sons in 1902 [7][16][17]
Manor Brewery Hungerford Unknown Unknown Unknown [7][12]
Meux's Brewery Company Crowthorne Unknown Unknown Unknown [3]
Mill Lane Brewery Reading Unknown Unknown Unknown [12]
Mitre Brewery Reading Unknown Brewpub Unknown [7]
Mortimer Brewing Company Mortimer 2018 Microbrewery Operational
Original Brewing Company Bracknell 1997 Brewpub Closed in 2000 along with parent company [1]
Phantom Brewing Co Reading November 2019 Microbrewery Trading
Phoenix Brewery Newbury 18th century Commercial Acquired by Ushers of Trowbridge in 1923 [18]
Pineapple Brewery Maidenhead Unknown Unknown Acquired by South Berkshire Brewery Company in 1902 [7][17]
Reading Lion Brewery Reading 1995 Brewpub Closed in 2001 [1]
Royal Brewery Windsor Unknown Unknown Unknown [7][19]
St Nicholas Brewery Newbury Unknown Unknown Acquired by South Berkshire Brewery Company in 1902 [7][16]
Simonds' Brewery Reading 1785 Commercial Merged with Courage Brewery in 1960 [16]
Siren Craft Brew Finchampstead 2012 Microbrewery 2018 CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain / RateBeer Best Top 100 in the world
Thames Brewery Maidenhead Unknown Unknown Demolished and re-established as Bell Brewery in 1854 [7][16]
Thatcham Brewery Thatcham Unknown Unknown Unknown [20]
The Old Paper Mill Thatcham 2013 Microbrewery Pre-operational
Tudor Brewing Company Reading 1999 Brewpub Closed in 2000 [1]
Two Bridges Brewery Caversham 2009 Commercial Closed [1]
Victoria Brewery Reading Unknown Brewpub Acquired by Courage, Barclay & Simonds c. 1900 [7][16]
West Berkshire Brewery Yattendon 1995 Commercial Operational [1]
West Mills Brewery Newbury 1698 1920 Acquired by the Hawkins and Parfitt South Berkshire Brewery Co. Ltd. in or earlier than 1897.
Windsor and Eton Brewing Company Windsor 2010 Commercial Operational [1][11]
Windsor Brewery Windsor Unknown Unknown Unknown [7]
Zero Degrees Reading 2007 Brewpub Operational [1]

See also

References

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  2. ^ Fahey, Tom (27 October 2009). "Best of Berkshire breweries". Reading Post. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d "Berkshire". Defunct Brewery Livery. Brewery History Society. 26 July 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Albion Brewery, Back Lane, Newbury, Berkshire". The Historical Essex, London, Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Berkshire, Kent, Suffolk, Oxfordshire, Sussex & Surrey Dead Pubs site in the South East of England. Dead Pubs. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  5. ^ Richmond, Lesley; Turton, Alison, eds. (1990). The Brewing Industry: A Guide to Historical Records. Manchester University Press. p. 315. ISBN 0-7190-3032-3.
  6. ^ "Records of Berkshire breweries subsequently owned by Whitbread & Co. plc". Berkshire Record Office. Archived from the original on 19 January 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Barber, Norman (2005). A Century of British Brewers — Plus: 1890-2004 (PDF). The Brewery History Society. ISBN 1-873966-11-3.
  8. ^ Younger, Colin (5 July 2008). "Businesses in East Sands". Burbage, Wiltshire. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  9. ^ "Breweries and Beers of Berkshire". Midlands Pubs. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  10. ^ Richmond, Lesley; Turton, Alison (1990). The Brewing industry: A Guide to Historical Records. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 191. ISBN 0-7190-3032-3.
  11. ^ a b "Beer we go! New brewery to open". Royal Borough Observer. 20 February 2010. Archived from the original on 23 February 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  12. ^ a b c "South Berkshire Brewery Company". London Metropolitan Archives. The National Archives. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  13. ^ Pihlens, Hugh. "Crown Brewery". Hungerford Virtual Museum. Hungerford Historical Association. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  14. ^ Blake, John Hopwood; Whitaker, William (1902). The Water Supply of Berkshire from Underground Sources. London: Wyman and Sons. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  15. ^ Hill, Harold (1971). Images of Reading and Surrounding Villages. Reading Evening Post. ISBN 1-85983-024-2.
  16. ^ a b c d e "Courage, Barclay and Simonds". London Metropolitan Archives. The National Archives. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  17. ^ a b "Maidenhead Beer". Royal Maidenhead. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  18. ^ "Newbury Characterisation Report". West Berkshire Council. March 2006. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  19. ^ "The History of Pubs in the Windsor Area". The Royal Windsor Web Site. Thamesweb. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  20. ^ "Thatcham Brewery, Crown Street, Thatcham, Berkshire". The Historical Essex, London, Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Berkshire, Kent, Suffolk, Oxfordshire, Sussex & Surrey Dead Pubs site in the South East of England. Dead Pubs. Retrieved 9 June 2010.


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